The most important part of any coaching engagement is the matching of the coach with the client.
To ensure that chemistry is there, we have coaches with a vast array of business and coaching experiences to choose from. The coaches at Epiphany have strong business experience, deep coaching expertise and are passionate about helping their clients meet their goals. Clients are able to choose which coach the want to work with and we can make a recommendation for a match.
Cheryl Breukelman, Coach and Partner
Optimist – Cheryl is a strategic and results-focused leadership coach. Her 20 years of business experience and her enthusiasm for working with people make her an insightful and impactful coach.
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She has coached hundreds of leaders and teams across industries including technology, retail, manufacturing, accounting, law, education, health care and services.
Prior to coaching, Cheryl spent 10 years at Microsoft Canada in roles including strategic initiatives, marketing, research and sales. Cheryl received her Honours B.A. from the University of Waterloo and marketing training through the Schulich School of Business at York University and the Burke Research Institute. She received her coach training through the Coaches Training Institute and subsequently Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching through the Centre for Right Relationship. She is pursuing her Master Certified Coach designation through ICF.
Cheryl is the Past President of the Business Executives Organization, Bay Area Leadership Alumni and was the Founder of the Hamilton and Area Coaching Association Cheryl lives with her husband and children, in Hamilton, Ontario.
Simon Geoghegan, Coach and Partner
Passionate – Simon is a confident, intelligent leadership coach. Business leaders and management teams turn to Simon to become stronger individual contributors and build their high performing teams.
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He has coached and led workshops for hundreds of leaders in more than 50 organizations across industries, including technology, marketing, services, retail, finance, pharma, manufacturing, education, government and health care.
Before discovering coaching, Simon spent 8 years with Microsoft Canada in key sales and marketing roles. He served as a leader in training and development companies. In Canada and the USA and worked overseas in Hiroshima. Simon received his B.A. from Carleton University and his Masters levels courses from University of Calgary. He has completed the CTI Leadership Program and is working on his Master Certified Coach designation through ICF. He has also been trained in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching by CRR.
Simon is active in his community, volunteers with Out of the Cold and Design Hope and the Hamilton CarShar He lives with his wife and 3 sons in Hamilton,Ontario.
Marie-Claude Cantin, Client Services Director
Entrepreneurial – Marie-Claude lives and breathes an honest and challenging approach to coaching. She believes in building from a place of strength.
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Marie-Claude started her career in Quebec City working as an online marketing manager for Cossette Communications Marketing pioneering the integration of online marketing into the global marketing campaign. She moved on to Microsoft as a product and partner manager. She has completed her CTI Co-Active Training Program. She is fluent in French and English, volunteers to raise money from the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society. MC lives in Brampton with her husband and 2 kids.
Rhoda Burwash, Manager, Operations
Organizer – Rhoda is a master of systems and organization.
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Before joining Epiphany, Rhoda worked in the Organizational Development department for Canadian Blood Services supporting major development projects across the country and a team of facilitators. Her experience coordinating development projects, her tech savvy, her flair for designing and building internal systems to support great execution is put to great use at Epiphany. Rhoda lives in Hamilton with her husband and son.
Shannon Jones, Coach
Visionary – Insightful, naturally inventive and a keen ability to cut through the “noise”, Shannon sees the real issues clearly and partners with clients to find solutions.
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She inspires leaders to accelerate growth, develop their personal brand and be intentional about the culture they want to build. Shannon’s 16 years of experience includes project management, product marketing, marketing communications, business development and sales. She received her honors B.A. from Western University in London, Ontario and her coach training through Seattle Coach. Shannon’s enthusiastic and collaborative style works best with clients that think big, are outcome driven, get excited about growth and want to create a new vision for what could be.
Beth Marchand, Coach
Innovative – Beth loves to challenge conventions in order to arrive at big ideas. She is a leadership development and career coach with a refined specialty in helping managers build and lead high performing teams.
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Insistent on innovation, Beth was a founder of the Marketing@Microsoft Professional Development organization and drove talent development initiatives for 7,000 marketers worldwide. She has 20 years of experience in marketing executive positions at Microsoft and AT&T. She has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, a BA in Advertising/Business Administration and is an Associate Certified Coach – International Coach Federation. Beth is a leadership development coach specializing in helping managers build and lead high performing teams.
