ICF-GTA Chapter - Board 2010/2011

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Board of Directors

2010/2011 Leadership Year

President - Liana Bagworth

Liana Bagworth
ICF Certified Coach, CHRP
Each Day Counts Coaching
lbagworth@gmail.com
www.eachdaycounts.ca

Liana Bagworth, founder of Each Day Counts Coaching, is a fearless, results driven Coach whose coaching style matches her life philosophy - go for it! She helps leaders develop and apply their emotional intelligence and leadership skills in order to most effectively lead innovation, change, and people to optimal success. Liana also helps her clients embrace challenges as opportunities for innovation and growth. Her clients benefit from her keen intuition, passion, life experiences and professional insights.

She holds designations as a Coach Training Alliance (CTA) Coach (Boulder, Colorado), a Certified Human Resources Professional (Toronto, Ontario), a Leading Change agent (Toronto, Ontario), and is an active member of the International Coach Federation (GTA Chapter, Toronto). She is currently a student of Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence.

Liana has coached individual leaders and teams to increased performance and productivity in small, medium and large organizations in the community services, manufacturing, entertainment, communications, and creative design industries.

In addition, her 15 years of Human Resources experience includes success in:

Coaching individuals and teams to reach and sustain new performance levels, personal goals and relevant solutions
Career coaching - promotions and transitions
Leadership coaching of all levels - new graduates to senior executives
Design and leadership of various programs such as culture change, process improvement, performance management recognition & rewards, and redeployment

What also qualifies Liana as a powerful coach are the life events that have challenged her and the choices she lives to make each day count, a deep love of sport and a thirst for learning. She believes challenges are one's greatest opportunities, and every day is a great day for learning.

Vice President - Susan Wright

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Susan Wright
ICF Certified Coach, CPC
Wright Momentum
wright.momentum@sympatico.ca
www.wrightmomentum.com

Susan Wright is an Adler Certified Professional Coach with a focus in building capacity for conscious change to achieve synergy, collaboration and positive action. Susan is the founder of Wright Momentum, a Lifestyle Coaching and Consulting business that helps people and organizations to manage transitions and change. Susan has a breadth of experience in the healthcare, fitness and wellness industry with a strong understanding of community development and personal development practices.

Susan was certified by the Adler School of Professional Coaching in 2002, she earned her Honours BA from the University of Waterloo in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Therapy and Business. She has held various roles including Project Coordinator for two provincial non-profit organizations, Recreation Therapist in two teaching hospitals, part-time faculty at a community college and committee chair for Heart and Stroke Foundation, and volunteered for the Ontario Women's Health Network. As a Certified Pilates Instructor, Susan brings an appreciation of movement, fitness and health to clients she instructs at a private downtown studio.

As a coach, consultant, conference presenter, writer and facilitator, Susan's warmth, creativity and motivating style has facilitated initiative, growth and leadership in various individuals and organizations.

Secretary: Julia von Flotow

Julia von Flotow
ICF Certified Coach, CPC
KAIZEN Leadership & Life Coaching
julia.vonflotow@gmail.com
www.kaizenlifecoach.com

www.kaizenleadershipcoach.com

Trained and certified by the International Coach Academy, Julia knows what great coaching can deliver. Her experience as a certified professional coach is enhanced by 25 years experience as an executive, artistic and managing director in the not for profit sector, and as an international festival, conference and event planner.

Her early career as actor, director and acting coach developed her awareness of the critical role emotional intelligence plays in our lives. As a certified holistic practitioner, Julia teaches energy and stress management techniques and offers a range of holistic services to help her clients find balance and wholeness.

Julia brings a depth and breadth of experience with non-profit associations to the ICF-GTA this year.

Treasurer - Uri Galimidi

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Uri Galimidi
ICF Certified Coach, ACC
The Will to Change Inc.
uri@thewilltochange.com
www.thewilltochange.com

Uri Galimidi transitioned to coaching after an extensive career in management and IT consulting. Uri’s experience includes being a partner with the consulting firm Accenture, and VP with the software company Oracle Corporation. Since arriving in North America 16 years ago, Uri worked throughout Canada and the USA . Prior to arriving in North America , Uri lived, studied, and worked in South Africa, primarily in the Information Technology and Manufacturing industries. He was also active in the Production and Inventory Control Society (SAPICS), and was president of that society.

Uri completed his training with Coach University Inc. and was certified by the ICF as an ACC. In 2007 Uri founded The Will To Change Inc. with the aim of providing coaching services to corporations in the fields of leadership effectiveness, change management, and team development. In addition, Uri coaches entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations, helping them to define and execute their business and life strategies.

