THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Alicia Davis is an owner/partner in Transformative Leadership Strategies. She brings over 30 years of wellbeing and leadership development experience in a variety of fields including holistic healthcare, non-profits, insurance, engineering, and corporate. Alicia creates dynamic coaching and teambuilding experiences for leaders at all levels of an organization that addresses challenges such as organizational culture, team alignment, change management, communication, and high stress.

Alicia’s clients include leaders who want to improve team performance, employee engagement, and retention; staff who want to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout and improve well-being; service providers who are looking to elevate the quality of client care; and individuals who want to create a more balanced lifestyle.

Alicia is the Secretary of the Board and Governance Chair for Community Solutions Inc., a CT-based nonprofit which creates opportunities and empowers success for youth, adults, and their families.

In addition to her multiple coaching certifications, Alicia is an internationally recognized voice through her Sound Bytes for Serenity™ CD series, contributing teacher on the meditation app Insight Timer, and a contributing author to “Strategies for Success: Your Operation Manual for Excellence.”

Stacie Watson, CPC, is an owner/partner in Transformative Leadership Strategies. Stacie brings three decades of experience supporting leaders and teams from a variety of organizations, ranging from large, multi-national corporations to locally based nonprofits.

Stacie began her career as a therapist, working with individuals, couples, and families in a private practice setting. Her work shifted to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) field, where she began to recognize and appreciate the connection between emotional health, employee engagement, and effective leadership. She worked for almost two decades as a Healthcare Executive, focusing on issues such as change management and integration. Her most recent chapter includes launching TLS and supporting individuals, teams, and organizations as a Leadership / Executive Coach.

Throughout these various roles, she has been responsible for working with individuals, leaders, and teams as they navigate significant change – focusing on issues such as aligning culture, effective communication, and sustainable results. Stacie is committed to supporting her clients as they envision the future they desire and create a plan to work toward that vision. She understands the importance of recognizing each person’s own unique leadership style and strengths.

Mary Veerkamp, Ph.D., PCC, is a Professional Certified Coach, who brings almost a decade of research and consulting experience working with school teams in the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) model.

Mary is passionate about creating space for clients to see possibilities and imagine shifts that meet organizational and human needs. She brings a foundational background in behavioral science, coupled with evidence-based practices in mindfulness, self-compassion, and intentional cultivation of values-aligned living to her coaching work to catalyze meaningful, lasting change.

Lori Joe Brown is a professional certified coach, trainer, and public speaker with a passion for Leadership Development and Change Management. She brings with her over 20+ years of Wall Street and Corporate America experience, training groups, and coaching C-suite executives newly onboarded to their role.

Lori’s passion is developing leaders and high performers. Her specialty is facilitating group sessions on leadership and performance, change management, and career development through a growth mindset. Her high-energy group sessions have brought her around the world teaching leadership across the US, Europe, Africa, and the global virtual community.

Lastly, Lori is a certified executive coach through ATD (Association for Talent Development) & John C Maxwell Certification Program, as well as a certified Trainer and Public Speaker. She holds a BA in Organizational Behavior & Change Management and an MS in Global Human Resources Management & Development both from New York University. She currently resides in Richmond, VA with her husband Dwayne Brown where they are avid travelers, foodies, and lovers of live music.