Heather Clarke, Coach
Authentic – Heather’s personal and professional vision is shining a light on possibilities. The process of self-discovery and helping people put their strengths into action is what makes Heather so passionate about coaching.
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Since 1999, Heather has worked as an Executive and Team Coach and Business Consultant with CEO’s and senior executives of large and small organizations to help them create vision-based cultures that inspire employees to bring their commitment to work every day. Heather helps leaders increase their personal and professional impact in ways that produce sustainable and rewarding results. Her mission is to be a catalyst for leaders and teams to create inspiring and highly successful companies through leveraging people’s natural talents and strengths.
Janet Frood, Coach
Navigator – Janet helps clients find their passion and vision, and encourages them to tap into their strengths.
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Janet’s ideal client loves change, is very strategic, confronts the status quo, and is an emerging leader. A graduate of Queen’s University and the Executive Leadership Program from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Janet has over 20 years of professional business experience. Janet also has international credentials as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and is a Organizational Relationship and Systems Certified Coach and faculty member through the Center for Right Relationship. She volunteers at the Institute for Women in Leadership at Bresica University College and founding member of the Centre for Social Innovation London.
Fernando Lopez, Coach
Collaborative – Fernando is an expert in organization and relationship systems coaching and helping leaders create alliances. He delights when clients create alliances in the unlikeliest of scenarios.
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He is part of the faculty of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and the Center for Right Relationship (CRR). Fernando coaches in both English and Spanish, and works with clients in North America, Latin America and Europe. Fernando believes coaching is a relationship of equals, and his job is to help clients discover what they are here on earth to do. Fernando has lived in Mexico, Toronto, New York, Hawaii, Munich, Brazil, and Chile. This minute, he lives in Toronto.
Rachel Weinstein, Coach
Energetic – Rachel gives people permission to be human beings and not just corporate titles. She is a natural coach with a sharp business mind.
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She encourages clients to connect to and be proud of their actions, and advance through life with confidence and a sense that the possibilities are endless. Rachel draws on her management experience in Leadership development with one of Canada’s largest banks for her coaching. She is certified by the Coaches Training Institute, holds an MBA with a specialty in Organizational Behaviour from the Schulich School of Business (York University) and a Certificate in Adult Training and Development from OISE (University of Toronto). Rachel also enjoys quality time with her husband and three kids.
Miyuki Ochi, Coach
Pioneering – As a pioneer coach in Japan, Miyuki Ochi has coached hundreds of business executives (mostly Japanese) on various themes such as leadership development, value, vision, mission, work-life balance, relationships, career, communication for these 12 years.
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She is one of the initial members to start up Coaches Training Institute Japan where she has been educating thousands of coaches. She has been also active in designing and delivering communication trainings for the specific needs of client corporations since 1998, when she started her own company.
Before becoming independent, at Motorola Japan, her experiences include; an internal instructor of “Effective Dialogue” collaborated with MIT, corporate vision/culture development program, long-range business planning and media training for top executives.
Sonja Bichsel, Coach
Creative – Sonja comes to coaching after extensively working with global leaders at the World Economic Forum, working on strategy development to achieve global change and gaining insight on developing leadership capability.
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Prior to that, Sonja worked with the Creative City Network of Canada and the Centre for Media Art and Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany. Both organizations collaborate closely with creative professionals to respond to the rapid developments in information technology and gain an understudying on its influence on society and social structures. Sonja completed her coach training through Erickson College International. She believes that nurturing the imagination and creativity are the core to remaining fluid, evolving and innovating forward.
Hélène Egan, Coach
Insightful – Hélène has been training and coaching in the corporate world for over a decade and strives every single day to help people achieve their best and more.
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She has worked with organizations in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, medical technology, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, travel and medical. Hélène trained through The Coaches Training Institute and holds a certificate in Adult Education and Training. She is fully bilingual and works with clients in both French and English. Hélène lives with her family in Ajax, Ontario.
Jane Weber, Coach
Reflective – Jane is a leadership development coach who has more than 10 years experience coaching sales executives and senior leaders across Asia Pacific and Europe.
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During her years in learning she has facilitated multiple sales learning and leadership development workshops for diverse corporate audiences internationally. Prior to transitioning into learning and development, Jane had a 10 years sales career with IBM Australia. Today Jane’s whole focus is on leadership development, working on emotional intelligence and with particular attention to authenticity, presence, personal impact, teaming, collaboration and influence.. Jane is married with two daughters who are currently university students.
