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.

Laurel Elders, MCC, CEC
Founder / CEO
Laurel Elders is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), holds a Leadership Principles Certification from Harvard Business, and is the visionary founder of the Institute for Integrative Intelligence.
Her passion for coaching ignited in 2005 after she experienced the profound positive impact coaching was leaving on human potential. Laurel is inspired to provide excellence in coaching, education, training, and mentoring. She champions a world where all individuals are afforded the opportunity to activate and contribute their unique gifts, talents, and purpose.
Her clientele and students serve as torch-holders for positive change globally. She is dedicated to shaping a brighter future by leaving a legacy that positively impacts the generations to come. Since 2011, Laurel has teamed up with profound thought leaders to provide you with the most innovative, comprehensive, and illuminating programs. Laurel is a natural integrator, combining prominent research with ancient wisdom to explore how their integration elevates human potential.
Laurel and her husband reside in Pennsylvania. Having raised four children, they now enjoy life in the country with two dogs, weekly kayaking, everything outdoors, and rock climbing.
Training & Credentials:
Background & Experience:
- Single Parents Reaching Out (SPROUT) - Support groups empowering single parents
- Outside Agencies - Pima County funded support groups
Founder / CEO
Laurel Elders is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), holds a Leadership Principles Certification from Harvard Business, and is the visionary founder of the Institute for Integrative Intelligence.
Her passion for coaching ignited in 2005 after she experienced the profound positive impact coaching was leaving on human potential. Laurel is inspired to provide excellence in coaching, education, training, and mentoring. She champions a world where all individuals are afforded the opportunity to activate and contribute their unique gifts, talents, and purpose.
Her clientele and students serve as torch-holders for positive change globally. She is dedicated to shaping a brighter future by leaving a legacy that positively impacts the generations to come. Since 2011, Laurel has teamed up with profound thought leaders to provide you with the most innovative, comprehensive, and illuminating programs. Laurel is a natural integrator, combining prominent research with ancient wisdom to explore how their integration elevates human potential.
Laurel and her husband reside in Pennsylvania. Having raised four children, they now enjoy life in the country with two dogs, weekly kayaking, everything outdoors, and rock climbing.
Training & Credentials:
- Leadership Principles Certified - Harvard Business School (2023)
- Master Certified Coach (MCC) International Coaching Federation (2022 - current)
- Certified Executive Coach - Leverage for Leaders (2019)
- ACTP Assessor Training - PCC Marker Assessment - International Coaching Federation (2019/2021)
- Choice in Coaching: Arbinger Mastery Training for Coaches Arbinger Institute (2018)
- Advanced NVC - Compassionate Communication Training (2017)
- ACTP Assessor Training - PCC Marker Assessment - International Coaching Federation (2016)
- 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 - Sandy Hogan & CO - 300 hr. Internship (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 - ICF Arizona Committee Member (2022-2023)
- Top 10 Coaches in Tucson - by the Influence Digest (2021)
- ICF Arizona Core Coaching Competency Summer School - Facilitator (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)
- 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 / Program Director - Eating With Heart (2005 - 2020)
- Executive Director - Interpeace, Inc. (2003 - 2005)
- Program Facilitator & Family Resource Educator - Interpeace, Inc. (1999 - 2005)
- Single Parents Reaching Out (SPROUT) - Support groups empowering single parents
- Outside Agencies - Pima County funded support groups