John brings over 15 years of experience and expertise to his roles of executive and team coaching, business simulation and experiential learning designer, facilitator, and field tactician. John received degrees in Humanities and French with honors from the University of Oregon. His specialty is helping others learn and gain insight by doing. John is trained as a facilitator and coach in the discourses of Somatics, Language as Action, Experiential Learning, Business Simulation, and Team Building. Through the Strozzi Institute he received his Certified Master Somatic Coach certificate. He has designed, built, and trained managers for ropes courses on an international basis. When not traveling, John can be found in Sonoma remodeling the family home with his wife, building rope swings for his daughters, ages 7 and 3, or participating in his most recent learning practice - the flying trapeze.

Emily is a specialist in blended families and is a keen listener. She has the unique ability to hear what is being expressed, rather than simply what is being said. Her approach to family coaching brings people to awareness and understanding of internal barriers that keep them from thriving in relationships. Her mission is to facilitate breakthrough communication that dramatically improves relationships. Emily and her Canadian husband, Darryl Bouchard, co-authored the e-book "Conquering Conflict: An Effective Technique for Resolving Blended Family Conflicts" and teach workshops for couples and blended families. Emily has over 20 years of experience working with children and families in a variety of settings.

Victoria Castle is the author of The Trance of Scarcity (Berrett-Koehler 2007) which addresses the cultural pre-disposition to 'not enough-ness' and offers specific practices that lead to embodying ease and connection. As a certified Master Somatic Coach trained in ontology, Victoria helps clients get clear on their deepest commitments and how to shift their habitual unconscious reactions to intentional and affirming practices so they can operate with clarity, generosity, and purpose.

Victoria's 20 year career includes consulting with Fortune 500 companies on leadership, effectiveness, and sustainability as well as working with non-profits and social entrepreneurs about how to make their biggest contributions without burning out. She has extensive experience leading corporate and public seminars, and coaching individuals on purposeful action and authentic trust-based relationships. She lives near Seattle, WA with her husband. Their 2 adult children come to visit often.

For over 30 years Phil has shown a commitment to improving client personal productivity. With The Williams Group, Phil helps families build trust, improve communications and nurture relationships. He is able to dramatically improve team or family effectiveness by coaching them in their "network of conversations" so that they can more consciously produce effective relationships and consistent results.

At Action Technologies, a leader in workflow-enabled software systems, Phil was Director of Consulting. He created successful process redesign programs for Pacific Bell, Warner Bros. and Saturn. Before this, Phil led his own international management consulting and training firm in New York, which specialized in tackling the complicated problems of strategic planning and organizational leadership for middle and executive level strategic planning leaders. His client roster included American Express, Smith Barney, BBDO Advertising and Young & Rubicam. In his early career, Phil worked for EF Hutton as Director of Marketing Communications, and with Young & Rubicam in Account Management, Strategic Planning and New Product Development.

Phil is a certified FAA examiner and opened one of the first FAA certified Balloon Inspection Facilities on the east coast. He currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Marin County, California. His daughters both attend a Waldorf inspired Charter School where Phil has served on the Board of Trustees for three years.

Phil holds a BA from the University of Minnesota with a major in Broadcasting and a minor in Journalism. He is also certified as a Neuro-Linguistic-Programmer (NLP) and he is a Somatic Coach.

Dan has taught formal courses at the undergraduate level as well as training graduate students in family therapy. He focuses upon the critical skills for discovering client needs, and from that, creating agreements leading to system-wide change. He has presented coaching and training in team and personal effectiveness to a broad spectrum of individuals and numerous corporate teams from Capital One, AT&T, Niagara Mohawk, James River Corporation, Allianz Insurance, Westinghouse, the Boeing Company and Ivex.

Because his sales coaching work represents new technology and requires commitment throughout an organization to be successful, he has developed sensitivity to the wide range of concerns and needs which must to be addressed to successfully alter communication habits in corporations.

Dan has managed a wide range of projects, from complex consulting assignments and special events to the creation of a strategic information plan for a state-wide agency.

He has a B.A. degree in Philosophy, an M.A. in Psychology, and a background in human systems with experience in corporate training, administration, marketing and sales. He lives in Bellingham, Washington with his wife, Nancy. Bellingham is also home base to their four adult children.

