Our Team

Maribel Aleman, MBA PCC, draws on 24 years of combined Professional Coaching, Training Design & Facilitation and HR experience to create innovative and strategic solutions that inspire change and drive results.

With unwavering integrity, transparency and honest dialogue, Maribel partners with her clients to achieve concrete results through targeted coaching and innovative training. An inspiring change agent, Maribel focuses on helping others define and create their definition of success.

Maribel has partnered with such organizations as Chief, HBO, TED, Penn State, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, National Australia Bank, Hess Oil, Roche, Hatch Mott MacDonald, MTV, American Management Association, A+E Networks, History, H2, Lifetime, Prudential, Verizon, Provident Bank, MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Time Warner, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Johnson & Johnson, Social Security Administration, City Parks Foundation, BASF, Financial Times, The New York Times and the U.N.  Maribel is also a faculty member for the Office of Continuing Education at Rutgers University.  

Maribel’s areas of expertise include Results Driven Leadership; Relationship Building Skills; Strategic Management; Team Building; Communication Skills; Talent Management and Sourcing; Performance Management Skills; Employee Engagement; High Performance and Motivation Skills; Career Management; Customer Service; Executive Presence; Influencing Skills and Conflict Resolution.   

Maribel earned her M.B.A with a concentration in Management and Global Business from Rutgers University. She is a Certified ICF PCC Coach. Maribel holds Coaching Certifications from the Gestalt International Study Center and Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. She is also certified in various 360 and style assessments including Hogan, CDR 3-D Suite, Korn Ferry PDI 360, MBTI, Social Styles, DiSC, TKI and Strengthscope. She has been featured in FOLIO, as well as in Workforce Magazine. She has been a guest speaker at professional and business organizations such as CTHRA (Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association), FUTURE NOW Media Foundation Conference and BCFM (Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association).    

Jane’s 20 years of global HR consulting experience, combined with Professional Coaching, enables her to support leaders and their teams to maximize their potential, identifying growth opportunities which in turn turbo charge their performance.

She leads with an authentic, collaborative, and engaging style, partnering with clients to assess their needs. Working together she develops and agrees upon attainable goals that yield specific and measurable outcomes, resulting in sustainable results.

Her portfolio of industries spans Pharmaceutical, Insurance, Retail, Entertainment and Financial Services.

Jane’s corporate background encompasses Global HR Leadership and Organizational Development roles. She has held several senior HR Leadership positions in the U.S., with MetLife and Merck & Co., as well as The Burton Group plc, and Warner Bros. Distribution in the U.K.

Over the course of her career, Jane has been instrumental in driving human capital strategies, initiating, and leading transformation efforts through complex organization redesigns.  Passionate about individual and organizational growth, Jane has also spearheaded talent development initiatives including the design and implementation of a Global Diversity and Inclusion Sponsorship Program.

Jane’s areas of expertise include HR Consulting, Executive Coaching, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Organization Design, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Collaborative Problem Solving.

A British citizen, Jane graduated from Hertford College, U.K. and went on to acquire her CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) at the London College of Communication.

She is a member of the ICF, an iPEC Certified Coach, and an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner. She is also certified in the Hogan Assessment Systems (HPI, HDS and MVPI).

Marsha Hughes-Rease has over 26 years of progressive leadership experience and over 10 years of experience coaching senior leaders at different levels in federal government, higher education, healthcare, multinational organizations and private industries. Her definition of executive coaching is “an experiential and individualized leader development process that builds a leader’s capability to achieve short- and long-term organizational goals. It is conducted through one-on-one and/or group interactions, driven by data from multiple perspectives, and based on mutual trust and respect.” Her coaching spans the gamut of helping clients realize how small positive changes in their behaviors can positively improve their impact on others and how actualizing an effective leadership presence can contribute to the achievement of a higher performing team and organization.

