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Angela Spaxman, President
president@certifiedcoach.org
Spaxman.com.hk
President
Vice President
Treasurer
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Angela Spaxman
is one of the pioneers of the coaching industry in
Asia.
She has
been coaching full time since 2000 and is the Founding
President of the Hong Kong International Coaching
Community. Angela works with managers, professionals
and business people who want to love their jobs and
excel. Her clients are accelerating their learning
about leadership, inspiring, empowering and developing
their team members, or creating careers that suit
them perfectly. Angela also works with organizations
that are implementing leadership development or culture
change programs involving coaching.
With 16
years of experience in the people-development field
as a coach, corporate trainer and consultant in both
Hong Kong and Canada, Angela is also a graduate of
'Coach U', a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-linguistic
Programming, and has Advanced Certification in Harrison
Assessments. Angela's substantial leadership experience
with volunteer groups gives her special insight into
how to motivate people to do their best.
M.Parker Anderson, PCC,
Vice President
vicepresident@certifiedcoach.org
Parker
is a professional life coach who specializes in leadership
coaching and training. Parker is committed to helping
individuals and organizations rediscover the leader
from within. She is the founder and CEO of The Anderson
Advantage Group, an international coaching and executive
management firm based in Washington, D.C. Often considered
an internationalist, Parker has lived and worked throughout
the globe including Africa, the Caribbean, Europe,
and South America. She is multilingual with native-like
proficiency in Spanish and French, and she has lectured
on varied coaching, management, and development topics,
in countries around the world, including Austria,
Jamaica, South Africa, Barbados, and Panama.
A noted
lecturer and author, Parker has authored articles
and/or professional manuals on managing change in
the workplace, issues affecting women in development,
addressing linguistic and cultural diversity, changing
the dialogue of war and conflict to peaceful resolutions,
and living with disappointments and how to choose
powerful outcomes in the face of unmet needs. She
is a graduate of Boston University, University of
Massachusetts, and The Coach for Life, Master Coach
Training Program, and the Coachville Proficiencies
Training Course.
She is
also an active member with The National Association
for theEducation of Young Children, the National Black
Child DevelopmentInstitute, and the African and American
Women's Association. Parker's commitment is to work
with the IAC's international programs and projects
and to increase the active involvement of members
worldwide.
Parker works with people and organizations interested
in being leaders whoinspire.
Dr.
Paul Jeong, IAC-CC
asiacoach.co.kr
Paul has
a strong background in developing Asian leaders,
having trained more than 40,000 organizational leaders.
Paul is one of the pioneers of the coaching industry
in Korea, providing executive coaching services
and coach training to LG, Samsung, Hyundai, Tesco,
IBM Korea, GS and SK telecom. Paul also serves
on the International Board of the International
Coach Association (ICA), is an ICF Executive Coach
Summit Member, and is the Korean chairman for NCD
in Korea. Paul has many success stories from his
varied experiences in cross cultural leadership
and organization, stories which serve to enrich
his already unique background. He resided in the
United States for 20 years from a student to
university professor and a successful business
CEO, specializing in Asian American relations and
the Asian market system overall. Paul now lives
in Korea, providing a number of services to Korea
and Asia that include leadership coaching,
organizational change, emotional intelligence, executive
coaching, and ILCT ICF ACTP coach training.
Bonnie Chan, IAC-CC
Coachlite.com
Bonnie
is a business and life coach from Hong Kong specialized
in cross-cultural coaching, personal and organization
effectiveness. Bonnie’s rich business acumen
and international trade experiences in multi-countries
articulates her coaching sense in different industries.
One of the first-batch coaches in Asia, Bonnie is
the founding member of the Hong Kong International
Coaching Community and was elected as President
in 2005/6 and is actively involved as the Honorary
Advisor to the community. She brings coaching to
China by training new coaches in Guangzhou and Shenzhen
respectively. She is the co-author of “ParentCoach”
published in 2005 , the first Chinese coaching book
of its kind in Hong Kong and China.
She completed her coaching program in The Graduate
School of Coaching, Coachville and is a certified
coach with IAC. She is an Eco-psychologist and actively
pursues her PhD research in Eco-coaching. She believes
Well Mind, Well Business and Well Earth.
Bonnie speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese
and Japanese. She dreams to see international recognized
coaching certification could be granted in multi-languages
in the future.
