All of our Combat Veteran Master Coaches have completed our training program in addition to holding an International Coaching Federation certification or equivalent.
These coaches also operate independently and are available for individual, private coaching. Project New Day provides this directory for your convenience but is not responsible for private coaching sessions, fees, or outcomes.
ICF-Certified Coach (ACC), Certified Business Continuity Professional, ITIL
Project Management Professional
Trina L. Hill is a former seasoned technology executive, executive coach, speaker, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience leading transformation across Fortune 100 organizations. Her career spans technology leadership, business consulting, product strategy, organizational change, risk management, business resilience, executive coaching, and business operations.
Throughout her career, Trina has served in executive leadership roles where she has led large-scale technology initiatives, strengthened business operations, managed complex international teams, supported highly regulated environments, and partnered with executives to drive strategy, execution, and sustainable results. Her experience includes work across financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, energy, and technology, with a strong focus on helping people and organizations navigate change with clarity, confidence, and care.
As the Founder and CEO of TLH & Consulting Enterprises LLC, Trina helps leaders,
organizations, and mission-driven partners strengthen leadership, improve operational effectiveness, manage transformation, and prepare for the future of work, including AI, technology, risk, and business resilience. Her coaching approach is especially aligned with individuals navigating transition, identity, leadership responsibility, and the next chapter of their professional journey.
Trina is known for her warm yet strategic approach, her ability to bridge business and technology, as she coaches executives, entrepreneurs, and veterans. Her work is grounded in service, practical wisdom, and a deep commitment to helping others recognize their value, use their voice, and lead with impact.
Trina’s husband and several family members are veterans, giving her personal respect for the veteran community.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Combat Veteran, Veteran Coach & Mentor
Eric Jnah is coach with 25 years of military experience (enlisted and as an officer) with over 16 years in special operations.
He is a dynamic leader and coach who has successfully empowered numerous individuals and organizations to reach new heights.
Eric is a certified leadership coach, holding an ICF ACC Coaching Credential. Eric has experience, coaching military leaders, veterans, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Retired USAF Colonel and Executive Leadership Coach
Maureen Farrell is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and executive leadership coach whose career spans three decades of high-stakes service, including direct support to veterans and military communities worldwide.
As a two-time commander and Chief of the Air Force Public Health enterprise, Maureen led 1,200 professionals across global operations, building cultures of safety, quality, and resilience under pressure. Her service extended beyond defense: as Senior Medical Advisor to the U.S. State Department, she directed medical operations for more than 80,000 evacuees across seven countries during Operation Allies Relief, work requiring calm, compassionate decision-making in the most demanding conditions.
Following retirement, Maureen coached executives within the Veterans Health Administration, helping leaders build systems of continuous improvement and psychological safety across the nation’s largest integrated healthcare network. That experience gave her firsthand insight into the challenges veterans face navigating complex institutions while carrying the weight of their service.
Today, as CEO of Greater Heights Coaching & Consulting, Maureen brings evidence-based coaching and deep operational experience to mission-driven work. Her approach centers on restoring purpose, strengthening connection, and building the trust that allows people to move forward, values that align closely with Project New Day’s commitment to healing the whole veteran.
Clients describe her as composed, candid, and deeply invested in outcomes. Maureen is honored to support veterans and their spouses on their path toward recovery and renewed hope.
ICF-Certified Coach (PCC), Accredited Mentor Coach, Marine Corps Veteran
Coach Mark Stamper has been coaching for over 20 years, including as an internal coach for IBM before retiring after 35 ½ years. He coached in many internal programs and facilitated workshops, such as Life-Work Balance and Resilience. He served as leader of the IBM Coaching Community of Practice, 500 world-wide coaches. He was also awarded the IBM Leadership Award.
He is honored by what one of his clients said. “You truly helped me through some decisions at a turning point in my life. I do believe that you are one of the most insightful people that I’ve worked with.”
Mark earned a Wellness Inventory Certification and currently offers whole person health and wellness coaching.
He is also a mentor coach for the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Notre Dame Maryland University (NDMU). He was awarded a Faculty Teaching Award in 2019, when he was an adjunct. He briefly taught at Indiana Wesleyan University where he earned his MBA and was awarded the Outstanding Professional of the Class award.
He was an adjunct instructor for over 30 years at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana and was awarded an Excellence in Instruction award.
Contributing to our society drove a leadership role as the president of three non-profits, and for work with one of them received a Volunteer Service Award from the White House. Currently, he is President of the Board and a co-founder of International Body-Mind Enterprises (i.b.mee), a non-profit out of Asheville, NC, using wellness, empowerment, leadership and legacy to transform education.
