Our Team

BA, MDiv, MSW, RSW, PCC-ICF

Red Maple’s Founder / Principal, Professional Certified Coach, ADLER’s Director of Coach Education

Raechel is a thought leader in the world of personal and corporate thriving, authoring the book The Person Behind the Professional. Raechel is an entrepreneur and coach who loves helping businesses innovate and grow into places of deep health and vitality. A previous psychotherapist, Raechel is the mind behind the deep work approach that is Red Maple’s mandate.

Toolkit: Leadership and Executive Coaching, Working Genius™, Dare to Lead™ Certified Facilitator

Bucket List: To drive the gold coast in a Mustang convertible. Jackie O sunglasses non-negotiable :).

BA, BEd, PCC-ICF, MA (cand.)

Director of Faculty & Programming, Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Susanna spent 25 years in the not-for-profit sector empowering leaders and teams to catalyze change in their communities. With a grounded and courageous presence, Susanna helps people minimize stress, become effective leaders and live with purpose.

Toolkit: Leadership Coaching, Team Coaching, Working Genius™, Enneagram, Internal Family Systems, Spiritual Traditions

Bucket List: To walk “Canada’s Camino.”

MEd, Ed.D, PCC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

As a professional coach, Begum is a co-active partner who inspires her clients to lead with clarity and purpose, realize their full potential, and deliver outstanding results. She works extensively with women, under-represented and equity-deserving groups alongside her active involvement in coach education, training and mentor coaching. Begum is the 2023 winner of ICF’s Volunteer of the Year Award.

Toolkit: Life, Leadership and Team Coaching, Educational Leadership, Adlerian and Counselling Psychology, Consulting in Justice, Equity, Decolonizing, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDdi), and EQi-2.0™

Bucket List: To own a condo with a water view.

PCC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Brian brings over 10 years of experience as a coach and corporate consultant. His supportive and challenging approach ensures that people and teams reach their full potential as they experience the science and art of the coaching conversation.

Toolkit: Leadership and Executive Coaching, Corentus Group Certified Team Coaching, Presence-Based Coaching, Tilt 365™

Bucket List: To tell the world’s worst dad joke (ahem: nobody wants to tell him he already achieved this :) ).

CTP, MFC, ACC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

With over 20 years of experience in corporate training, Frank works with managers, senior leaders, and executives on time, stress and performance management, communication, and strategic direction. As a professional coach, his passion lies in helping individuals and teams reach their full potential.

Toolkit: Leadership and Organizational Coaching, Everything DiSC™, Agile EQ, Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team™, Positive Intelligence, Working Genius™

Bucket List: To own an outside wood-fired pizza oven.

MsEd, MEd, PCC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Joe is an award-winning coach, researcher, and public speaker who has dedicated his career to working with educational leaders, entrepreneurs, and community groups. As a professional coach, one of his greatest passions is empowering clients to turn obstacles into opportunities so that their lives transform into a world of possibilities.

Toolkit: Leadership, Executive and Team Coaching, Professional Mentoring, Educational Leadership, Dare to Lead™ Certified Facilitator, and Health & Wellness Coaching

Bucket List: To live every moment as if it’s the last.

BA, CGFI, PCC-ICF, MA (cand.)

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

With a background in fund management and investor relations, Kara brings years of experience as a coach. Kara helps her clients become champions of thriving lives and careers, where they feel energized and driven with a clear purpose.

Toolkit: Team Coaching, Career Coaching, Spiritually Integrated and Community-Based Approaches, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Art Therapy.

Bucket List: To write and direct a play.

BA, PCC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Kathy specializes in working with leaders and teams that are in high change, corporate environments. A long-time leader herself, Kathy is the author of Cut Through the Chaos: 5 Practical Strategies to be the Leader People Want to Follow.

Toolkit: Leadership and Executive Coaching, Team Coaching, Everything DiSC™, Working Genius™, Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team™

Bucket List: To live by the water.

MSc, MBA, P.Eng, ACC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Building better leaders and teams is Michael’s passion. He brings a unique perspective to coaching as a visible minority and as a chemical engineer. His skills have been honed through time spent in industries of every size and type.

Toolkit: Leadership and Executive Coaching, EQi-2.0™, Hogan Leadership Forecast™, Emergenetics Associate™, Leadership Circle Certification

Bucket List: To complete an Iron Man.

BSc, MIT, CAC, PCC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Mike is an executive coach and consultant who has an extensive background in team effectiveness and has helped numerous firms achieve outstanding results. Over the past two decades, he has helped and continues to help people and organizations stretch beyond their current abilities and grow big.

Toolkit: Professional Coaching, GENOS EQ, Agile Certified, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Dare to Lead™ Certified Facilitator

Bucket List: To travel to Australia, Japan and China.

BA, MSc, ACC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coach Training Faculty

Nicole believes that all people are creative, resourceful and whole. She works with clients to unlock the answers and resources that they already hold inside. As an executive coach, she helps seasoned, senior executives find their stride at work, and in life.

Toolkit: Leadership as well as Executive Coaching, Team Coaching, Living Systems Approach™

Bucket List: To return to Africa and travel with family.

BA, ACC-ICF

Professional Coach, Coaching Associate

After 15 years of working with teams, Dana is convinced that every leader needs two things: they need to know what to spend their time on, and how to bring out the best in their people. After that, they can do anything. Dana is committed to helping leaders access their own wisdom, and develop the skills they need to make a difference.

Toolkit: Leadership and Team Coaching, MBIT, Internal Family Systems, Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team™, Spiritual Traditions, Trauma-Informed

Bucket List: To live on the Atlantic Ocean and pick up sea glass every day.

BA, MA, RP

Registered Psychotherapist, Clinical Associate

Laila is a life-long learner, deep thinker, wisdom-seeker, and dedicated professional. She views her work as a profoundly human endeavour – working with you to co-create a safe space to attend to the whole self.

Toolkit: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Somatic Enneagram, Somatic (body-oriented) approaches to Trauma

Bucket List: To compete at a national level in the Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

BSW, MSW (cand.), RSW

Registered Social Worker, Clinical Associate

With over 18 years of experience, Tessa works from a strength-based approach providing empowerment and emotional support. She helps individuals, couples, and families in an educational and compassionate manner so that clients connect to their own intuition while building skills and strengths.

Toolkit: Relationships and Family Dynamics, Prenatal/Perinatal Education

Bucket List: To have a quiet morning.