Meet our Mission Driven
Administrative Team
Get to know each of the amazing people that support your coaching journey.
The Administrative Team are skilled Independent Contractors
we've hand selected to provide you excellent service.
The Administrative Team are skilled Independent Contractors
we've hand selected to provide you excellent service.
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Laurel Elders, MCC, CEC
Founder / CEO Laurel Elders, MCC, is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and holds a Leadership Principles Certification from Harvard Business. As the visionary founder of the Institute for Integrative Intelligence, she is committed to excellence in coaching, education, and mentoring. Since 2005, Laurel has been passionate about unlocking human potential, inspired by the profound impact of coaching. She integrates research and ancient wisdom to create transformative coaching programs. Since 2011, she has collaborated with thought leaders to develop innovative and comprehensive training that equips professionals to drive positive change globally. Based in Pennsylvania, Laurel enjoys the outdoors with her husband and two dogs, embracing kayaking, rock climbing, and nature. Training & Credentials: • Certificate of Achievement in Christian Apologetics - Talbot School of Theology (2025) • Certificate of Achievement in Leadership Principles - Harvard Business School (2023) • Master Certified Coach (MCC) - International Coaching Federation (2022 - current) • Certified Executive Coach (CEC) - Leverage for Leaders (2019) • Level Two PCC Marker Assessor & ICF trained Mentor - International Coaching Federation (2016-current) • Choice in Coaching: Arbinger Mastery Training for Coaches Arbinger Institute (2018) • Advanced NVC - Compassionate Communication Training (2017) • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) - International Coaching Federation (2013 - 2022) • Integral Coach Training of the 9 Types - The Enneagram Institute & New Ventures West (2009) • Corporate Coaching & Organizational Leadership Internship - Sandy Hogan & CO - 200 hr. (2008-2011) • BA in Human Development: Organizational Psychology with a Concentration in Corporate Coaching (2008) Prescott College • Certificate in Coaching - CTA (2005) Background & Experience: • Wellness Wholeness and Cultural Awareness Committee Member - ICF Arizona (2022-2023) • Top 10 Coaches in Tucson - by the Influence Digest (2021) • Core Coaching Competency Summer School Facilitator - ICF Arizona (2020 / 2021) • Leverage for Leaders - Executive Coach Training - Co-Facilitator / Mentor Coach (2019) • Speaker Coach - TEDx Tucson (2018) • Member of the ACN (Arbinger Coaching Network) Arbinger Institute (2018 - current) • Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO) - Education Committee (2018 - 2019) • Member of Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO) (2017 - current) • Raytheon: Sub-contractor for Developing Leaders Initiative (2017) • Founded The Institute of Integrative Intelligence, LLC (2016) • Director of Coaching Programs - Prescott College (2013 - 2016) • Health Coach & Educator - Wellness Council of Arizona (2013 - 2015) - Pima County Jail, Pima County Sheriff, Juvenile Detention Center, Abram's Health Center, Pima County West • Coach Training Lead Instructor - Prescott College (2012 - 2016) • Co-Founded Certificate in Coaching ACSTH - Prescott College (2011) • Instructor: Life Coaching Techniques & Mind-Body Medicine - ASAOM (2009-2011) • Internal Coach - Staff & Faculty Development - ASAOM (2009 - 2011) • Director of Education - ASAOM (2008 - 2011) • ACAOM - Accreditation Consultant - ASAOM (2007) • Author / Health Coach - Eating With Heart (2005 - 2020) • Executive Director - Interpeace, Inc. (2003 - 2005) • Program Facilitator & Family Resource Educator - Interpeace, Inc. (1999 - 2005) - Los Artes - Programs supporting at-risk youth - Single Parents Reaching Out (SPROUT) - Support groups empowering single parents - Outside Agencies - Pima County funded support groups for single parents |
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Lauren Stidham, PCC, CPIC, BSEd
Dean of Students Lauren Stidham is a certified life coach and graduate from the Institute for Integrative Intelligence. She is also a HeartMath® Certified Trainer and Enneagram Specialist. Lauren was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona and attended Northern Arizona University, where she dual majored in elementary and special education. Lauren taught 5th grade for 7 years then transitioned into the world of sales and entrepreneurship. For over 15 years, she trained and empowered hundreds of women while building up a spa and skincare business. In the Fall of 2019, Lauren felt called to the transformational work of life coaching. She opened her coaching practice Blueprint to Bloom to help her clients be the architect of a life they love. Many individuals struggle with the tension created by the “hustle for your worth” culture and feel like they’re not enough. Lauren is passionate about supporting others as they discover how to live life in a way that's empowering, balanced, and abundant. Lauren cultivates a calm and thoughtful space for individuals to tap into their possibilities and allow creativity to flow. One of her favorite coaching tools is the enneagram which provides incredible insights on navigating stress, communication, self-care, and integration. Lauren also uses HeartMath® techniques designed to bring the head and heart into alignment which builds much-needed resilience in today’s world. When Lauren is not coaching… you will find her reading a book for book club or trying to recreate a Pinterest craft. She enjoys walking, restorative yoga, paddling her feet in the ocean, fiddling with her potted plants, and laughing with friends over a caramel frappuccino www.BlueprintToBloom.com. |
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Michael Tucker, MA, PCC
Senior Advisor Michael Tucker, M.A., PCC, CSM, CSPO is an ICF-certified executive+team coach, consultant, author, and speaker who is committed to the acceleration, advancement, and conscious evolution of the human family. His expertise is in supporting organizational growth, leadership development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by enhancing intuition, increasing empathy, insight, decision-making abilities, and collaboration among leaders and their teams. Although Michael's coaching is industry-agnostic, tech companies and AGILE or STEM professionals and investors tend to seek him out. He boldly supports the deeply spiritual and non-spiritual alike and regularly works with CEOs, executives, product managers/owners, entrepreneurs, creatives & on occasion their families. |