Her coaching approach is holistic and focused on facilitating learning, development, and personal effectiveness in the context of the organization As a leadership coach, Marsha partners with her clients to help them “leverage” their strengths, enhance their leadership acumen, and increase their overall effectiveness to optimize organizational performance. She believes that it is imperative for the organization, the client, and the coach to work in partnership to align desired coaching outcomes and organizational strategic aspirations She also believes in creating a safe and supportive environment where meaningful and outcome-focused conversations occur that can make a difference in individual or team performance that ultimately creates value for the organization. The evidence-based coaching model below guides her coaching approach along with the ICF Code of Ethics and the latest research on adult development, leadership development, neuroscience, and organization development.

Marsha has co-authored several articles and book chapters, designed and facilitated leader development programs, facilitated small and large group conversations, and been invited to speak at both national and international conferences. She is currently serving as an adjunct faculty member in the Georgetown University Institute for Transformational Leadership and is an active Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Marsha lives with her husband and son in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C.

Karyn P. Grant is an expert in showing high achieving leaders how to lead people in a
way they will never forget, for results beyond their dreams. She is an expert in Executive Leadership Development. Karyn specializes in working with innovative, ambitious leaders making a mark on their worlds.

Karyn has walked in the shoes of her executive clients. She has spent most of her career in corporate leadership. Karyn experienced rapid advancement through high potential development and has leveraged her passion for leadership to create business success.

Karyn has led teams to success in high tech and healthcare, in large corporations and
early-stage startups. She is a master at motivating complex teams to think outside the box for bold solutions that create dramatic breakthroughs for growth. She uses this first-hand leadership experience to energize her coaching clients to create exceptional results. High potential leaders step confidently into new roles, leveraging their talents in powerful new ways. High potential women leaders find new confidence in fearless leadership.

Karyn is an ICF PCC credentialed executive leadership coach, an author, and a
speaker. She is on faculty at ASU and the American Express Leadership Academy.

A key factor in her success in both large corporate organizations and in entrepreneurial ventures has been team development. Karyn believes that a diverse group of energized, engaged people at all levels of the organization is a critical strategic advantage. She has led and coached cross functional teams in domestic and international markets, including developing new markets and solution offerings.

For over 15 years at Hewlett-Packard, Karyn led teams that leveraged information
technology for strategic customer solutions in healthcare and other business environments. Leadership development through high potential programs and focus on diversity became a passion. As a leader in two early-stage healthcare information
technology companies, Karyn created teams that developed solutions targeted at
improving the process and outcomes for patient care in a manner that significantly
enhanced profitability.

Karyn’s fearless approach to breaking away from the ordinary inspires those she works
with to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

In her spare time, Karyn is on the Board of a local non-profit that supports innovative,
early stage cancer research. She lives with her husband in Scottsdale, AZ. Their two
daughters are amazing leaders in their own successful careers. Karyn is an avid golfer,
hiker and chef.

Marsha Prospere is a Certified Executive Coach who partners with founders, senior leaders, and organizations to support their development and culture.

In her practice, Marsha works with courageous leaders in transition. Through coaching, advising, and micro-lessons, she guides them in navigating their transition be it to the next growth stage in their business, to the C-Suite, or in leaving a lasting legacy. Her clients consistently report that after partnering with Marsha they have an increase in clarity, performance, and overall fulfillment.

Marsha leads the Rutgers University OneRED Leadership High-Impact Program for high-potential leaders. She’s the Lead Coach in Residence and Mentor at The New School Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative and a Group Coach with Medley and Atlas.  She has over 500 hours of coaching and her clients include leaders from higher education, government, finance, technology, non-profit, and capital project management.

