Thrive’25 Summit Coaches
Purpose Barbra Schulte
Leadership Ann Frees
Focus Yvonne Wilcox
Persistence Dr. Stephanie Burns
Wellbeing Nancy Grimmick, RN, HNB-BC
Vision Jeanne Churchwell
Certified High-Performance Coach
Barbra Schulte
A singular desire drives Barbra Schulte - to help others grow their potential inside. Barb is a certified high performance coach who uses her extraordinary abilities with people to help them achieve their best in day to day and high-performance situations. Although her practice focuses on novice and professional athletes, she also coaches corporate leaders to lead and manage with confidence, clarity and compassion.
Barbra’s talent is helping people learn how to remain calm, confident, and mentally clear in times when they are uncertain, stressed or anxious. Her coaching style reflects the very qualities that she teaches.
Barbra first applied and refined her successful coaching principles and techniques in her own career in cow cutting competitions. Her successes are numerous including being the first woman to win two legs of the cow cutting's triple crown. The recognition for her successes are numerous and includes being inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2012, and receiving the Modine Smith Humanitarian Award from the National Cutting Horse Association in 2022.
Barbra’s passion for helping others be their best extends to her published books, articles, blogs and vblogs. She offers online and in person clinics and private coaching.
Executive Leadership Coach
Ann Frees
Ann has fostered personal transformation and leadership development for thousands of people during her more than 35 years of experience guiding individuals, families, and organizations as they anticipate and plan the future, and focus on and achieve what matters most to them.
Her work in the field of organizational development has been devoted to inspiring and empowering organizations, teams, and individuals in the practice of Natural Leadership. She has trained and coached leaders, and their teams to build relationships, embrace change, achieve desired results, and transform their workplace culture…..Bringing about change from the inside out.
She consults organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 100 companies and large government agencies to small, family-owned businesses. Within these organizations, she guides, trains and coaches CEOs, Boards of Directors, product teams and managers at all levels.
Ann is the Owner, Co-Founder, and Vice President of Harmony International, Inc. She is a collaborating author of Align: How Great Leaders Transform the Workplace and Themselves. It is a textbook for a course in leadership at George Washington University.
Ann is the Owner, Co-Founder, and Vice President of Harmony International, Inc. She is a collaborating author of Align: How Great Leaders Transform the Workplace and Themselves. It is a textbook for a course in leadership at George Washington University.
Creative Strategy Coach
Yvonne Wilcox
Yvonne is the creator of proprietary systems, templates, and tools for organizational management, visioning, strategic planning, and empowered collaboration.
Yvonne has spent 30 years involved in the art of group idea strategy—the last ten enthusiastically developing, testing, and refining the Gainstorming® model.
"I love thinking, creating and finding ways to make difficult things simple - asking 'why' and 'what if' are my favourite things to do.“
Yvonne has spent 30 years involved in the art of group idea strategy—the last ten enthusiastically developing, testing, and refining the Gainstorming® model.
"I love thinking, creating and finding ways to make difficult things simple - asking 'why' and 'what if' are my favourite things to do.“
Achievement Coach
Dr. Stephanie Burns
Dr. Stephanie Burns is well known in the Australian corporate, education and government communities. Trained originally as an engineer by the U.S. Army her career evolved through influential studies into human behavior.
Over the past 35 years, Stef has gained a global reputation as one of the leaders in adult learning. Tens of thousands of people have attended her “Learning to Learn” program in Australia and New Zealand, and over 2000 students completed her 6-month program for teachers, trainers and presenters.
Stef has authored multiple bestselling books including Great Lies We Live By, Artistry in Training, and Move Closer Stay Longer. She is at the top of the human behavior game when it relates to leadership, communication, learning, overcoming procrastination behavior, personal and professional development. She is an enthralling, provocative, smart and full-on entertaining presenter.
Wellness Coach
Nancy Grimmick, RN, HNB-BC
Nancy
is a highly experienced Registered Nurse and Holistic Health nurse with over 40
years of experience in the healthcare industry. She began her career as a home
care and hospice nurse, where she quickly learned the importance of providing
holistic care to patients. This experience inspired her to develop her practice
as an independent case manager, and she has been working closely with patients
to assist them in recovering from illness and injury for the past 25 years.
As a result of her work in the medical field, Nancy increasingly recognized the limitations of the traditional medical system in providing whole patient care. This led her to pursue additional training and certifications in complementary and alternative medicine, including wellness coaching, Reiki, aromatherapy, Palliative Care medicine, Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing.
Nancy is also dedicated to bringing education and support to nurses in the area of complementary and alternative medicine. She believes that by empowering nurses with knowledge and tools to provide holistic care, they can greatly improve the lives of their patients.
Overall, Nancy is a passionate and dedicated healthcare professional who is committed to providing compassionate and holistic care to her patients, while also advocating for the integration of complementary and alternative medicine in traditional healthcare settings.
As a result of her work in the medical field, Nancy increasingly recognized the limitations of the traditional medical system in providing whole patient care. This led her to pursue additional training and certifications in complementary and alternative medicine, including wellness coaching, Reiki, aromatherapy, Palliative Care medicine, Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing.
Nancy is also dedicated to bringing education and support to nurses in the area of complementary and alternative medicine. She believes that by empowering nurses with knowledge and tools to provide holistic care, they can greatly improve the lives of their patients.
Overall, Nancy is a passionate and dedicated healthcare professional who is committed to providing compassionate and holistic care to her patients, while also advocating for the integration of complementary and alternative medicine in traditional healthcare settings.
Emcee, Entrepreneur & Coach
Jeanne Churchwell
Jeanne Churchwell is our master of ceremonies. She is an entrepreneur and a proven executive with demonstrated ability to set strategy and lead organizations in holistic product transformation. Her experience in strategic business planning, operational excellence, software solutions, and team building makes her acutely aware of the need to operationalize, automate and scale processes in achieving business outcomes.
Prior to establishing MTI, Jeanne founded numerous ventures and co-founded and led a highly successful training company for 29 years. Jeanne lives in Virginia and Delaware, is married, has two daughters and a dog named Yuki. She is a life-long learner and loves to spend her time traveling, enjoying nature, and having fun with her family and friends (usually exploring something new!).
Jeanne founded Mt. Tam Innovations, LLC (MTI) to fill the void she personally experienced in day-to-day business interactions. As Founder and CEO, she leads a team of highly motivated program managers, technical consultants, content developers, and programmers whose mission is to create high-quality experiences for Fortune 1000 clients.
Prior to establishing MTI, Jeanne founded numerous ventures and co-founded and led a highly successful training company for 29 years. Jeanne lives in Virginia and Delaware, is married, has two daughters and a dog named Yuki. She is a life-long learner and loves to spend her time traveling, enjoying nature, and having fun with her family and friends (usually exploring something new!).
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