Carlo Bos is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), a Co-Active Professional Certified Coach (CPCC), and is on the faculty of the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). In this capacity, Carlo currently leads open-enrolment and large organizational coach training programs, as well as CTI’s 10-month, transformational Leadership Program.







Carlo has dedicated his last 20 years to working with leaders and teams who want to powerfully and joyfully step into the responsibility and potential of uncompromising, relational leadership.



As a member of CTI's Coach Training and Leadership faculty, he draws on a diverse background of experience in life and work, having worked in multi-nationals, boutique consulting firms, hospitality, as an entrepreneur, and most recently as the Co-CEO of CTI from 2018-2023. His background also includes degrees in Economics and Education (Psychology)  



Carlo loves working with clients who are longing to push the limits on what it means to lead with the four P's at the heart of their legacy: Purpose, People, Planet and Profit.  He is currently exploring the relationship between nature-based soul work and leading complex organizational systems which rely on the natural world to stay vibrant (which is all businesses).



Carlo is truly an exceptional coach.

Admiral Joseph Prueher completed thirty-five years in the United States Navy in 1999.  His last command was Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC); the largest military command in the world. 







 He then served two Presidents as Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1999 to 2001.  



Admiral Prueher is the former James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center of the University of Virginia, as well as Senior Advisor to the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense Project, working on dialogue for US-China security matters.  



He is a former Director of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, New York Life, DynCorp International, Armada Hoffler, Amerigroup Corporation, Emerson Electric, and Fluor Corporation.   



 A member of The Council on Foreign Relations, he is also Vice Chairman of the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations. 



He is a member of and supports several regional foundations in the Hampton roads area.   



From 1989 through 1995, Admiral Prueher served as Commandant at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; Commander of Carrier Battle Group ONE based in San Diego; Commander of the U.S. Mediterranean Sixth Fleet and of NATO Striking Forces based in Italy; and as Vice Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon. 







Foremost a carrier based attack pilot for his first 24 years of service, he also spent three years as a Navy Test Pilot at Patuxent River, MD.  He has extensive flight and combat experience, with over 5600 flight hours and over 1000 carrier landings.  He was qualified in 52 types of aircraft, held numerous senior operational commands, including two carrier air wings, and led the formation of the Naval Strike Warfare Center in Fallon, NV. 



From Nashville, TN, Admiral Prueher graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy, and then graduated with distinction in 1964 from the U.S. Naval Academy, later receiving an M.S. in International Relations from George Washington University.    



Admiral Prueher has received multiple military awards for combat flying as well as naval and Joint Service.  The governments of Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia have formally honored him with induction into their highest military Orders.  



Suzanne, his wife of 54 years, and he reside in Virginia Beach, VA, where they are active members of the First Presbyterian Church. Their daughter, Brooks, an urban planner, lives with her husband, Owen Barwell, and their three children, in Evergreen, CO.  Their son, Joshua is CEO of xgsEnergy.  He and his wife Kate, live and work in Los Angeles, CA. 

Zoey Zheng is China’s youngest Professional Certified Coach with the PCC certification from the international coaching federation.







Zoey is currently based in Mountain View, California, where she continues her journey as a storytelling coach and a body-mind-soul influencer. She has over 100,000 followers in social media and has achieved 124k views on her body-mind-soul podcast – One Hundred Ways to Evolution.



At China’s top business school, Zoey led five entrepreneurship programs for over 200 CEOs from Series A startups to public companies. At Bytedance, Zoey led the TikTok E-Commerce Learning Center to help companies sell their products at TikTok, achieving a remarkable 3 billion media views and drew 20,000 companies into the TikTok E-Commerce ecosystem. She also successfully launched the PICO 4 product campaign in China as the most influential VR campaign in Asia. She thrives on enabling founders to thrive. 



As a professional coach, Zoey has supported over 250 entrepreneurs and professionals to clarify their visions and execute their strategies with resilience, confidence, and compassion.



Zoey is a remarkable person.



Zoey Zheng



Click HERE to go to Zoey's Website

Kat Knecht is an internationally certified professional coach. For the past decade, she has been a member of the faculty of the Co-Active Training Institute – also known as CTI.







Kat has enjoyed twenty years of success running her own coaching business while also being inspired by training coaches for CTI. Helping coaches succeed in this heart-based work is her passion & purpose.



Her Company, Soul Driven Success, a business academy for professional coaches, allows her to go wild with this passion. Kat engages people in a fun and practical way, aligning them with their purpose and empowering them to reach their ultimate career goals. Kat has also made her impact on others as an author, interfaith minister and inspiring speaker.  Her energy, passion, and sheer competence not only as a coach but as a trainer of coaches is truly inspiring for me.