Joel Kimmel has focused his career on building families, teams and organizations grounded in efficient, powerful, and effective communication technology. Joel's coaching has encompassed a board spectrum of life, from corporate executives to outreach programs for inner city youth. His promise to his clients is that they experience the benefit of individual creativity, an intimate sense of community, and a personal commitment to building honest and authentic relationships in their lives. He has extensive experience leading corporate trainings; consulting on problem solving, team intervention, and coaching individuals on personal performance and authentic action. He continues his inquiry into "the power of language," "the technology of speaking" and their relationship to personal and business leadership.

His consulting has included start-ups and long-term management of viable, successful small businesses, franchises and international organizations. One of the pivotal shifts in his career was working with Dr. Fernando Flores, former Chilean Minister of Finance while he was designing and establishing the "Communication for Action" technology now used world wide in the transformation of business. Joel's diverse background includes being a small business owner, seminar leader, ultra runner, world rowing champion, and Vietnam veteran.

Mark coaches families in philanthropy-related issues.   As an experienced business executive, social entrepreneur and grant maker from a high-profile political family, he is committed to effective stewardship and social justice. 

For over a decade, Mark has been an active board member of a non-profit organization specializing in micro enterprise development, enabling the poorest of the poor to form small businesses and support their families.    He brings more than two decades of business development experience (for privately-held and Fortune 500 companies), having led teams throughout the U.S. and in countries ranging from India, China, Morocco, Tunisia to Egypt.   During the 90s he was SVP and then President of Charles Percy & Associates, an international trade and investment firm started by his father, former U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy.  He helped organize two delegations of Christians, Jews and Muslims to promote first political and then spiritual reconciliation and healing in the Middle East.  Today, he serves on the National Leadership Council of Communities in Schools to stem the rising epidemic of dropouts in the U.S.

Mark is a graduate of Stanford University and has an MBA degree from Yale University, School of Management.  He lives in Southern California with his wife of 30 years, Leslee.  Their two adult children, Taylor and Gavin, also live in Southern California.

Sue is dedicated to creating independence and sustainability in her clients by developing their competence to intentionally strengthen relationships, build authentic trust, and coordinate effectively together. Sue's coaching practice spans working with individuals to move their personal and business goals from vision to successful action, to working with leadership teams and executives in the design, implementation and leadership of organizational change. Her clients include sole proprietors, small founder-led firms and global public corporations - across diverse personal, family and business situations.

Sue has over 20 years experience in business, including 10 years as a consultant to leadership teams, and founders, of a wide range of businesses. A Canadian citizen, who has lived in Calgary and Vancouver, Sue has an international perspective on the obstacles heirs face as they mature and grow into responsible beneficiaries. A former instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technologies, she is a certified Somatic Coach and has also received training from Business Design Associates, and the Leadership Institute of Seattle.

Charlene is a Generational Coach with extensive experience in program development, implementation, facilitation, and assessment. As the Program Director of a student YMCA, she expanded tutoring and mentoring programs for children and young adults and created new projects for needs-based community improvement. Her work as the Chair of the Pacific Women's Leadership Conference built upon her experience as an advisor for college student organizations giving her a unique perspective on the developmental needs of the "millennial" generation. Her specialty at The Williams Group is developing and supervising programs that unify the family and focus on a specific generation as they support their family, and discover their individual purposes in life.

Charlene has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Educational Administration & Leadership from the University of the Pacific. She received the University's award for Outstanding Student of the Year in 2001, and the Dr. Julie Sina award for Inspirational Leadership in 2006. The research focus of her Master’s thesis concentrated on understanding the spiritual development of college students in order to gain knowledge about how young people cultivate a sense of meaning and purpose in their life.

Peter has an extensive background in linguistic foundations of action and relationships, having studied and worked with Dr. Fernando Flores at Logonet and Business Design Associates. He is certified by the Strozzi Institute as a Master Somatic Coach, with a special interest in developing the emotional skills for building trust relationships characterized by power differentials. He has coached families from diverse backgrounds, guiding them into appreciation and utilization of their shared long-term values. Peter's expertise is his unique ability to coach teams in building trust, both in family and in executive-level business situations. As a prelude to his coaching career for the past two decades, Peter practiced Internal Medicine as a Board Certified Internist after graduating from Stanford and UC Davis.