Marsha’s expertise includes coaching, creating training programs, facilitation, and developing culture and teams. Her method and technique provoke thought in an open, trusting, and safe space.  Working with Marsha, individuals and teams can:

• Develop executive and leadership capabilities

• Create and maintain a vibrant, cohesive, and engaged culture

• Gain clarity and insights on leadership style, goals, and performance efficiencies

• Improve goal-setting and accountability practices

• Navigate transitions large and small

• Receive tools and support to process obstacles and emotions

An inspirational force of energy, humor and authenticity, Sydney Davis is a dedicated life changer.  She is the Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, Girls on the Run NJ, where she has been inspiring girls and impacting communities for 19 years.  Since 2009, she has been leading her own coaching practice, Lets RISE (Reach, Inspire, Succeed, Evolve) offering personal and professional coaching for a wide range of clients and industries.  Sydney’s training in Conscious Leadership grounds her in a unique understanding of transformative principles that sets her apart from many. Her ability to see issues clearly and communicate next steps makes her both potent and practical.  In service for over 25 years, Sydney’s range of professional experience as an entrepreneur, coach, educator and therapist, has helped her hone a direct and supportive style that creates a safe space for clients to get curious and gain new insights.  With a Masters in Counseling and a certification in coaching, Sydney blends foundational learning concepts with dynamic, engaging exercises that are fun, educational, relevant and focused on adding value and creating lasting change. Sydney’s clients appreciate her powerful intuition and direct but supportive approach.

Casey Carpenter is a speaker, author, leadership development expert, and executive coach. During her career, she closed millions of dollars in sales yet had humble beginnings. An introvert and reformed wallflower, she almost was fired from her first sales job for learning insurance industry concepts too slowly. She saved her job when she won a district-level speech competition and stumbled onto a key realization – when you master your speaking and presence, you can win over any room, anywhere. She went on to smash sales records, enjoyed promotions and spent the latter part of her corporate career training and mentoring.

Casey supports leaders throughout the span of their middle management careers to the C-suite. She uses 360s and communication/leadership style assessments to co-create an Individual Development Plan, which becomes the roadmap for the coaching engagement. A client recently said, “You have an uncanny blend of being able to be direct, yet you’re also warm. That’s a very unusual combination.”

Casey has coached senior leaders of CHIEF, Bank of America, The World Bank, PwC, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Havas Health+, Execu|Search, The Related Companies, i-advize, Schenck Price, M&T Bank, WellCare, Dell, Diageo, Edward Jones, Morgan Stanley, Verizon, and AllianceBernstein. She is a volunteer Coach for NYU’s Inclusive Leadership Program.

Casey Carpenter’s education, certifications, and affiliations include:
BA, Tufts University
Coaching Certificate, CTI (Coach Training Institute)
Positive Intelligence
NeuroLeadership Institute (10/21)
DiSC Certificate
Performance Consulting Certificate, Langevin Learning
Past National Board Member, National Speakers Association
International Coaching Federation, NY Chapter

Mark Guay is a Certified Integral Leadership Coach, who supports powerful leaders through times of growth and change.

Mark works with leaders to lean in with heartfelt executive presence and guide their teams to extraordinary breakthroughs. To support leaders in conflict, Mark works with each person to address the root issues. This technique helps leaders move from reactive to proactive communication skills that foster a healthy and productive work culture.

Mark’s clients report that, through working with Mark, they experience an increase in executive presence, a better work-life balance, and a deepened sense of feeling aligned with purpose.

Working with Mark, individuals and teams can:

• Develop a deeply embodied executive presence
• Mitigate conflict with ease and connection
• Create alignment between team members’ roles and the company mission
• Improve one’s ability to provide candid feedback that empowers the team
• Receive tools and support to process obstacles and emotions

Mark’s expertise includes conflict management, creating alignment amongst stakeholders, facilitating transformational workshops, and developing a company culture that empowers leaders to be “more Yoda, less Superhero.” In his personal life, he is a certified yoga instructor, meditation teacher, men’s circle facilitator, and father. When he is not coaching, you will often find him upside-down in a handstand.

Mark began his coaching career as a USA Triathlon Coach where he coached world-class athletes throughout the globe. He has over 500 hours of coaching with previous executive clients including Amazon, Slack, Etsy, and JP Morgan. Mark has also served as a Director of Marketing in a global education company and helped found a farm-to-table coffee roaster in San Diego, California.

