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Carol Limperos, PCC

Principal and Executive Coach

Carol Limperos, PCC

Principal and Executive Coach

With 35 years of experience in the Americas and Europe, Carol is an executive coach and former C-suite leader who works with clients and their teams to accelerate performance. She partners with senior leaders during their career moves to enterprise leaders, preparing them to solve today’s complex challenges and organizational change. Carol is often brought into fragile situations to help executives find their way back to center, during times of professional or personal pressure that could cause them to stall or lose focus. Clients rely on her intellectual honesty, business experience, and thought partnership to focus them on achieving results. Her background includes teaching at Rice University and serving on the board of the Texas A&M University Mays Business School. Carol holds a BS from UT-El Paso and an MBA from Texas A&M.

Snapshot:
• Reads contemporary and past thinkers, biased toward converting theory into relevant execution
• Hiked 47 US National Parks with husband
• Values friends and family gatherings

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Steve Pinckney, PCC

Executive Coach

Steve Pinckney, PCC

Executive Coach

Steve has 20+ years of experience in change leadership and business transformation. He helps clients leverage strengths, define vision, and prioritize critical objectives to deliver even more impactful results. Steve also focuses on increasing the synergy between an organization’s leadership and its delivery teams, enabling them to work collaboratively and effectively. By strengthening their cohesion, Steve ensures they align on vision, goals, and objectives – fostering an environment that leads to increased velocity, enhanced employee engagement, and increased outcomes. Steve has a Bachelors in Computer Science from Park University, an MBA from American Intercontinental University, and is pursuing a Masters in Strategic Foresight at the University of Houston.

Snapshot:
• Father of two amazing daughters
• Lived and worked for 7 years in the UK, Australia and Singapore
• Published author of book on Real World IT Projects

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Shveta Pillai, PCC

Executive Coach

Shveta Pillai, PCC

Executive Coach

Shveta is an accomplished Executive & Leadership Coach with 25+ years of experience advising emerging startups and global Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, oil & gas, and finance. She excels in enhancing performance by focusing on key areas such as organizational structure, relationship management, communication, and core limiting beliefs. Shveta integrates her coaching process with expertise in organizational development. As a result, she partners with clients to help them gain new insights into actionable steps to improve their leadership style and foster stronger engagement with peers, employees, and others critical to their success. She holds an undergraduate degree in Corporate Communications and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Snapshot:
• Native Houstonian married with 2 daughters, 1 dog, and 1 cat
• Founder of social media company featuring stories of Asian American women powerhouses
• Pilates enthusiast

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Ralph Kerr

Executive Coach

Ralph Kerr

Executive Coach

Combining a technical background, expertise as a line business leader, and success as a longtime coach and advisor, Ralph brings a wealth of practical experience to client engagements. He has coached in settings ranging from field ops to the executive suite. Ralph specializes in working with leaders to grow their capabilities, navigate complex organizational issues, manage teams effectively, and improve business results. Ralph previously served as a Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant with Shell Oil, where he partnered with leaders in a variety of settings to manage budgets, achieve targets, and ensure departmental safety performance. He holds a BS from Duke University and an MS from the University of Texas at Austin.

Snapshot:
• Plays guitar nearly every day
• Has coached leaders from 5 continents
• Believes that continuous learning is key to a happy and successful career and life

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Jillian Rigert, MD, ACC

Executive Coach

Jillian Rigert, MD, ACC

Executive Coach

Jillian leverages she experiences as a dentist, physician, military veteran, and coach to support clients in preventing and recovering from burnout – and in creating fulfilling, sustainable careers that align with their values. Jillian received her medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and her dental degree from Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine. Previously, as an internal coach for MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was recognized in the 2024 Annual Report for her commitment and contribution to coaching physicians, managers, and emerging leaders. Jillian has extensive coach training to support clients’ individual needs, including certification as a Lodestar-Certified Trauma-Informed coach and Martha Beck Wayfinder Master Coach.