Mark is a Marine Corps veteran.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Master NLP Practitioner
With a 20+ year career spanning BigLaw M&A, education, and corporate training across three continents, Sasha N. Franklyn now works as a leadership presence coach and career decision strategist supporting people navigating burnout, identity conflict, major life transitions, and the pressure to prove their worth through achievement.
Her perspective is shaped as much by personal background as by professional experience. She grew up in an immigrant and military family where self-sufficiency, resilience, and sacrifice were deeply ingrained values. As the daughter of a combat veteran and now his caregiver within an active veteran community, she has seen firsthand how emotional isolation, chronic stress, and survival mode can shape individuals and families across generations.
She helps clients better understand the beliefs, coping patterns, and emotional habits that affect how they see themselves, relate to others, and make decisions. Clients find they can distinguish between the patterns that once protected them and the ones still running the show — and from that clarity, make grounded decisions based on who they are and what they actually want, without feeling like they are disappointing those who matter to them.
Sasha’s work is especially informed by multicultural and first-generation experiences, including the stigma many people face around vulnerability and asking for support. She speaks English, conversational Korean, and French, and is passionate about creating spaces where people feel understood as human beings, not just for what they achieve.
ICF-Member. ACC Anticipated Fall 2026, Retired USAFR Lt. Colonel
Drawing on a career spanning aerospace & defense manufacturing logistics, manufacturing, and sales, and senior roles from first-line management through the executive level, Diana (Di) Echols brings hard-won wisdom to professionals navigating the space between what they’ve earned and what they’re willing to claim.
Di retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve and held director-level positions at Bell Helicopter, Force Protection, and Precision Castparts. She was selected as an Amazon Bar Raiser, a rigorous internal designation reserved for those who raise the hiring bar across the organization. Her deployments include a planning role at the CENTCOM Air Operations Center in Qatar and command of the 506 ELRS at Kirkuk. Her career has been defined by high-stakes decisions, identity-level transitions, and the particular pressure that comes with leading while quietly questioning whether you belong in the room.
That experience is the foundation of her coaching practice, True North Advisors. Di works with people navigating imposter syndrome, identity-level challenges, and career transitions — particularly those whose self-doubt runs deeper than habit and closer to how they understand their own worth.
Her philosophy draws from the Stockdale Paradox: clarity without denial, optimism without illusion. She approaches coaching as a thinking partner, not a fixer — creating space for clients to hear themselves more clearly and move toward who they already are.
Di holds an MBA and is completing a Master of Science degree. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and is pursuing her ACC credential, anticipated in Fall 2026.
Doctoral-level Master Coach specializing in trauma, addiction recovery, counseling, legal systems, and community-based care
Zanita Hendrix holds a strong academic background that bridges legal studies and advanced counseling expertise. She earned an Associate of Arts in Business Administration from Gainesville State College and a Court Reporting Diploma from Brown College of Court Reporting. She later completed a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies, graduating magna cum laude, followed by a Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling with a focus on Addictions and Recovery from Liberty University. She also holds a Doctoral Education Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Community Care & Counseling (Traumatology), reflecting advanced training in trauma-informed care and behavioral health.
Counselor/ Coach from Psychology Today Specializing in Trauma
Susie Floyd is a dedicated professional with a Master’s degree in Human Development and Counseling from George Washington University, earned in 2019. Her expertise lies in trauma, PTSD, grief, and emotional regulation, with a strong focus on empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives.
Her approach is both authentic and supportive, ensuring clients feel validated and capable while achieving meaningful results.
Although she has completed all necessary qualifications and clinical hours, she has opted not to pursue formal licensure to provide inclusive support to individuals regardless of their location online and affordably.
Susie prioritizes authenticity and genuine self-awareness. Her goal is to encourage independence, with a clear understanding of one’s own needs and emotions. This foundation fosters a more fulfilling life, leading to better decisions and reduced fear. When the time comes for clients to become fully independent, she supports them. Currently, she works with individuals ranging in age from 9 to 77, including couples.
Licensed Professional Counselor, Trauma-Informed Coach and Consultant
Alison Perry Sower is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Trauma-Informed Coach & Consultant with 20+ years’ experience working with combat veterans, law enforcement, and the general public in government, private sector, and non-profit settings. She is a military family member, founder of the nonprofit Central Oregon Veterans Ranch, and co-producer of the award-winning documentary, Cover Me: The Path to Purpose. Alison coaches from a holistic, developmental framework that promotes post-traumatic growth, including ongoing personal, professional, organizational, and leadership development.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (PCC)
Art Bingham is a Developmental Coach and Thinking Partner with more than 20 years of experience in talent development, leadership coaching, and adult learning. He is the founder of Personal Path Coaching and the Your Third Journey brand, where his work centers on life transitions, purpose, and intentional design in life.