Bonnie
plays Tai Jei, loves international gourmet and fond
of Japanese cooking and Chinese Suxiu Embroidery
appreciation.
Des Walsh
Businessandblogging.com
Thinkinghomebusiness.com
Des
Walsh is a business coach based on Australia’s
Gold Coast. In an earlier career as a senior public
sector executive, he was responsible for developing
and managing a range of national and state-level
programs in the fields of education, cultural development
and major events. In the late 1980s he established
his own communications and training consultancy
and in 2002 he moved into coaching, enrolling in
the Coachville Schools of Coaching.
His primary focus in coaching is on helping business
owners and entrepreneurs take their business to
the next level. He has also developed a specialization
in coaching companies and solo professionals in
the use of blogging and other social media in business
and is the author of several blogs, including Business
and Blogging and Thinking Home Business.
Kim Nishida
www.readytoevolve.com
www.membershipsitesupport.com
Kim
Nishida is a small business coach, specializing
in helping personal growth professionals plan and
maintain profitable, fulfilling membership sites.
Her lifelong passion for inspiring and supporting
others has led her towards such diverse roles as
coxswain of the men’s crew team at UC Berkeley,
Wellness Director of the Berkeley YMCA, and leader
of her own group coaching program, the Results Mastery
Club, focusing on leading entrepreneurs to sustainable
success.
She
graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
with a B.A. in English and has worked in non-profit,
university, and corporate settings in the fields
of marketing and publicity, book publishing, management
and program direction, and fitness and wellness.
She
first came to coaching through WellCoaches and then
studied at the Graduate School of Coaching and Schools
of Coachville.
Kim
is an avid writer, runner, and foodie living in
Southern California with her two dogs. She looks
forward to getting married in 2008 to her fiancè,
Mark, and traveling to as many National Parks as
possible.
Mike Goonan, CFLC
MikeGoonan@FearlessLiving.org
www.freewebs.com/jumpingintofreedom
At
the age of 23, Mike Goonan is leading the way for
the next generation of professional coaches.
Mike
Goonan is a Certified Fearless Living Coach of the
Fearless Living Institute (FLI). Mike has personally
received training from Rhonda Britten, the founder
of FLI and the Life Coach seen on NBC’s Emmy
Award Winning Daytime Reality Drama Starting
Over as well as some of the best coaches and
mentors FLI has to offer. Mike was the first Certified
Fearless Living Coach in the state of New Jersey
and is the youngest Certified Fearless
Living Coach in the world.
Mike
is the Founder of “Jumping into Freedom Coaching”,
an international coaching practice set up to support
people on their Fearless Path.
Mike
is a member of the International Association of
Coaching (IAC), Fearless Coaching Association (FCA),
Fearless Living Institute (FLI), International Coach
Federation (ICF), New Jersey Professional Coaches
Association (NJPCA), and President of the New Jersey
Coaching Alliance- IAC Chapter. He currently serves
on the Board of Directors at the Fearless Living
Institute and the Board of Governors at IAC.
Since
graduating high school in 2003, Mike has made a
180 in his life. He is no longer hiding from the
world, instead he is investing and interacting fully
with the world around him.
Aside
from being a coach, Mike is a student at Rowan University
majoring in Public Relations and a Leader at Weight
Watchers in which he leads weekly meetings across
South Jersey to over 500 members.
Sue Brundege, IAC-CC
Self
Made Self LLC
Sue
Brundege is an IAC-certified coach, communication
consultant and trainer, writer, and public speaker.
Through her business, Self Made Self LLC, she helps
service-based professionals gain confidence in public
speaking, writing, and networking to attract ideal
clients and grow their business.
Sue completed her coaching studies
through Coach Training Alliance, and currently serves
on their faculty as a Mentor Coach and Trainer.
Also, she is the Mentor Coach for Prosperous Coach,
a membership-based coaching community that helps
coaches grow their business by developing a prosperity
mindset, effective business practices, and niche
marketing skills.
Prior to coaching, Sue specialized
in sales and communication training, proposal writing,
and Web content management for a global engineering
and technical services firm. She also has experience
in organizational development consulting, coaching,
and communication skills training for healthcare
professionals.
Sue
lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and
three cats. She enjoys travel, hiking, camping,
playing ragtime piano and accordion, and making
stained glass and mosaic art.
