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Our 2025 Coaches

 
We're proud to introduce our team of highly experienced, association-focused coaches! Coming from a variety of professional backgrounds, all of our coaches hold a current credential from the International Coach Federation or have graduated from an accredited coach training program; have three or more years of experience providing one-on-one coaching services; and have worked specifically with clients in the association and nonprofit community.

To help ease your coach selection process, participating coaches have identified their areas of expertise. This information is listed below, next to each coach’s name. Coaches are listed in alphabetical order.

Lori Bruhns

What is your coaching philosophy?

I act as both a champion for and a mirror that reflects hard truths. I provide an opportunity to examine strategies and review outcomes with a second set of eyes and ears. I partner with others in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to realize and maximize their personal and professional true potential. I believe that everyone has the answers within them and I am a conduit to access the answers they are looking for.

What strengths do you have as a coach?
  • Great listener
  • Intuitive and observant
  • Empathetic
  • Compassionate
  • I afford my clients to the opportunity to stretch themselves while feeling supported
What types of clients do you work with?

Clients who are looking to transform. I've worked with clients in many different industries and the common thread is that they all want to transform personally and professionally and have the capacity to do so.

What is your professional background?
  • Over 25 years experience designing high-impact, productivity-enhancing curricula
  • Track record of delivering dynamic training sessions to groups of 20 to 500 participants across multiple industries
  • Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation
  • Enthusiastic professional coach/speaker/facilitator/trainer with results driven orientation
  • Facility for customizing curricula and training to connect with a wide range learning styles
  • Skilled at presenting information in an accessible and engaging manner, facilitating learning in both in-person, virtual and e-learning formats
  • Coached clients in need of career guidance by creating action plans and timelines for reaching career goals
  • Private, personal and business coaching designed to equip entrepreneurs to strategically perform efficiently and effectively to generate desired target goals


Mariama S Boney

As President and CEO of Achieve More, LLC, a certified small woman and minority-owned consultancy, Mariama S. Boney, LMSW, CAE, CPEC is an award-winning educator and serves as the principal consultant.

  • Mariama is transformative, transparent, team-oriented, and solution-focused with her skills in facilitation, training, and consulting. She is an author of numerous articles and 3 books.
  • Her content knowledge spans over 100 topics in leadership, DEIA+A, and well-being with a worldwide impact on behalf of over 1000 diverse groups of professionals, students, faculty, and volunteers and for partners and participants over 500,000.
  • An innovator of over 1,000 quality programs, products, and services to expand learning, and implementor of over 20 strategic plans and 750+ projects for future success. Mariama has helped education, government, technology, engineering, cyber security, non-profit, corporate, and association organizations ?achieve fiduciary and operational efficiency.

Achieve More LLC has worked with a variety of industries and professionals including and not limited to: accountants | advocacy | airports | architects | association executives | botanists | business | child life specialists | colleges | construction | counselors | cyber security | dentists | doctors | engineers | faculty | gaming | government | healthcare specialists | information technology | landscape architects | librarians | journalists | life sciences | lawyers | marriage and family therapists | medical illustrators | monitoring professionals | neurosurgeons | pharmacists | nursing | real estate | researchers | psychologists | special educators | social workers | software development | transportation | universities | and many more!

Vikram (“Vik”) Kapoor

Vikram (“Vik”) Kapoor is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is currently working towards his Master Coaching Certification, which is the highest credential in professional coaching. 

A highly sought-after speaker and facilitator, Vik weaves together cutting-edge science and practical wisdom to empower those who seek support around goal setting, leading with values, collaborating in the workplace, bouncing back from setbacks, and galvanizing teams behind a common purpose. His specialty is in managing conflict constructively.

He is also affiliated with Coach Diversity Institute, which hosts Howard University’s Executive Certificate in Diversity Coaching, and he regularly trains and coaches senior leaders on topics of equity and inclusion as it relates to conflict in the workplace and organizational culture. Vik has previously worked with leaders in the U.S. Senate and agency heads in the Federal Government, as well as private sector leaders who are working hard to address issues of bias and belonging in the workforce.

He has extensive training in behavioral science, leadership assessments, resilience and well-being, and conflict coaching, which he deploys in service of his clients who span six continents and a broad spectrum of industries. He is particularly skilled at helping manage conflict during change.

Vik is a Regents Scholar of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (J.D). He has also earned advanced certificates in organizational coaching from George Mason University and trauma recovery from Harvard Medical School. 

In 2021, he wrote First Serve Yourself, an Amazon #1 bestselling book on self-coaching for young leaders.

Cicely Anderson

I am a transformative partner; I bring a contagious positive energy, which is what my clients can expect from me as a coach. My passion and purpose are to help you identify and unveil their passions, strengths, and values as a guide to thrive in your career.

I take a bespoke approach with each client. Think of me as your career development personal trainer. I will guide you, show you how to identify and craft a plan and strategy, and positively challenge you beyond your comfort zone. This will reveal your unique value proposition that you didn't realize is possible and create a mindset change. This process will show you your aspirations are attainable.

What results have clients reported after working with you?
  • Clients received promotions, pay increases, and increased bonuses
  • Clarity of unique talents
  • Understand How they Work best work best
  • Mindset shifts and increase confidence
  • Development of career vision and strategies to achieve it

Jen Lewi

I'm Jen Lewi, a career strategist working at the intersection of coaching, professional development, and design thinking.

My sweet spot is helping executives identify and maximize their strengths, boost self-command, and reinvent their work lives for more fulfillment. I have helped numerous professionals get "unstuck", identify possible paths forward, develop actionable plans, build a great resume, reframe their current jobs, or find the career of their dreams. I offer one-on-one coaching, small group coaching, virtual and in-person workshops,

I possess extensive training in leadership development, public speaking, training, and professional coaching. My education and professional credentials are provided below.

 

 

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