Art holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential and brings a wide-ranging reading life into the coaching room — linguistics, positive psychology, Jungian and post-Jungian thought, mythology, and the literature of human communication and change. His approach is both practical and grounded in depth: he asks good questions, listens carefully, and brings frameworks and perspectives when they serve the moment.
His academic background includes an MA in Asian Studies (Japanese) from the University of Michigan and doctoral study in English Linguistics — a foundation for a coaching practice that takes language, narrative, and meaning seriously as tools for growth and change.
Art is honored to serve combat veterans through Project New Day. He brings to this work the same conviction that guides his broader practice: that the most significant passages in life deserve careful attention, honest conversation, and a thinking partner who is genuinely invested in what comes next.
ICF-Certified Coach (PCC), Personal Leadership and
Wellbeing Coach, Mentor
Ninez Piezas-Jerbi is an International Coaching Federation-credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who brings over 35 years of work experience in international organizations to her practice. Formerly a Senior Statistician and Chief of Knowledge Management Section at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, Ninez’s transition into coaching was a natural evolution from being a volunteer internal mentor and many years of building an Employee Networks Community for the organization.
Her coaching style is neuroscience-based and human-centered. Ninez uniquely integrates her expertise as a Certified Breakthrough Coaching Mastery Practitioner, NeuroMindfulness Senior Practitioner and DISC Practitioner with her background as a 550-hour Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor. This multidisciplinary approach allows her to guide clients in building the resilience and mental clarity necessary for intentional and authentic Personal Leadership.
Ninez focuses on empowering executives, non-profit leaders, and women to master complex career transitions and navigate workplace obstacles with grace. She is also dedicated to supporting young professionals and university students towards developing personal leadership skills for academic and professional success. Her ultimate motivation is to help others become more impactful human beings. By fostering self-awareness and alignment with core values, Ninez enables her clients to lead authentic, intentional lives while making a lasting, positive difference in their communities and the wider world.
ICF-Certified Transformational Coach (ACC), Certified Trauma Professional, Resilience Coach
Claudia Weber knows firsthand what it means to serve, sacrifice, and rebuild. As a U.S. Navy Veteran, she brings a deep understanding of military culture, the unique challenges veterans face, and the quiet strength it takes to ask for help.
With over two decades of experience, Claudia blends the best of modern science and ancient wisdom to create transformation that is practical, profound, and lasting. Drawing on neuroscience, trauma-informed healing, behavioral science, and spiritual traditions from wisdom keepers and Elders around the world, she helps veterans and their spouses truly thrive.
Certified as a behavior analyst, trauma professional, and transformational coach, Claudia specializes in helping people release the stress, anxiety, and deeply held beliefs that keep them from fully living. Her work creates a safe, compassionate space where emotional patterns are shifted, wounds are healed, and a new sense of purpose is found.
Whether you are transitioning out of service, navigating life after deployment, or simply ready to reconnect with who you truly are, Claudia meets you exactly where you are.
Her mission is to help veterans and their families remember their strength, reclaim their joy, and become powerful creators of the life they deserve.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Accredited Mental Wellness Coach & Mentor
Lillian Powell is an ACC-certified life coach, mentor, and human behaviorist who is at a stage in life where she is focused on giving back to future generations by providing tools, strategies, and unconditional support to help people create meaningful change in their lives.
Her path to coaching was shaped by her own experience growing up as an introvert, highly sensitive person, and empath—long before these traits were widely understood. She draws on evidence-based knowledge and stays current with research in human behavior to continually strengthen her effectiveness as a coach and mentor.
She uses the term “generativity” to describe this stage of life, reflecting her commitment to sharing the wisdom and life experience she has accumulated across many stages of learning and personal growth. That experience has become the foundation for the tools and approaches she uses to help others become unstuck, reconnect with their authentic selves, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Her focus is on helping people create, recreate, or reinvent the life they want or need. This often involves letting go of unhelpful, socially conditioned beliefs and replacing them with strengths-based ways of thinking. The goal is to retrain thought patterns to better align with the lives people want to live, using practical tools that support lasting personal growth and forward movement.
LPC, ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
David is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), ICF Certified Coach, and Certified Divorce Coach with nearly two decades of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate some of life’s most challenging seasons. He holds a Master’s degree in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral and Addictions Counseling.