Teresia LaRocque, Coach
Inspiring – Teresia is the first recipient of the International Coach Federation’s Master Coach Credential in Canada. A graduate of Coach University, she worked with Anthony Robbins and Associates, and founded both sassyandsavvywomen.com and Passion into Profit.
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Teresia has provided coaching to clients including self-employed professionals, entrepreneurs, managers and executives. Dedicated to the personal and professional success of her clients, her lifestyle and philosophy is based on a belief of personal excellence, integrity, and living life to the fullest. Committed to walking her talk, Teresia knows what it takes to have a successful business and richly balanced life.
Heidi Kraft, Coach
Intuitive – Heidi Kraft is a successful entrepreneur, leadership and team coach and accomplished executive. She combines her solid business experience with her passion to help individuals and teams develop the leadership skills and behaviors that improve performance.
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Prior to becoming an Executive Coach, Heidi spent nearly two decades building a media strategy career culminating as a Senior VP Media Director. Her in-depth experience was honed to a science on leading brands including Microsoft, Bing, Intel and Intuit, and Harley-Davidson.
Having worked in the competitive and fast paced technology and advertising industry, Heidi understands the demands, complexities and problems executives are faced with in today’s ever-changing business environment. Her experience in the corporate realm allows her to leverage her real-world insight and hands on executive experience with her clients.
Heidi is highly recommended for her insightful, intuitive and action-oriented approach. She balances her pragmatism with her natural flair for bringing creativity and innovation to her process. She enables success and quick results through accountability and has coached her clients to make significant strides.
Heidi taps into her multitude of tools and assessments to find the instruments that will be most effective to her unique client needs. She customizes programs and sessions based on each client’s and team’s strengths, style, motivations and goals. Her desire to help people carries into her volunteer work where she’s served on various boards such as SF Coaches and created the Bay area’s first advertising and marketing industry wide mentoring program which just graduated its 100th participant.
Katie Geoghegan, Coach
Engaging – Katie Geoghegan is a successful entrepreneur, Leadership Coach and Team Coach. She combines her considerable experience in education with her passion to help individuals and teams develop the leadership skills and behaviors that improve performance.
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Katie has designed and delivered numerous coaching and leadership workshops for notable clients such as; CIBC, Sheridan College, McMaster University, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton Health Sciences, LinkedIn and the Halton Board of Education.
Prior to becoming an Executive Coach and Corporate Facilitator, Katie spent over a decade in highly specialized education environments. She is fluent in both Augmentative Communication Systems and Adaptive Technologies. Katie was chosen as a key team member to pilot an inclusionary program for children with physical disabilities for the Toronto Board of Education. Katie’s in-depth experience in education has allowed her to develop a broad range of skills necessary for Leadership Coaching and Corporate Workshop Facilitation.
Katie works directly with organizations and training companies to coach and deliver quality programs to their clients. She combines her strong leadership and team-building skills with her passion for lifelong learning to provide a rich experience for her clients.
Marnie Weber, Coach
Purposeful – Marnie Weber is a successful entrepreneur, Career, Leadership and Speaker coach. Her experience over two decades of leading teams in the high tech industry has inspired her to foster passion and purpose in the workplace.
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She believes that when people are authentically engaged in what they do, when they’re ‘in the flow’, joy floods into the world, making it a better place for everyone. Marnie has designed and delivered numerous coaching and leadership workshops for large and small organizations alike, including Microsoft, Adobe, the University of Washington’s continuing education department and Alpine Integrated Medicine.
In addition, as a Curator for TEDxSeattle, she is responsible for speaker selection and coaching and has developed a unique coaching and training program to enable each speaker to shine. Prior to following her path to coaching, Marnie spent twenty-two years leading teams across Customer Service, Operations and Marketing at Microsoft. Her ability to foster high engagement led her to receive the Microsoft Management Excellence Award and play leadership roles in their Career & Professional Development and Women’s Development programs.
Marnie provides individual career coaching to help her clients’ achieve their aspirational goals. She works with organizations to help their leadership teams foster high engagement and performance. And she helps individuals and leaders develop their authentic voice and presentation skills to inspire others to thought and action. She combines her deep leadership experience with her passion for unleashing the magic in people to provide a meaningful and rewarding experience for her clients. Marnie is highly recommended for her insightful, supportive and candid approach to coaching and facilitation.