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Nancy Smyth, MCC, CPCC
Senior Advisor In the mid 1980’s, Nancy apprenticed with an Aztec Indian Medicine Man. Her entire apprenticeship was one of learning to see and recognize what was invisible to the eye. Life kept leading Nancy to lend a hand off the reservations as well, to more global communities. Loving the empowering process of coaching, Nancy studied and went on to receive a Master Certified Coach credential through the International Coaching Federation in 2006. Nancy’s clients include Fortune 500 organizations, entrepreneurs, couples, and individuals. Her focus guides clients to lasting substantial change, both professionally and personally. As a coach, speaker, artist, and poet, Nancy cultivates the experience, understanding, and expression of peace-filled solutions. In 2003, the Arbinger Institute invited Nancy to co-develop and facilitate training for coaches world-wide – The Choice in Coaching. December 2013 marked the 10-year anniversary of this mastery-level program. Nancy is also the course co-designer and facilitator for The Anatomy of Peace. She serves as Arbinger’s Director of Individual and Group Coaching, is a Global Leader, and an Executive Coach. Nancy is an invited participant of Conversations Among Masters, SupporTED, Ashoka’s Start Empathy Initiative, Planetary Dance and other collaborative projects. Nancy’s presence is delightfully tranquil while being powerfully transformative. www.TwoWiseWomen.org |
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Rose Snyder, CPIC, ACC, OCC
Visionary Strategic Partner Rose Snyder is passionate about helping people and organizations thrive. With a Master’s in Organizational Management and a Bachelor’s in Education, she combines academic grounding with decades of real-world leadership experience. Rose is certified by BoardSource as a Nonprofit Governance Consultant and is one of only a small number of practitioners worldwide trained in Psycho-geometrics® (Shapes) communication. Rose has inspired nonprofit leaders across the country and delivered culture and team-building experiences to global corporations. Her leadership in the Olympic sport world—spanning USA Swimming, U.S. Figure Skating, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee—gives her a rare ability to coach executives, boards, and teams toward elite-level performance. Her work centers on team building, communication, culture transformation, and leadership coaching, with Psycho-geometrics® as a cornerstone methodology. Rose lives in Tucson with her husband, Charlie, and is a proud University of Arizona graduate. They have three adult children and love exploring new places together. rosesnyderconsulting.com |
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Dawn Christian, CPIC
Coaching For Everyone Strategic Advisor Dawn Christian named something most leaders already carry: Capacity Debt™ — the cost that builds when constant motion has replaced the space required to actually lead. After 25 years in senior executive roles across biotech, pharma, financial services, and nonprofit, she left to build BeLeadership™ | Belong by Dawn Christian®. A TEDx speaker and creator of the Ethos-Driven Leadership® framework, Dawn works with leaders who are learning to live through their values, protect what matters, and move from managing people to becoming architects of collaboration — because the organizations that will lead the next decade won’t be the ones that extracted the most from people. Her newest offering, Lead Still, opens fall 2026. TEDx Click HERE / https://www.beleadership.community/ |
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Dr. Kristen Truman-Allen, PCC
Professor of Leadership Coaching & Development Kristen is an Executive Coach serving artists and leaders. She brings her experiences as Executive Leader, Emergency nurse, Outward Bound expeditionary learning instructor and Organization Development professional into her coaching. She utilizes expeditionary and experiential methodology to evoke personal transformation, team and leadership development as well as organization experience strategy. Kristen is an enthusiastic mother of five children and is passionate about living and leading boldly and authentically. Kristen supports leaders as they transition throughout their work by helping them tap into their purpose, their passion and their intention to achieve the results they are hungry for. PulpLeadershipCoaching.com |
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Angela Bylo, PCC, CPIC
Admissions Coach Angela is a Certified Professional Integrative Life Coach, educator, and Admissions Coach for The Institute for Integrative Intelligence. She is passionate about helping people recognize their unique strengths, navigate life's transitions, and create meaningful, lasting change. Whether she is guiding prospective students as they begin their coaching journey or supporting individuals through personal and professional growth, Angela believes that every conversation has the potential to open new possibilities. Before becoming a coach, Angela built a career as both a research scientist and secondary science educator, experiences that continue to shape her thoughtful, evidence-based approach to coaching. She brings curiosity, compassion, and a genuine love of learning to every interaction, creating a space where people feel supported, challenged, and empowered to move forward with confidence. Angela is especially inspired by helping others discover that transformation doesn't come from having all the answers—it comes from asking the right questions and trusting the wisdom they already hold within. www.abtutorcoach.com |
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Ian Robert
Administrative Manager / Marketing & Social Media Manager Admissions Coach Ian orchestrates all of the magic that happens behind the scenes. He oversees marketing, social media, learning management systems, and the website. He ensures everything at the Institute runs smoothly. Ian resides in the Philippines. |
