Dr. Merlin Switzer
Since 2005, Dr. Merlin Switzer has worked exclusively in the field of leadership. His passion is helping leaders and leadership teams to be more effective, reaching new heights in performance. This quote by Gia McNutt former CEO of Special Order Systems, captures the outcome of this passion: “It has been a mere 12 months since […]
Phil Carnes
Phil Carnes has wide and varied experience in multiple vocations, from ministry to academia to business executive. These roles have made use of his strong leadership skills in several capacities. His background includes being a private money manager and specializing in non-profit board governance. Phil is strongly relational. Employing his gifts of understanding, discernment and […]
Janet Mahrle
Janet Mahrle has a great gift for bringing out the best in people. She generates enthusiasm and initiates innovation all while having fun. Her strengths include helping formulate big picture perspectives, while prioritizing the individual. Janet believes that people have four basic needs: to belong, to be known, to have purpose and to grow; and […]
Bill Mikesell
Fire Chief Bill Mikesell retired after 40 years in the fire service. He spent 28 years with the Vancouver Fire Department, then served as fire chief 12 years in California outside of Sacramento. He served on incident management teams in Washington and in California. Chief Mikesell is an Executive Fire Officer graduate of the National […]
Jackie Adams
Jackie has a passion for working with women leaders whether they be businesswomen, ministry leaders, or in senior non-profit leadership roles. Jackie describes her passion this way, “Coaching gives me the opportunity to use my relational skills to gain trust helping people discover their best self, their next steps, face challenges, enhance their job performance, […]
Paul Thome
Paul is an experienced, entrepreneurial leader. In 1992, Paul founded and pastored a church that grew from 45 to more than 300. He has developed and led various teams and guided them through various changes, including building a new facility…which is no easy task. Over the years, Paul has felt a calling to develop other […]