Uri looks forward to serving the ICF-GTA membership by enhancing the association’s infrastructure, and by providing value to its members.

Past President - Beth Snyder

Beth Snyder
ICF Certified Coach, ACC, MHA, CHE
Montage Coaching
bethsnyder@rogers.com
www.montagecoaching.com

Beth Snyder's extensive leadership experience as a Senior Executive in healthcare led her to coaching, as she loved working with and developing people in organizations. Beth is an ICF certified coach, who received her initial ontological coach training from Newfield Network in the US in 2001. In 2002, Beth co-founded Coaching for Action and since 2007 has been Principal, Montage Coaching, working primarily in corporations. Beth provides executive, leadership, team and 1:1 coaching, using transformative approaches to shift cultures and how one sees the world.

Beth has served on the Board of the ICF-GTA Chapter for the last three years. Previous experience working with Boards as a senior leader and as a member of other not-for-profit Boards has given Beth an excellent framework for the work and potential of a Board to serve its community.

Beth is an energetic Renaissance person, who is excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for the ICF over the next few years, as we begin to create leading edge ways to serve our community of coaches. As a perpetual networker, Beth looks forward to connecting with you. Key criteria for Beth's engagement are having fun and making a difference.

Past President - Michael Lobraico

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Michael Lobraico
ICF Certified Coach
N.C.I. Solutions Limited
mlobraico@nci-solutions.com
www.nci-solutions.com

Michael brings 25 years of experience in business to his role as President of N.C.I. Solutions Limited, an executive coaching company working with senior executives, business families and groups in the area of leadership development.

Michael learned and developed his skills in the trenches, operating, running and managing many areas of a third generation business family. As a trained facilitator, coach, mediator and public speaker, Michael is sought after for his ability to understand the corporate world as well as his unique understanding of the family dynamic.

As the past national chair of the Canadian Association of Family Enterprises (CAFE), the largest organization of its kind in the world, Michael brings a unique combination of talents, a well rounded approach and an open minded perspective to his clients.

Director of Marketing - Samantha Denham

Samantha Denham
ICF Certified Coach
Design Your Life Coaching
sjdenham26@yahoo.ca
www.designyourlifecoaching.ca

Executive Life Coach
Samantha Denham is an executive life coach who helps entrepreneurs and business professionals become more effective, more fulfilled and more profitable in life and work. Her pragmatic, results-oriented approach comes from 15 years of award-winning experience leading, mentoring and coaching teams as a financial industry marketing executive. Through insight, self discovery and focused planning, she helps her clients remain motivated and accountable to attaining their business and life goals.

What I bring to the ICF (Toronto Chapter)
I am thrilled to have been honoured with the appointment to the Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation’s Toronto Chapter as their Marketing Director. I bring a wealth of solid marketing and business development skills to the table as well as a keen understanding of ROI, budget management (and maximization!) and a large network of contacts and suppliers. As a senior marketer with a history of awards and achievements, I am excited about bringing my knowledge to the ICF in helping them build and strengthen their organization through marketing initiatives. I look forward to working with other coaches in the development of a results-oriented marketing plan for the coming two years.

Director at Large - Gerry Fryer

Gerry Fryer
ICF Certified Coach, FCIA, ACC
Renaissance Coaching
gfryer@rencoach.ca
www.rencoach.ca

Gerry obtained his certification in 2005 and operates his coaching business through Renaissance Coaching. His particular client specialties are executives, teams, and chronic migraine sufferers who want to get beyond their pain.

Gerry’s coaching and life approaches, which he will bring to the Board, include kindness, a relaxed style, a profound sense of fairness, and an exceptional ability to synthesize ideas. At the same time he is highly goal-oriented.

His career journey began as an actuary in a large life insurance company. Over the years Gerry mentored many people and discovered his people skills, leading to facilitation assignments and ultimately leadership positions in the company. He has been the President of the Thornhill Toastmasters Club and is currently the editor of the ICF-GTA monthly newsletter.

Gerry is passionate about continuous learning, tennis and his family’s long time summer cottage on Lake Simcoe.

Director at Large - Anita Greenberg

Anita Greenberg
anita@positivecoachingforchange.com

For the past 14 years I have been involved in the residential property management business. When I began, I was involved with eight apartment buildings and dealt with some of the tasks involved in the accounting side of the business as well as some of the tasks involved in the management of staff (superintendents) and tenant relations.

Today, my husband and I run a very successful property management company where we manage over 2500 suites. I am solely responsible for having set up the accounting department and I have total control over the day-to-day tasks and activities in this department. I have become so well versed in the property management computer program we now use that I am writing a manual for its use. In addition, I am responsible for overseeing the staff in my department (now five people and growing) and delegating to them the various tasks involved in the accounting side of this business as well as the management of tenant relations.