Dr. Charles Herring is the recent recipient of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association’s Innovative School Leader of the Year Award that recognizes his leadership in building innovative programs for leading or building a school district in the 21st century.







Dr. Herring is currently the Director of Equity and Inclusion at South Fayette School District in McDonald, PA. He has been in the field of education for more than twenty five years.



He is creative – having created America’s first Hip-Hop Superhero – GRAMMAR MAN – an educational program that uses rap music and storytelling as tools to teach students the parts of speech.



He has traveled the country to speak for organizations on the topic of educational needs in our society and has been a TEDx speaker where his topic was From 2.3 to D.O.C.: Mentors, Mantras and Hip-Hop.



He created two additional programs – Black History is Not Just a Month, and The Mathematics Magician. He is also the author of a successful memoir in essays title, You can Only Hope to Contain Me – It’s Impossible to Stop a Person Who Won’t Quit.



Dr. Herring is a remarkable man who not only understands the critical needs of education in our country – but actually DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Adrienne Weiss is the principal of the company she founded, Adrienne Weiss Corporation.







Since 1986, the company has developed award-winning brand strategies for companies in many industries – food and beverage, retail, consumer products, convenience stores, real estate developments, sports stadiums and entertainment concepts. From Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Build-A-Bear to Target Stores, Five Below and Disney, Adrienne and her team create and reimagine brands that impact businesses all over the globe.



Adrienne is an international speaker on branding and has addressed a wide variety of audiences to include retailers and manufacturers on how to create “brand genetics” and how to deploy them and make stronger connections with consumers.



Adrienne has been called “the high priestess of pop marketing.”

Vice Admiral Sean Buck recently retired as the 63rd Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.



Admiral Buck is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and received his commission in 1983. He was designated a naval flight officer in 1985.







Flying the P-3C Orion, Buck’s early at-sea operational tours were with the “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40; a disassociated sea tour aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the catapult and arresting gear division officer; and a department head tour with the “Tridents” of VP-26. He subsequently commanded VP-26 and Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11.



As a flag officer, Admiral Buck served in many senior capacities in the Navy’s Patrol and Reconnaissance Force culminating in his role as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th fleet.



Admiral Buck was appointed the 63rd Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy on July 26, 2019 where he served until his retirement.

Grace Adele Boyle is an Executive and Creative Coach who works with individuals and organizations looking to increase creativity, realign core values, and create better content.







Her career started in the arts, ventured into successful entrepreneurial efforts and ultimately opened doors to Creative Consulting and Marketing opportunities. 



With over 15 years of experience working in creative industries, she now aims her coaching practice at two specific niches:




Executive Coaching, and



Creative Coaching.




She uses her skills as an executive coach and creative coach to nurture and challenges entrepreneurs, leaders, and creatives to get their best work out there.

Today's career world has changed. No longer are the traditional "career paths" available in most organizations. Today, it's up to the individual to manage his or her own career. And that process presents a significant challenge.







The Critical Skills are essential for success in this evermore career environment. Individuals must understand what the critical skills are and how to master them.



The curriculum of the Harvard Business School is designed to enable students to master these skills in a challenging, yet safe environment. No wonder why the Harvard Business School is nearly always rated at the top of the heap!



Join internationally certified coach (PCC) Charlie Jett as he discusses the Critical Skills, their importance, and their relationship to the Harvard Business School.

Imagine creating one of the most sophisticated instruments ever conceived, building it, and then successfully placing it one million miles from earth. Bill has “been there – done that.”







Bill has 40 years of experience in the aerospace industry. He has worked in both private industry and for NASA and is currently the Project Manager for the successful James Webb Space Telescope.



Bill received a B.S.E.E and M.S.E.E from Fairleigh Dickinson University and Masters in Operations Research from George Washington University. He began his career in 1979 with the Bendix Guidance Systems Division in Teterboro, N.J. as an electronics/software engineer, developing the flight software for the Hubble Space Telescope safing system.



In 1983, Bill transferred to Goddard Space Flight Center as a systems engineer for HST operations. In 1990, Bill joined NASA as the HST Operations Observatory Systems Manager. Bill has also served as the HST Deputy Operations Manager and the HST Operations Servicing Mission Manager.



James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to many astronomers the space observatory of the next decade.



In 1998, Bill became the Project Manager for the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) which was successfully launched in January of 2003. After SORCE, he was appointed the Project Manager for Landsat-8 and led the project through controversial period of various mission concepts from Data Buy, flying an instrument on a weather satellite, to the final mission implementation.



