Professional Introduction: A former Outward Bound instructor, I work primarily as a business and personal coach. My focus is not just to assist clients with better careers but coach them to better health. Strong vision + strong health means you are around to enjoy your success!
After receiving two undergraduate degrees from the University of South Florida (one in Psychology and one in Communication) I worked with at-risk kids then moved to New England to work as Counselor and Outward Bound Instructor.
(I had hiked the Appalachian Trail by myself a few years earlier so the opportunity to be in the wilderness and get paid was a dream-come-true).
Working with Outward Bound and other wilderness / adventure schools was great and it was here that I honed my abilities to help people tap into more then they thought they had. It was here that I really learned to coach.
After a few years of working wilderness courses from Florida-to-Oregon I entered graduate school where I earned a Master of Science degree in Business Management. Along the way I achieved certification and faculty status with the William Glasser Institute. Glasser's techniques grounded in Lead Management and Choice Theory help people identify what they really want and develop more effective ways to get it. Real coaches use real models: this is the primary model I use in coaching.
I returned to Outward Bound for a short time as the Assistant Program Director of an Urban Center in Boston with the focus of developing therapeutic health services. The pull of what had become my home was great however and I eventually returned to the country to work in Vermont.
I started working in a substance abuse treatment program through the Vermont Department of Corrections, called ISAP, and was eventually promoted to Clinical Supervisor then Program Director. While working in the ISAP Program, I was the architect of a consistent treatment design which I implemented statewide at nine sites.
Along the way I started 2 businesses: ClinicalSupervision.biz, LLC then Willoughby Forest, LLC (My partner and I steward 110 acres of Vermont forestland (Tree Farm #1464) developing agri-forest products like ginseng, in addition to timber and are both trained Cooperators through Vermont Coverts). In my spare time I taught computer science courses, communication courses and psychology courses at the Community College of Vermont. I also decided to join Toastmasters and achieved my first DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) in July 2010.
Currently I am active as a trainer, motivational speaker, business / personal coach, clinical supervisor and personal trainer (I am a Certified Personal Trainer and a Sports Nutrition Specialist by the National Federation of Personal Trainers). I help everyone with everything from nail biting to developing a marketing plan to using QuickBooks (I am a Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor). I serve the community as a Volunteer Firefighter (Firefighter 1 and HazMat Operator Certified) and as an Instructor with the American Red Cross.