Snapshot:
• Reese’s (cockapoo) human
• Childhood nickname was Silly Jilly
• Runs marathons for fun, including on the treadmill

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Jonathan Phillips

Executive Career Advisor

Jonathan Phillips

Executive Career Advisor

Combining a technical background, line business experience, and more than three decades as a retained search and career advisor, Jonathan brings a practical, market-centered perspective to executive career decisions. He helps leaders clarify their value, navigate complex transitions, strengthen trusted networks, and move toward roles where they can make meaningful impact. Jonathan founded Magellan International, L.P. in 1993 after roles at Shell Oil across engineering, research, sales, product management, business management, and planning. He holds a BS in Chemistry and an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Snapshot:
• Author of Living Your Best Career
• Serves senior executives through Career Compass Navigator™
• Enjoys fly fishing, cycling, skiing, and camping

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Marcia Newman, PCC

Executive Coach

Marcia Newman, PCC

Executive Coach

Marcia had a 30-year career in leadership positions – and as a coach has a proven strategic performance record of bringing clarity, alignment, and forward movement to clients. In addition to her business background, she was a professional singer, which gives her an acute ability to speak to every aspect of business, personal and organizational life through congruence of spirit, voice and purpose. Marcia works with clients on how to hear what is beneath the surface, find their voice, and lead with excellence from the inside out. Beginning with the end in mind, Marcia helps clients see the whole and the parts to gain a fresh perspective. She works with C-suite leaders and senior executives, including health care providers, to reclaim their center and lead with a clear voice and joy. Marcia holds an MBA from Gonzaga University.

Snapshot:
• She and her daughter sung at Canterbury Cathedral: 10 years apart
• Fascinated by Petrology – the study of rocks – especially gems of color
• Loves to set beautiful tables and arrange flowers

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David Handler, PCC

Managing Principal and Executive Coach

David Handler, PCC

Managing Principal and Executive Coach

David is a former marketing executive with 20+ years of coaching experience. He specializes in identifying key areas that may impede leaders from serving effectively, then works with them to develop enhanced skills to achieve better results. David coaches at all levels – from directors to the C-Suite – in industries from energy to healthcare, technology to insurance. Having delivered more than 11,000 hours of coaching, he helps clients create behavioral changes to improve relationships in all directions. Previously, David produced live sports television events for 15 years, co-founded the nation’s largest intercollegiate sports travel company, and is the author of "Words Flow Through Me", a compilation of more than 30 years of published writings. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Snapshot:
• Coached offshore on world’s largest energy platform
• Stood in end zone as Dwight Clark made legendary "The Catch”
• Won 1979 DFW amateur Putt-Putt Golf Championship

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Shelby Bybee, CEC

Executive Coach

Shelby Bybee, CEC

Executive Coach

Shelby is a performance strategist and global leader with two decades of experience across oil and gas, tech, finance, and non-profits. She’s led initiatives in more than 20 countries and coached leaders at all levels, from the rig to the C-suite, through growth and change. Shelby helps clients uncover bold goals, surface pain points, and build clear roadmaps to drive lasting results. Her Meta Performance™ approach blends strategic clarity with identity-level work, challenging leaders to go beyond doing more to becoming more. Clients credit her with elevating presence, aligning teams, and helping them lead with greater intention. Known for fostering trust, momentum, and high-impact outcomes in high-stakes environments – whether unifying fractured teams or helping founders scale with vision – Shelby sparks sustainable change from the inside-out.

Snapshot:
• Toured with the educational performance program “Up With People”
• Trained as an improv comedian at The Second City in Chicago
• Worked in Africa for four years

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Chris Hatcher

Senior Advisor & Executive Coach

Chris Hatcher

Senior Advisor & Executive Coach

Chris is passionate about helping leaders and teams unlock their full potential. With 25+ years of experience in leadership coaching, talent development, and organizational strategy, he partners with executives to create lasting impact through collaboration, growth, and strategic change. Chris has led initiatives that strengthen leadership, boost retention, and drive measurable results – through optimizing high-performing teams, guiding organizations through transformation, and helping leaders navigate challenges with confidence. His practical approach makes leadership development effective and engaging, ensuring businesses and individuals thrive. Above all, Chris loves working with people, supporting their success, and turning big ideas into real, lasting change.

