The ICF AR-OK Board of Directors is a dedicated group of volunteers committed to serving our chapter in a variety of roles. Feel free to reach out to any member of our leadership team with questions or feedback about their area of oversight.
Each office is a two-year commitment with overlapping terms to ensure continuity of leadership and chapter initiatives.
Brady lives in Edmond, OK with his wife and two young children. He is wrapping up his coach training with Coach Approach Ministries, an ICF-approved coach training program that has trained thousands of professional coaches since 2005. He holds a Certified Christian Leadership Coaching credential and expects to complete his Executive Christian Coaching credential by June 2023.
After spending the first five years of his career in church leadership, Brady felt a call to pursue coaching in 2020. He enjoys helping people unlock new and deeper sources of motivation to pursue the goals that matter most to them. He is also passionate about helping people win at work without sacrificing their overall well-being.
Brady is the author of “Seven Steps to Dominate Your Day and Crush Your Goals” and the host of the “Motivation for Regular People” podcast. He contracts with Lingo Live as one of their leadership coaches and works as a freelance writer when he isn’t coaching.
Brady’s excited to be on the AR/OK chapter board, and he’s looking forward to co-creating opportunities for members to learn and connect. Reach out to Brady here.
As a business owner, home educator, and former Certified Public Accountant, Crystal knows what it feels like to juggle many demands. She understands that homeschool parents need an opportunity to step away from the hustle and bustle of life and take a deep breath so they can discern their next step forward.
A veteran homeschool mom with over 13 years of homeschool experience, she delights in inspiring and equipping parents to tame the chaos so they can rediscover themselves and serve their families well. She supports parents as a speaker, host of the All in a Homeschool Day podcast, and certified life and homeschool coach.
Crystal engages with the homeschool and coaching community to foster collaboration, skills development, and networking relationships. She is the President-Elect of the Arkansas-Oklahoma chapter of the International Coaching Federation, is on staff at the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, and serves on several committees for Homeschool Oklahoma.
Crystal resides in Edmond, OK. You can connect with Crystal at https://triumphantlearning.com/contact/.
Dr. Rhonda S. Ellis is an executive leadership development coach and the founder of INTOUCH Coaching, LLC. She coaches with physicians, practice administrators, clinic managers, and C-Suite executives and teams in the healthcare space. Her specialties include organizational culture (personality assessments and purpose statements and values development), customer care, emotional intelligence, and change management.
She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) certified through the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is a Doctor of Business Administration, Management/Healthcare Management with a specialization in organizational leadership. Prior to coaching, she spent 10 years in physician practice management and 22 years in higher education. She is an active member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators. Rhonda is a published author with a co-authored book, book chapters, and scholarly article publications. She enjoys serving her community through several nonprofits.
Rhonda resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas. If you would like to connect with Rhonda or have questions for her, please reach feel free to reach out to her here.
Christa has over 20 years of experience as a strategic consultant in leadership and professional development training. Partnering with HR Teams, Executives, and Emerging Leaders, she has helped coach towards successful career paths and the development of more fulfilling personal and professional goals. Christa holds a (MA) in Executive Coaching & Consultation, from Concordia University and is a leadership trainer certified in Franklin Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 4DX, Time Management & Productivity.
As a small business owner, she has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur. Her passion is to help small business owners through the difficult seasons of team development and effective communication. Reach out to Christa here.
Amanda Connelly is the SVP, Leadership Development for Career Management Partners (CMP), Certified Executive Coach, Certified Leadership Coach, and Certified Master Cognitive Behavioral Practitioner who offers a dynamic coaching approach coupled with assessment tools that promote authentic leadership in her clients.
She uses her 20+ years of leadership and executive level experience including roles in companies such as CVS Health and Raising Cane’s Restaurants to institute a commitment to self-discovery and professional growth. She combines validated assessments and proven techniques to create personalized, performance driven coaching programs that result in increased enterprise leadership and acceleration of leadership growth. If you would like to connect with Amanda or have questions for her, feel free to reach out to her here.
MEMBER-AT-LARGE - JULENE LITKE
Julene Litke, ACC is the founder of Next Level Leaders, LLC and has been coaching in the church and business leadership spaces since 2016. She has a BA in Organizational Leadership from the University of Oklahoma, is a certified leadership coach through the John Maxwell Team, a certified master coach through ICF-affiliated Center for Coaching Certification, and an ICF Associate Certified Coach.
With 35+ years of leadership experience across multiple sectors, Julene brings valuable insight and intuitiveness to organizational leaders who are caught in an endless cycle of putting out fires and shouldering the heavy load of responsibilities, leaving them with limited time for uninterrupted focus and proactive planning. Julene comes alongside leaders in a thought-provoking, constructive process that reduces burnout, increases awareness and clarity, and maximizes personal and professional potential, inspiring leaders to develop others.
Julene and her husband live in Oklahoma City, OK. They have a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren. With a heart for adventure, Julene is especially fond of cliff jumping.
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