David’s approach is warm, practical, and grounded in real clinical experience. He helps clients not only understand what is happening in their lives but figure out what to do about it with concrete, actionable steps tailored to each person’s unique situation and goals.
David has a particular gift for working with those who show up for everyone else and are now ready for someone to show up for them. He is especially attuned to those who come from, or are currently living in, homes shaped by addiction, mental health challenges, military service, difficult marriages, or complex family histories. This includes both the person who is struggling and the people who love them.
David specializes in guiding clients through transitions with clarity, dignity, and a plan that actually works for their life.
All sessions are conducted virtually via secure Zoom, making David’s support accessible regardless of location.
David is committed to providing coaching that is as practical as it is compassionate.
ICF-Certified Coach (ACC), Master’s Degree in Positive Psychology
Sharon Williams is a resilient and compassionate leader who grew up on the tough streets of New York City, where life presented many hardships and personal battles from an early age. Those experiences shaped her strength, perseverance, and deep understanding of overcoming adversity.
With more than 15 years of experience in human resources, benefits administration, customer service, and coaching, Sharon has dedicated her life to helping others heal, grow, and rediscover their purpose. She completed her Master’s degree in Positive Psychology at Life University and is an ICF-certified Professional Certified Coach (ACC).
Sharon is also a licensed insurance professional, wellness advocate, and entrepreneur who believes in serving others through compassion, education, and empowerment. As the visionary behind House of Empress Loryne, she is passionate about creating sacred spaces for women experiencing rebirth, renewal, and resilience through holistic wellness practices, mindful coaching, and compassionate guidance.
She has a special interest in supporting veterans, caregivers, and individuals navigating major life transitions by helping them rediscover hope, confidence, and direction. Known for her ability to connect authentically with people from all walks of life, Sharon brings warmth, professionalism, and lived experience to her coaching practice. Her mission is to create safe and encouraging spaces where individuals can heal, grow, and thrive while building meaningful, purpose-driven lives and transforming pain into purpose.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Clinical Mental Health Graduate Student
Drawing on a background in coaching, higher education, and digital accessibility, Brandon Brylinsky brings a grounded, relational, and growth-oriented approach to supporting veterans and their families. He is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and currently serves as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of Career & Life Development at Naropa University while completing his M.A. in Nature-Based Transpersonal Counseling.
Brandon’s work is shaped by both professional experience and personal conviction. Prior to attending Naropa University to become a therapist, he worked in career coaching and university student support, helping individuals navigate transition, uncertainty, and identity shifts with greater clarity and confidence. His current clinical training integrates mindfulness, somatic awareness, experiential learning, and nature-based approaches to healing and personal growth.
He is particularly passionate about supporting men, veterans, and individuals navigating trauma, burnout, addiction, questions of purpose, and major life transitions. Brandon believes meaningful change happens through authentic connection, honest self-reflection, and the development of practical tools that help people move beyond survival patterns into more intentional ways of living.
Through Project New Day, he hopes to continue building community while supporting veterans and their families in reconnecting with resilience, purpose, and a deeper sense of self.
Combat Veteran & Spouse Master Coach
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
Drawing on more than 25 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and communities through stress, transition, trauma, caregiving, illness, and grief, Catherine Bingham brings a deeply relational, compassionate, and practical approach to coaching. As an International Coaching Federation Certified Life Coach and the spouse of a veteran, she understands the unique, often invisible weight that veterans and military families may carry.
Catherine’s professional background spans collaborations with healthcare, behavioral health, and mental health organizations, as well as the military, Department of Defense, and Department of State communities. Holding a master’s degree in behavioral science, she is grounded in organizational development and systems thinking. She believes that we heal, grow, and thrive through authentic connection, community, and kindness. Influenced by a lifetime of relational thinking and service, Catherine naturally views individuals within the context of their relationships, environments, and life experiences. She has experienced meaningful change happen when people feel truly seen, supported, and less alone.
Drawing on strength-based and evidence-based practices, Catherine partners with clients to unpack survival patterns, connect with their inner wisdom, clarify their deepest values, and create a clear path forward. Her coaching style blends warmth, humor, and encouragement with practical forward movement, anchored in values of kindness, humility, love, and human connection. Described by clients as grounding, approachable, and easy to talk to, Catherine is someone who gracefully holds space for both struggle and hope.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
Radiance Certified Coach
Paul Jackson is an ICF-certified life coach (ACC) with more than 20 years of experience in business process improvement, finance, and risk management, combined with over ten years of direct life and career coaching experience.