In December 2010, Bill was appointed the JWST Project Manager.



Bill has been the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, the Space Flight Awareness Honoree Award, various NASA Group Awards, NASA Honor Award for Outstanding Leadership Medal, and most recently the Robert H. Goddard Award for Outstanding Leadership.

Dr. Ethan Hollander is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Wabash College and creator of "Democracy and Its Alternatives", now available on Wondrium (formerly known as the Great Courses). 



"Democracy and Its Alternatives" is a 24-lecture series on the future of democracy, not just in the US, but globally. It addresses questions like: Does democracy have a future? What's causing it to falter? And is there anything we can do about it?



To watch the trailer or stream the course, go to Wondrium. Get the DVD and guidebook (or to download them electronically) at The Great Courses. The course is also available at a number of 3rd party sites, like Audible or Amazon.



Dr. Ethan Hollander



In his own words,” I am also the author of Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe (published by Palgrave MacMillan Press, 2017) and a number of scholarly articles on topics ranging from demoratization and authoritarian regimes to the politics of organ transplant.” 



“I love my job, this college, and its community because it gives me the ability to teach and learn from the most engaged students an educator could hope for, to ask questions about important and fascinating social and political phenomena, and to be a part of a dynamic and supportive community.”



“In both my teaching and my scholarly research, I hope to bridge academic disciplines in an effort to better understand the world in which we live. My teaching portfolio includes such varied courses as Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict; European Politics; Politics of the Middle East; Cuban Politics and Culture; Political Development; Voting and Electoral Systems; The Holocaust and Genocide; and Research Methods and Statistics. I also enjoy sharing the process of original scholarly research with my students, and I have worked with students on topics such as the politics of warfare, European Union immigration policy, South African electoral reform, and Vietnam War photography, just to name a few. Part of the beauty of working in a small college is the opportunity to share the learning process with my students who, in turn, teach me more than I could learn on my own.”



“Finally, this community allows me to pursue my non-academic interests, which include hiking, pottery, and making good food. I also serve on the Crawfordsville City Council as a representative of Ward 2.” 

Dr. Arthur W. Zimiga, a master and doctorate graduate from the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, is known nationally and worldwide as a top Native American educator.







Dr. Zimiga has presented curriculum material and has lectured on such subjects as Native American Education and business development for the “Cultural Different.”



Institutions where he has either taught or lectured include foreign educational agencies and major universities in the United States including Harvard University, UCLA, University of Arizona, University of South Dakota, and others.



Dr. Zimiga has an extensive background in Native American cultures and specializes in the Lakota Culture of which he is a member of Oglala Lakota Teton Nation. He is well respected by his fellow colleagues in business development as well as higher learning as well as elementary and secondary education worldwide.



His humor and can-do attitude are refreshing attributes that audiences enjoy. Dr. Zimiga is a poet, writer, soldier, artist, sportsman, executive, business developer, politician, educator, community leader, and family-oriented person.



He is also my friend – we were elementary school classmates in Hot Springs, South Dakota.



He brings insights that enlighten audiences – so you are in for a big surprise with Dr. Arthur Zimiga.

Dr. Douglas Slakey is Professor and Chief of Surgical Services at Christ Medical Center in Chicago and Program Director of General Surgery Residency at Advocate Aurora Health.







Dr. Slakey’s responsibilities include clinical, operations and strategy for in-patient and outpatient, adult and pediatric, surgical services.



His mission is to advance and promote safety, outcomes effectiveness and value-based practices across all surgical disciplines; to maintain a collaborative interdisciplinary environment for patient-centric tertiary and quaternary surgical care and related service lines.



His responsibilities also include medical education, research, financial management, contracting, and strategic planning.Dr. Slakey has an active surgical practice involving advanced surgery for pancreas and liver disease, kidney transplantation and dialysis access.



He has broad experience in developing innovative techniques for assessing reliability in medical systems, and in medical education and training including the use of simulation.



His research and international medical education experience includes the application of human factors and team training to improve outcomes, healthcare efficiency and patient safety.

Bill Carmody is a master of marketing and sales and an exceptional coach. He is a “maker of millionaires” and is committed to helping more than a million people reach total financial freedom.



Bill Carmody



Bill’s experience has included entrepreneurship, consulting, coaching, writing, volunteering, promoting social justice, and a builder of businesses.