I approach coaching as a partnership. I guide you through a thought-provoking and creative process aimed at inspiring you to maximize your personal and professional potential. I take an inquisitive approach to help you discover your inner aspirations. While coaching, I do not direct, instruct nor determine the best course of action. I support you in discovering potential options and serve as a partner to facilitate your journey toward optimal performance.

Charity has worked for global and local organizations to guide the strategic direction and execution of HR services. With over 20 years of experience, she has provided leadership support to senior business leaders and C-suite teams. Her professional experience includes all facets of human resources with a focus on talent management, executive coaching, change management, and organizational development. She has facilitated improved alignment between the various sales and marketing teams.

In addition to her work as a coach, Charity teaches Human Resources as an adjunct professor at Drexel University and Team Dynamics at Temple University. Charity was also recognized by the 2015 Pennsylvania Diversity Conference as one of the most powerful and influential women and was nominated for the 2012 Delaware Valley Human Resource Person of the Year award. Charity is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management and has presented at HR conferences on a variety of topics.

Karen Palmer is a certified professional coach who helps leaders accelerate their growth and build thriving workplaces by helping them learn how to use their voices powerfully and effectively. She supports clients in a wide range of fields including business, media, nonprofit, education, and the arts.

Karen worked for over 20 years as an assignment editor, producer, and senior producer at CBS News, CNN, and MSNBC. Later on, she used that experience, along with her love of team building and community service, to collaborate with organizations with a variety of organizations including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Human Rights Watch, the New York Women’s Foundation, and the World Science Festival as a coach, media trainer, public speaking consultant, and event producer.

Karen’s unique background in corporate, nonprofit, and advocacy work then led to her recruitment as the founding director of operations for a public charter elementary school in New York City. Her tenure there inspired her to coach school leaders across the city and New York State, and also help them develop effective systems to promote excellence in staff performance.

Karen graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Politics and received coach training certifications from iPEC and ICF. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, NY, where she enjoys long walks, great art, and endless cups of good coffee.

Bukky Kolawole, PsyD is a trainer, facilitator and executive coach, with over 14 years experience working with leaders, teams and organizations, including NYC Department of Education and New York University (NYU). Fondly known as Dr. Bukky, she* is dedicated to the design and delivery of dynamic, evocative coaching and learning experiences that enable clients to increase their knowledge, skills and ability to make meaningful changes that not only have professional impact but reverberate personally as well.

The combination of Bukky’s background as a psychologist, her* capacity to help clients access their own internal wisdom through her* deep and empathic listening, and her* strong value for effectiveness are some of the elements that set her* apart from other coaches and facilitators. Her* engagement style as a coach and facilitator is racially sensitive, culturally informed, emotionally engaging and captivating of clients’ hearts and minds. In fact, she* is often described as gifted at creating an emotionally-attuned environment that enables clients to feel seen, accepted and optimally challenged.

Dr. Bukky identifies as Black, Nigerian-American, Queer, and gender non-conforming, and holds a strong value for justice, equity and belonging. Her* purpose is to boldly disrupt systems of oppression with love, in service of an equitable society that permits and supports all people to show up in the fullness of their humanity (i.e., with authenticity and vulnerability).

Dr. Bukky holds a doctoral degree (PsyD) in clinical psychology and currently lives in New Jersey with her wife and two young children.

Beatriz Coningham is a global consultant in organizational leadership, learning, change, and Human Resource Management. She is a member of the faculty of the George Washington University in Washington DC, and brings broad professional experience, including public sector, non-profit, and for-profit organizations in the US and abroad.

Beatriz has designed and delivered employee and leadership training and development programs in multiple topics such as customer service, collaboration, leadership and management skills, change management, and career development. She has also led large global change initiatives such as the implementation of digital platforms across several countries.

Beatriz specializes in redesigning/simplifying processes such as performance management and succession planning, facilitating large meetings and events in person, via digital platforms, or hybrid, and has established new global OD and HR organization functions from scratch.