Snapshot:
• Married with three children, one dog, and a few foster canines
• Loves to travel with wife and explore new foods and drinks
• Fan of all Houston and Texas A&M sports teams

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Roshmi Dalal, PCC

Executive Coach

Roshmi Dalal, PCC

Executive Coach

With years of experience in high-stress, corporate roles and more than 500 hours of coaching clients globally, Roshmi focuses on helping leaders overcome an array of challenges, including negative thought patterns, imposter syndrome, and conflict avoidance. Her coaching approach includes emotional intelligence (EQ), resilience and accountability tools, and mindfulness mastery – focused on empowering clients to unlock their greatest impact, influence and potential to achieve goals. She is a frequent keynote speaker with a reputation for being charismatic and engaging, which gives the audience and her clients a sense of purpose and confidence that impacts their self-awareness, empathy, and communication. Roshmi is a CPA who graduated summa cum laude with a BBA and MPA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Snapshot:
• Born in the UK, raised in Houston, and traveled to 20+ countries
• Co-founder of South Asian Women's Entrepreneurs Alliance
• Passion for Yoga and the mental well-being of others

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Miguel Lozano, PhD

Executive Coach

Miguel Lozano, PhD

Executive Coach

Miguel brings a unique perspective to coaching, drawing on 25+ years in process improvement, project management, and change management. He worked in leadership roles across organizations in healthcare, automotive manufacturing, and traffic safety. Miguel believes leaders must know themselves well to be successful – and helps clients understand who they are, their key strengths, level of emotional intelligence, and blind spots. Miguel has a passion for teaching and has appointments in master’s programs at the UT School of Public Health in Houston, the University of Houston Bauer College of Business, and UH-Downtown. He holds a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico, an MBA from UT-El Paso, and a PhD from the UT School of Public Health.

Snapshot:
• Loves social gatherings
• Black Belt in Taekwondo
• Highly competitive in sports and games

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Sandra Voyadzis, PCC

Executive Coach

Sandra Voyadzis, PCC

Executive Coach

Sandra is a globally experienced, certified team and executive coach who partners with senior leaders to elevate performance, strengthen presence, and lead with greater clarity and impact. She brings deep organizational experience – including a corporate tenure as Global Lead for Coaching and Leadership Development – and boutique coaching intimacy. Sandra works across energy, banking, healthcare, legal, and government, with a gift for helping leaders get out of their own way. Her style is warm and direct, blending rigor with trust to surface blind spots and drive lasting change. She holds an MBA, and an MSc in Organizational Psychology from the London School of Economics. She coaches fluently in English and French.

Snapshot:
• Lived and worked across five countries on three continents
• Runs, hikes, and maintains a daily mindfulness practice
• Greek-Belgian roots with a deep love for straight talk and good friends

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Matt Williams, PCC

Principal and Executive Coach

Matt Williams, PCC

Principal and Executive Coach

Matt has an extensive background assisting mid- to C-level executives to improve their results by developing skills and competencies to ensure individual, team and organizational success. His background includes corporate and entrepreneurial experiences, including technical sales and leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies, turnaround experience in the mid-market, and founding, leading and successful sale of a medical technology firm. This background of business leadership, coupled with a depth of education and coaching experience, provides the foundation for successful executive and team development. His coaching philosophy is client-centric, solutions-focused and draws upon a servant leadership value system. Matt holds a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin, has a graduate certificate in Executive Coaching from UT-Dallas, and coaching certifications for HR, NLP, OD, and Cognitive Behavior.