In 2020, Bill co-created the Positive Intelligence (or PQ) program with founder Shirzad Chamine and the business has become one of the most powerful and fastest growing programs available today for coaches to supplement any coaching certification and to enable them to develop a six-seven figure income.

Glain Roberts-McCabe is the President and founder of Toronto-based THE ROUNDTABLE – a place where leaders can cultivate their leadership skills.







Through their innovative and multi-award Roundtable Peer-to-Peer Coaching programs and their “leaders teaching leaders” community, The Roundtable is reimagining the traditional consulting firm model.



Prior to launching The Roundtable in 2007, Glain was the Managing Partner of one of Canada’s most respected mid-sized consulting firms specializing in the area of leadership development.

JD Hoye is the Former President of the National Academy Foundation (NAF).







With a deep commitment to preparing students for college and meaningful careers, Ms. Hoye has worked at both the grassroots and the highest levels of government to reform how young people are engaged in learning and how they are positioned to pursue their academic interests and career goals. Through this work, she has become a nationally recognized leader in forging partnerships between educators and employers.



In leading the National Academy Foundation, Ms. Hoye oversees a network of 500 college preparatory, career-themed academies in 39 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NAF academies focus on one of five career themes – finance, hospitality & tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences – and work in partnership with over 2,500 businesses.



Prior to her appointment at NAF, Ms. Hoye served as President of Keep the Change, Inc., a nationally recognized consulting business focused on helping communities reform education and develop a skilled workforce. An active public speaker, Ms. Hoye worked closely with the National Academy Foundation while President of Keep the Change, Inc. and built strong relationships with the organization and its leadership.

Marty Strong has been a leader for decades, first in uniform as a combat-decorated Navy SEAL, and then in commercial business.







In this episode, Marty discusses his career as a Navy Seal and prolific author - the rigors of Navy Seal training, and the transition from a military career to the business world.



After leaving military service Marty spent seven years as a successful investment advisor focused on high net worth clients, ending that phase of his career at the United Bank of Switzerland. He transitioned into business management as a senior vice president for a billion-dollar-a-year defense contracting company.



In 2009, he joined a small, early-stage growth company in this same industry as an equity partner. Since then, Marty has led first one, then two employee-owned healthcare startups as CEO, and Chief Strategy Officer.



He is a thought provoking guest with over 350 appearances to his credit on national cable TV. He is a popular Podcast personality and has conducted hundreds of stimulating interviews in large metro radio markets across the United States. Marty plans to continue writing business insight books over the next few years and is currently working on, Be Exceptional: Personal and Professional Leadership in the age of Optimization.

Henry Kimsey-House is one of the first professional coaches in the 1980s and the co-founder and lead designer of the Co-Active Training Instute’s (CTI) provocative experiential learning programs. He is also the co-author of Co-Active Coaching and Co-Active Leadership.







An actor since age 9, Henry honed his insights into human emotion and the narrative process through classical theatrical training and years of stage, television, and film experience.



With deep conviction that education should be driven by immersive, contextually based learning and not dry information dumps, Henry is committed to creating richly engaging and transformative learning environments where retention approaches 80% rather than the traditional 20%.



Henry continues to develop new, innovative curriculum and collaborate with other dynamic thought leaders. Along with his wife and partner, Karen, has written Co-Active Leadership – now in its second edition.

When one thinks about public radio networks and classical music radio, one name comes to mind and that name is Steve Robinson.



Steve Robinson in his home studio



It’s difficult to imagine a highly successful radio station without a leader like Steve Robinson. Steve is well known for his unflagging energy, endless creativity, and deep knowledge of classical music and radio operations.



Steve has been creating, producing and developing radio programs for 50 years that have been heard throughout the U.S. and around the world. He is an example of someone who is a master of the critical skills of Communications, Production, and Technology.



In Chicago, Steve spent sixteen years at the helm of the great classical radio station, WFMT FM (98.7). He retired from WFMT in 2016 and now lives in Boston where he is President and Head Cheese of a company he founded, New Media Productions. The company creates and produces podcasts, CD’s and provides consulting services to a variety of media clients.

Retired Rear Admiral Tom Lynch is my classmate from the great Naval Academy class of 1964.







At Navy, Tom was active in sports – especially football where he lettered three times and was the captain of the great 1963 Navy team. He was also the brigade heavyweight boxing champion.



Tom’s Naval service focused on surface warfare culminating his taking command of the USS Eisenhower battle group during the course of Operation Desert Shield.



He also served as chief of Navy Legislative Affairs, and for three years was Superintendent of the US Naval Academy. Tom retired in 1995 and since then has pursued a very successful business career primarily in mortgage banking.