Prior to entering this business, after two years of university, I took a legal secretarial course and worked as a legal secretary. Soon thereafter I worked myself up to become a real estate law clerk and was not only responsible for the preparation of purchase and sale files, but also attended at the Registry Offices and closed and registered these transactions myself. At the same time, I was also responsible for Landlord and Tenant files and again, not only prepared the paperwork for those files, but attended at Court and spoke to those matters as well. I worked in that capacity for over 10 years at which time I started my family. I now have three children ranging in ages from 18 to 25.

I am fortunate that I am now able to work at the career about which I am passionate. I am, of course, referring to coaching. I am slowly retreating from the property management business as my daughter slowly steps into my shoes so that I can follow my heart’s work.

I therefore come to the Board with small business expertise, accounting expertise and the ability to manage and negotiate with people. I am very hardworking, diligent and organized. I hope that these skills will be of use to the Board and look forward to making a valued contribution.

Director of Membership - Paul Litwack

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Paul Litwack
ICF Certified Coach, CHRP
Capability Improvement Coach
coachpaul@the-coach.com
www.the-coach.com

As the Capability Improvement Coach®, Paul brings business leadership and experience in a unique balance of fun, passion and with a focus on performance. His Keynotes and training are based on 30+ years of real world experience in successful leadership projects from the 'back room' to the Boardroom in six countries. He's community-minded too - a week after 9/11, he volunteered at GROUND ZERO.

Paul designed and led the Executive Coaching community practice of the International Coach Academy/ICA (Australia 2006-2008) and is Director of the Institute for Professional Advancement (Canada). He is a Resource speaker coach for Vistage (also known as The Executive Committee /TEC, the International Advisory Board for CEOs)

Paul’s Board leadership experience includes serving on the founding Boards of Directors for the Association of Independent Consultants/AIC and the Canadian Association for Professional Speakers/CAPS. He co-lead the Accreditation Committee of the Human Resources Professionals Association/HRPAO.

Paul's licenced sales and leadership coaching and Teleclass leader certification programs have been delivered in significant groups, including: IBM, Toyota, the Society of Management Accountants and the International Customer Service Association. He was selected to the ‘Top 100 Corporate Coaches in the World’ by a leading independent coach portal and recognized as a “Success Story” in Canada and U.S. by the Canadian Consulate General Conference on Training and Development.

Paul is active in the Canadian Cancer Society, earned a Mathematics degree (Uof W) and is a certified bartender. He lives near Toronto, celebrating 23 years with his wife (so proud of her success as a fitness coach) and their three sons. They support menageries of pets including Ari, a fat cat, a Standard Poodle (Maz), a longhair blinged-out Chihuahua (Chachie) and a captivating fish tank.

Director at Large - Catherine Thorburn

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Catherine Thorburn, MBA, CHRP
Certified Coach
catherine@ideallifeandcareercoaching.com
www.ideallifeandcareercoaching.com

Catherine is an engaging person whose passion is helping people discover their true selves and getting them to achieve the results they are looking for. Her motto is “Helping You Find Solutions For Life”. She has worked as an HR executive in multiple industries in both the private and public sectors and has been coaching, training, counselling and motivating people for over 15 years.

Known by her clients to be an expert in career coaching, Catherine operates a coaching business called “Ideal Life & Career Coaching”, specializing in business coaching through the use of life coaching skills. Her belief is life and business coaching go hand-in-hand. You can’t have one without impacting the other. If your personal life is a mess, your business life will be negatively affected. If your business life is out of control, so will your personal life.

Catherine holds an MBA, her CHRP and a BA with a major in Economics plus a certificate in change management and coaching and more recently, has studied under Dr. Martha Beck, the Oprah Winfrey Show’s Life Coach!

Director at Large - Janice Cunning

Janice Cunning
Joy Coach
jcunnic609@rogers.com

Janice Cunning is a Joy Coach at Life on Purpose. She creates a playful space where her clients can claim their passions and carve out time in their lives to pursue them.

Trained as a co-active coach by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), Janice is currently pursuing certification.

Janice began her career as a librarian and holds a BA from Trent University and a Master of Library Science from the University of Toronto. She spent 13 years as a consultant and fundraising researcher, where she was able to combine her passion for information with her desire to make a positive impact in the world.

In 2009, Janice made one of her own dreams come true by founding Life on Purpose. As a coach, she wants her clients to claim and pursue their passions and to increase their personal joy quota.

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