Snapshot:
• Married 42 years, with 2 children and 8 grandchildren
• Loves fly-fishing, especially in Colorado
• Active in ministries and coaching youth sports

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Penny Wand, ACC

Executive Coach

Penny Wand, ACC

Executive Coach

Penny has a unique ability to use humor and grace to inspire people to identify obstacles and face their fears. Years of professional leadership in a technical world provided both the experiences and wisdom to help people understand themselves and how they show up to others. She coaches leaders to uphold their personal values while driving impact within their unique corporate culture. Penny’s diverse background provides clients a strategic lens informed by execution experience. She served in leadership roles in a variety of organization including telecom, insurance and consumer electronics – from start-up to Fortune 100 firms. Her functional roles included strategic planning, technology and data strategy development, and sales. Penny has a BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Snapshot:
• Loves travel, learning and hanging out with family
• Went on four-day horse camping trip for 15 years
• Grandfather designed and built one of first electrical cars, inspiring her interest in Engineering

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Mark Berg, ACC

Executive Coach

Mark Berg, ACC

Executive Coach

As a licensed mental health professional and executive leadership coach, Mark has assisted and supported executives, leaders, and professionals for 30+ years. He is the former director of EAP for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and ExpressJet Airlines – and held numerous local and national offices with professional associations. Mark is currently National Clinical Director for the Critical Incident Response Program for the Air Line Pilot Association. He has led training and educational presentations internationally for corporations, medical institutions, and professional organizations. Mark brings his core values of Confidentiality, Integrity, Non-Judgmental, Caring, and Inclusiveness into his coaching relationships. He holds an undergraduate degree from Baylor University and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from UH-Clear Lake.

Snapshot:
• Loves to teach and learn
• Trained show horses and hunting dogs
• Loves to travel the world and be outdoors

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Mary Banks

Executive Coach

Mary Banks

Executive Coach

Mary is a former financial services executive with significant experience leading global project teams, leadership development, employee relations, change management, and teambuilding. During nearly two decades of coaching leaders in energy, telecom, and financial services, she's worked with executive management teams on the people agenda for mergers and acquisitions, transition planning, and staffing reorganizations. Mary leverages her comprehensive corporate experience in coaching leaders on leading their teams through change initiatives, and working through team dynamics to enhance team performance. As an executive coach she strives to help leaders develop skills to enhance their executive presence and strategic communication capabilities while engaging effectively with internal executive leaders and improve employee morale and retention. Mary holds a BA in Psychology from Oral Roberts University and a MS in Business Management from Houston Christian University.

Snapshot:
• Published author of three ‘good selling’ books
• Enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends
• Graduated from High School of the Performing Arts as an aspiring actress

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Brian Passell, PhD

Senior Consultant

Brian Passell, PhD

Senior Consultant

Brian is passionate about helping leaders and organizations achieve clarity, alignment, and measurable growth. With 20+ years of experience in business leadership, organizational development, and strategic operations, he partners with CEOs, founders, and executive teams to turn vision into results. Brian has led initiatives that accelerate revenue, strengthen culture, and improve operational performance – through aligning people and processes, building high-performance teams, and guiding organizations through complex transitions. His approach blends strategic insight with practical execution, ensuring leaders set the right direction… and have systems and talent to get there. Brian thrives on working side-by-side with clients, solving challenges and creating lasting change that drives business success and personal fulfillment.

Snapshot:
• Met wife on blind date – and discovered she’s from mother’s Ohio hometown
• Best professional compliment: “You’re a PhD with personality”
• Favorite getaway: Hiking Italy’s Dolomite Mountains in summer

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Laura Suttin, MD, PCC

Executive Coach

Laura Suttin, MD, PCC

Executive Coach

Laura empowers leaders to create lives they love by coaching them to reclaim time and energy for what matters most. She helps individuals and groups to focus on creating measurable behavioral changes that lead to improved time management and energy balance. Laura blends experience as a physician and coach to address the unique challenges faced by medical professionals. She published her first book, The Purposeful MD: Creating the Life You Love Without Guilt, in October 2024. Laura received her medical degree from McGovern Medical School in Houston, completed her residency at Christus Spohn Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program in Corpus Christi, and earned her MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016.

Snapshot:
• Enjoys RV camping with her family
• Completed multiple triathlons and half marathons
• Local board member for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

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