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Jay is a progressive educator and a passionate equity leader! She earned her doctorate in education from the University of Wisconsin— Stevens Point and is an ICF-certified coach. Her coaching expertise is in helping clients manage their mindsets to achieve their goals, and her approach is grounded in her experiences as an educator, a career coach, a talent development specialist and a mindfulness practitioner. Currently, Jay is the Director of Alumni and Network Engagement at Teach For America DC. Originally from New York City, she currently resides in Washington, DC, and in her leisure time, she meditates, hikes, and travels!

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Dimple is a coach, facilitator, storyteller, and leader of leaders. With more than 20 years of global public service experience, she creates brave spaces for emerging and seasoned leaders to break old patterns of conditioned reactions; address and heal long-standing systemic issues; and ultimately enhance equity, connection, belonging, and well-being at the individual and organizational level. Dimple is an ICF coach, certified in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP), a certified Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness, and Knowledge (mPEAK) facilitator. She has a JD from the University of Denver, College of Law, and a BA in Institutions and Policies from William Jewell College and Oxford University.

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To be seen, heard, known, and trusted is the greatest gift of coaching. Dr. Michelle Edwards has always believed in the importance of personal growth and development and has personally witnessed and experienced the impact of coaching. She is a trained coach, the former Executive Director at Live It Learn It, former principal of Orr Elementary, and serves on various nonprofit boards. Michelle was educated in Chicago Public Schools, received a B.S. in elementary education from Northern Illinois Univ., Master’s degrees from Loyola and Trinity Universities, a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the Univ. of Pennsylvania and a certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University.

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Carlon is a leadership and performance coach who serves purpose-driven individuals committed to maximizing their potential and defining success on their own terms. He helps leaders gain greater clarity on what they want out of life and lead from a place of authenticity. His coach training is through the ACT program at Brown University. Carlon also serves as the Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder of Equity Institute and co-founded re*generation, which hosts meetups to support education leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. Prior experience includes leading Breakthrough Providence, and working at City Year, as a classroom teacher, and policy fellow for a Colorado Senator.

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Jillian is a leadership coach specializing in organization and talent development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Her coaching philosophy is built on the belief that everyone has all that they need to achieve their wildest ambitions. Jillian utilizes intuitive listening, somatic practices, shadow work, visualizations, IFS, and other modalities to help clients see the world through multiple lenses, expand their choices, and more deeply access their power. Jillian is a certified life coach through the Integrative Wellness Academy. She holds an M.S. in Organization Development from American University and a B.A. in Multicultural Studies: Conflict and Cooperation from The George Washington University.

Co-Founder and Coach

For 25 years, Adam has developed the leadership of youth and adults, focusing on racial and educational equity. Adam was a teacher and community organizer and then co-founded Critical Exposure, a youth-serving social justice nonprofit in DC, which he ran for 17 years. Now Adam is a coach because he wants to be the resource he needed as a leader. Adam received his coach training through the ACT program at Brown University and follows the Co-Active Coaching model, a client-led approach that uses intense listening, powerful questions, and the skills and creativity people already possess to help them be effective, authentic leaders.

Co-Founder and Coach

Eloise is a strengths based coach, drawing upon her training in positive psychology and the art of thriving, resiliency, and the causes of happiness and success. Prior to becoming a coach, Eloise ran a youth development nonprofit for a decade, City Kids Wilderness Project, and as Executive Director more than tripled revenue and built out programs receiving national acclaim. She has an MBA from Boston University, a BA in Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University, and is a DCPS graduate. Eloise is trained in negotiation and mediation through the Harvard Program on Negotiation, was a Seeding Disruption racial equity fellow, and is a restorative yoga teacher.

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Andre Samuels is an executive coach with certifications in Executive Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University’s Center for Transformational Leadership, and in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. Andre received the David Rubinstein Award for Highly Effective Leadership from DC Public Schools in 2013. Andre holds a BA in Human Communication Studies and two master’s degrees in Educational Administration and Policy and Special Education from Howard University. In 2014 he earned an MBA in Leadership from Georgetown University. Currently, Andre is a doctoral student at The University of Pennsylvania.

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Monica is an ICF Certified Executive Coach whose mission is to develop and expand the capacity of leaders to positively impact schools, organizations, and society. Her years as a high school English teacher, assistant principal, principal, nonprofit and state-level leader, helped to mold her perception about the powerful influence that effective leaders have in shaping the worlds of those they lead. Monica holds an Executive Certificate in Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership from Georgetown University, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Regent University, and a Certification in Workplace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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As a certified leadership coach, Dr. Laura's mission is to empower leaders to create equitable, inspiring environments where each person thrives and serves their organization with passion. Clients say that the most valuable outcome of coaching with Dr. Laura is gaining clarity about their core beliefs and values as well as how to lead most effectively in alignment with them. Through coaching and consulting, Dr. Laura has supported a wide range of clients including executives, new leaders, high potentials, executive teams and non-profit organizations – all centered around a philosophy of equity, justice, belonging and human-centered leadership.