Meet the Board of Directors
Michelle Payne, Chairman
 Michelle Payne is
Chief Operating Officer of Beyond Point B,
an International Business Coaching Firm. Michelle has been business coaching women to top performance for over
a decade and has taken her dedication to supporting women to a new level with her coaching practice. She is an
MCC, a
graduate of Coach U, and a board member of The International Coach Federation.
Michelle is also a member of American Business Women’s Association, National
Association for Women Business Owners and American Society of Training and
Development.
Michelle has led teams of 1000+ employees as a senior executive in the retail industry. She knows what it takes
to get to the top and understands the needs, responsibilities and stresses of today’s successful woman. She has
won top awards and recognition for her performance in the corporate world and knows what it takes to get results.
She has worked for such organizations as Gap Inc., Macy’s West, Wet Seal Inc. and Russ Berrie.
Her passion is developing women to understand and use their power and strength to achieve their goals. She believes
that you can achieve all that you desire by creating a simple/specific plan and taking action.
Michelle’s philosophy: women have the power and strength to live their dreams and reach their highest goals. With
determination, discipline and the right attitude there is nothing that can’t be accomplished or achieved. Michelle
can be contacted via telephone at (916) 608-1812 or email at:
michelle@ahuc.org. A favorite quote is:
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."
-Benjamin Disraeli Deb
Martin, Vice-Chair
Deborah Martin is a
graduate of
Coach University
and a Coach University Professional Mentor Coach. She is a member of the
International Coach
Federation (ICF) and is an ICF Professional Certified Coach. Deb is
also a founding member of
Coachville,
the worlds largest coach training organization, and a founding member of The
International Association
of Coaches. Deb holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Education and a
Masters Degree in Career and Technical Education. She is currently a student in
Coachville's Schools of
Coaching.
In March of 1996, Deb began her coaching
practice, Portage. She has attracted an international clientele of leaders, high
achievers, entrepreneurs, coaches and visionaries. Deb is extraordinarily
intuitive and passionate about all things wild. She spends as much time as
possible getting to know herself better and testing her limits in the
wilderness. She gives Mother Nature credit for being her first coach. Her style
is to guide clients toward their own truth using compassion and fun. In addition
to her regular coaching sessions, Deb combines her intuitive abilities and her
passion for nature to offer what she calls
Wilderness Adventure Coaching. Deb maintains a practice of approximately 24
clients.
One of Deb's favorite back-county activities
is portaging her canoe from one lake to another. She loves the discovery
process. “The portage itself is as much fun as getting to the next lake.” Thus,
Deb believes any transition must be driven by a value that reflects the core of
who you are. “When you get to the who, the what and how happen naturally. Once
you've defined the goal or outcome, hold it very, very lightly and focus on the
process instead. Gratitude for the process may take you down a path you can't
yet envision and leave you much more open to the insights that will come your
way.” Deb says you can still have goals and make plans, but be curious and make
space for surprises. “Intuition is blocked when we practice either/or thinking.
These surprises/insights will perhaps move you away from the original goal but
can lead you to something much, much better.”
Deb believes that we all can dramatically
simplify our lives. She says that many clients come to her wanting to do
something, in order to have something, in order to be somebody. Deb says, “Be
somebody first and the doing and having are natural outcomes. The more you
discover the truth about who you are, the more you'll get what you want.”
Deb can be reached at
deb@portagecoach.com.
Pam McConnell, Secretary-Treasurer
Pam McConnell is the mother of two sons and proud grandmother of two grandchildren. She lives outside of Kansas City with her husband, Mike.
Pam came to coaching with a proven track record of relating to and communicating
with individuals and groups to facilitate change by entering new territories.
She has worked in the banking industry and in the field of labor relations.
She spent 24 years doing investigative work, communicating with hundreds of
witnesses from all walks of life and discovering that communication is the key
to understanding and understanding is the key to resolution.
Pam loves bringing order, organization, and structure to an otherwise overwhelming amount of information. This skill
has enabled her to assist her clients to clearly see their vision as manageable and doable. She believes that
the ability to see other perspectives enables each of us to realize we are at
choice and coaching is the key to opening one's vision to other perspectives.
Pam is a graduate of Coach University and a member of the International Coach Federation and Coachville. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in the areas of marketing and economics. She is a writer, speaker, and coach who devotes considerable time to volunteer work. She is a member of the United Way Speakers’ Bureau. In 2001 she was awarded the Community Programs Volunteer Awards for both the Kansas City Branch and for the Mid-America Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Pam can be contacted at 913-248-1487 or via email at
pam@ahuc.org. She also serves as
Executive Director.
Her favorite quote:
"The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose."
-- Heda Bejar
Julia M. Rhodes, Member
 Julia Rhodes is President
and founder of KleenSlate Concepts, LLC, an International product development
company founded in 2001. Julia took her prototype to a manufacturer and soon
started selling her patented invention: The KleenSlate Attachable Eraser for dry
erase markers. Through this process, she has grown to understand the value of
building relationships, networking, and giving back to your community. As a
woman, she knows how important it is to give and receive support from other
women. Julia is a member of the Women’s Enterprise Business National Council (WEBNC)
and serves on the Certification Committee through WBENC’s affiliate, Astra. She
also is a member of National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and
National Supply and School Equipment (NSSEA). Julia also serves on the Board of
Alliance Small Valley Business Development Center (SBDC) and is also an active
member of the United Inventors Association (UIA) and the Economic Development
Company (EDC).
Her passion is supporting other women in understanding the steps required for
starting their own business, as well as establishing themselves in the world
market. She has a can-do attitude which has been reinforced by her growing
success, and she is generous in her desire to share this information with others
just starting out in business.
Julia went from being a teacher of 14 years into running an international
company. With the help of her Coach, Michelle Payne, she learned how to deal
with the challenges of becoming a businesswoman. Julia’s philosophy when
dealing with potential customers: Business is about relationships and you have
to establish those before anything else. Secondly, “No” doesn’t mean no – it
just means “not right now”. It is with this determination that she has secured
contracts with both Office Depot and Staples, not to mention numerous catalogs
and retail outlets. Julia can be contacted at her office, (209) 588-0375, or via
email at
jrhodes@goldrush.com
Julia's Favorite Quote:
“Ships? Sure I'll sail
them. Show me the boat, if it'll float, I'll sail it.” ~~ Maya Angelou
Angela Woodrow, Member
 With over
19 years of experience in adaptation and relocation, Angela Woodrow
enthusiastically believes in exploring possibilities to develop the optimum
opportunity. She regards the integration of professional and personal
leadership development in the working environment as essential to achieving
maximum benefits of any opportunity; and she encourages her audiences to embrace
new strategies and enhance their working environment with the unlimited
possibilities that reside within each of them. As an
alumnus of London Central School of Speech and Drama, she has coordinated and
facilitated award-winning creative problem-solving educational programs for
Department of Defense schools while living in the United Kingdom and in
Germany. In addition, she has coordinated and facilitated transnational events
for the international scholastic sports community.
Angie is dedicated to helping educational, non-profit,
for-profit, and public entities to meet and exceed their organizational
expectation. She has created customized training programs for the United States
Air Force, American Red Cross, Sutter County Working Group for Permanent
Housing, and the California Department of Rehabilitation that engaged and
enhanced the participants’ learning experience. Contact Angela at
awoodrow@beyondpointb.com.
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