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Bios and Photos of Speakers:
Todd Fonseca is a certified professional co-active coach and former medical device executive with over three decades of experience. His expertise lies in helping leaders at all levels, from first-time managers to C-Suite executives, as well as leadership teams, navigate complex organizational landscapes while fostering personal and professional growth.
As the founder of Thriving 9 to 5, Todd provides specialized coaching using his ASPIRE model, focusing on Authenticity, Seeking respect, Psychological safety, Inspiring trust, Results with accountability, and Elevating fulfillment.
Todd is also an accomplished author and speaker, having written two books and been featured on several podcasts discussing leadership and coaching.
With his unique blend of corporate leadership experience and coaching expertise, Todd is dedicated to helping professionals and teams be authentic, lead brilliantly, and transform everything.
Betsy is passionate about helping people grow. She specializes in working with professionals who want to increase their impact and thrive in their careers.
A former practicing attorney and senior legal executive at a Fortune 100 company, Betsy brings unique insight into coaching for growth, performance and career satisfaction. She was consistently recognized as one her company’s premiere talent developers. Her dedication to bringing out the best in people ultimately led her to executive coaching.
With nearly 20 years of leadership experience, Betsy applies deep personal insight to every coaching engagement, helping clients create meaningful and lasting change. She has logged hundreds of hours of coaching professionals at all career stages, from early career to retirement planning. Betsy’s clients include corporate executives in sales and marketing, operations, finance, strategy and scientific roles. She is also experienced in coaching lawyers and compliance professionals in-house and in firms.
Betsy has helped her clients:
Drive results more consistently
Communicate more effectively
Establish themselves swiftly in new roles and situations
Navigate complex organizations with confidence
Enhance work-life balance
Manage burnout
Develop fulfilling, sustainable career paths
Betsy has a strong drive to serve the communities she engages with. She is a director on several non-profit boards, including ICF Minnesota, where she participates in the professional development working group.
Lisa Zufall, is an accomplished tech industry veteran and consultant. With a keen eye for innovation and a passion for marketing, Lisa has helped numerous entrepreneurs and small businesses leverage the power of AI and digital marketing to create, launch, and build successful online ventures. Her dynamic speaking style and deep expertise make her a sought-after speaker and consultant in the digital marketing space.
Kelly Jahner-Byrne is an international keynote speaker, seasoned executive coach and entrepreneur with a proven track record of success in leadership, sales, and business development. With over two decades of experience, she has built and scaled multiple businesses to over $1 million in revenue and raised more than $8 million for nonprofits. She hosts the podcast, The HOW Show and has coached podcaster to produce in excess of 350 episodes and she is a two-time author. As the CEO of The HOW Companies, Inc., Kelly empowers individuals and organizations to take action, build confidence, and achieve measurable results.
A dynamic and engaging speaker, Kelly has taken the stage at countless conferences, including her own eight-time, sold-out event, TheHOWConf. She is passionate about helping coaches, executives, and entrepreneurs sharpen their skills in sales, negotiation, leadership while growing revenue.
Bios and Photos of Panelists:
Deb Herrera an Executive Coach and former CFO, is passionate about helping others realize their fullest potential, at the organization, team and individual level. Deb’s passion is fueled by her own experience as a coaching client and the transformative effect it had on her life and her work. This passion led her to make a major career shift in 2015 when she founded Leading Fearlessly, LLC - an Executive Coaching & Team Leadership Organization.
Deb brings over 25 years of experience working with some of the most influential Fortune 500 companies in fields including retail, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare, medical device, pharma, tech and professional services. Deb has had the privilege of working with all levels from C Suite leaders to front line employees in more than 35 countries and 6 continents. Her clients attribute her impact to her ability to inspire and motivate leaders and teams to think differently, stretch beyond comfort zones, and believe that they can succeed.
Deb received her Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Michigan State University and her Master of Business Administration from The University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. She received her Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from The University of St Thomas, where she was also adjunct faculty in their Graduate Business Program. Deb is currently a member of the faculty with the Center for Coaching in Organizations.
Deb holds a PCC level certification with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is certified in several tools, approaches and assessments including The Shift Positive 360 method, Hogan Leadership Assessments, Positive Intelligence, The Enneagram, Team Coaching, and Group Coaching.
When she is not working you can find her spending time with her teenage daughter (her favorite person), hiking, reading, and enjoying the outdoors. Deb resides in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
Darin Coble, Rice University-trained executive coach and former Fortune 500 HR leader with 20+ years of strategic expertise across energy, manufacturing, technology, and non-profit sectors. Darin specializes in partnering with C-suite executives and high-potential leaders navigating complex challenges, particularly those facing the unique difficulties of being the "smartest in the room."
Darin often works with leaders who have transitioned from Fortune 500 environments to senior leadership roles in private and family-owned organizations where they lack the depth and sophistication of HR and leadership support they once relied upon.
After founding Versa Business Partners in 2020, Darin built and successfully exited a seven-figure Outsourced HR business before refocusing his efforts on his true purpose: transformative executive coaching and strategic HR partnerships. As a certified Shift Positive 360® Practitioner, he delivers strategic guidance helping senior leaders and their teams achieve breakthrough performance and sustainable success.
Laurie Phillips
Co-founder and Executive Director, CPCC
As a life coach, leadership trainer, and award-winning artist/designer for over 25 years, Laurie loves helping people find insights into their personal challenges and opportunities through conversations with art. Besides working in major museums on the east and west coasts, she's led workshops at Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Medtronic, Target Corporation, Adler School of Coaching, Children's Hospital Minneapolis, National Alliance on Mental Illness, St. Paul’s Monastery, Minnesota Jung Association, New England Museum Association, and the American Alliance of Museums. She’s a contributing writer for the forthcoming book, "An Empathy-Building Toolkit for Museums," edited by Elif Gokcigdem, PhD, publishing in 2026 by the American Alliance of Museums.
Nirav is an Executive Coach, Team Performance Coach and Business Growth Consultant. He is the Founder and President of Stratosphere (www.stratosphere-llc.com), a coaching and consulting firm whose mission is to take individuals and businesses to new heights.
Nirav offers coaching programs, workshops and retreats on leadership development and improving team performance. He has worked with leaders in Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller businesses and non-profits to enhance personal and professional leadership and increase team engagement, collaboration and performance.
As a business growth consultant, Nirav helps coaches grow their business through business and marketing strategy services and non-profit organizations achieve their mission through strategic planning services.
Prior to founding Stratosphere, Nirav has 25 years of experience in the MedTech industry, primarily at Medtronic, in various leadership roles including general management, global marketing and program management. He has a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering.
He has served on the Board of Directors of multiple non-profit organizations such as Volunteers of America (MN/WI Chapter), Living Well Disability Services and International Coaching Federation (MN Chapter).
Nirav also practices and teaches meditation across the country as a volunteer.