His coaching practice, MazeWays Coaching, LLC, is based on the notion that life’s most uncertain and disruptive periods are not obstacles to growth — they are the pathway to it. With the right support and navigation, what feels like a maze becomes a journey toward new clarity and possibility. His practice is grounded in the art of “sacred listening” — creating space where clients can find direction and develop real insight, especially when facing uncertainty or major life transitions.
His specialties include career transitions, life transitions, and working with individuals on the neurodiversity spectrum (ADHD, autism, and related profiles), justice-impacted individuals, refugees, and those navigating trauma, including PTSD.
Paul brings empathy, accountability, and genuine joy to his coaching relationships — partnering with clients to set goals, build momentum, and celebrate meaningful progress.
ICF-Certified ADHD and Health and Wellness Coach
Passion, focus and personal experience drove Christine to start her own company in 2010 focusing on ADHD Coaching and educational consulting/advocacy. After her own child was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, she went back to school to earn her Master’s in Education to help navigate her own child’s educational struggles. She believes that the mind body connection is the key to life balance.
Christine earned her Health and Wellness Certification from the Primal Health Coach Institute and supports her clients on nutrition, exercise, stress management and sleep hygiene.
Christine has spent over 25,000 hours coaching children, teens, adults, couples and college students. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Clark University and her Master’s in Education from Fitchburg State University graduating summa cum laude. As well as having her private practices in Nashville, Tennessee, she also is associated with the Hallowell Center in New York City.
When Christine learned about Project New Day, she knew she had to take part. Her late husband, Master Sargeant John Sieh, was a decorated Special Forces veteran of 20 years. He was a master trainer working in law enforcement and governmental agencies inside and outside the US upon his retirement from Special Forces. She is very familiar with the toll a career as a combat veteran has on both the mind and body. Christine feels honored to be able to help bring balance, peace and renewal to our veterans who participate in the Project New Day program.
Master Certified Life Coach
Strengths-Based Specialist
Shelly’s careers have taken her from the K-12 classrooms (and gyms) to collegiate teaching (leadership) and coaching (basketball), sales management and training in the WNBA and higher education, facilitation of StrengthsFinder content, workshop facilitation and speaking, starting up a successful non-profit and more.
As an expert advocate for girls and women in sports and as a children’s book author, she is helping shift how children see strong, athletic girls in their books. For seven years, Shelly navigated the complexities of caregiving for her father on his journey with Alzheimer’s. From symptoms, diagnosis, in-home care, daily activities, overnight and eventually, memory care, she observed the deep need for understanding resource availability for all and makes that central to her work – opportunities to push the envelope and demand greater care as well as celebrate the wins and be present on the journey.
As a queer woman living with Complex PTSD who faced massive mid-life shifts personally and professionally, she has a compassionate lens that allows her to create a supportive environment of growth and self-discovery. With an M.S. in Leadership and Master Certification in Coaching (ICF), one of the most pivotal programs Shelly ever took for her own personal development beyond therapy was an 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program based on the teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn. This background and her passion for supporting others to live their best lives as she is, fuels her everyday.
ICF-Accredited Professional Coach (ACC) and MA Licensed Addiction Counselor (LDAC)
Annisa Kim is a certified ICF coach and licensed addictions counselor working at the intersection of trauma recovery, substance use, and whole-person healing. Her approach is trauma-informed and compassion-based, with a foundation in neuroscience, harm reduction, and deep respect for each person’s lived experience.
Working with vulnerable populations at Brigham & Women’s Bridge Clinic shaped her understanding of how substance use and trauma intersect and how difficult that can be to navigate. As a peer support volunteer with The Fireside Project and an integration coach, she helps individuals move through challenging psychedelic experiences and integrate them into lasting insight and growth.
Her connection to the veteran community is both personal and hands-on. As a military family member, she has seen the weight that service carries. Through Service2School, she has provided pro bono admissions coaching to veterans pursuing higher education. She also volunteers at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans’ Hospital, bringing her therapy animal on the palliative care floor to offer comfort to veterans in end-of-life care and honoring the belief that healing shows up in many forms.
Fluent in English and Brazilian Portuguese, she brings a multicultural perspective shaped by 20 years living and working abroad. Annisa is honored to serve veterans and military families through Project New Day.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
NBHWC Health and Wellness Coach
Jennifer Kramer is a board-certified health and wellness coach, mindfulness educator, and fitness professional with more than a decade of experience helping individuals build sustainable, healthy lifestyles through evidence-based coaching and behavior change strategies. As a combat veteran spouse, she understands the unique challenges that come with high-stress environments, transitions, resilience, and the importance of strong support systems.
Jennifer specializes in stress management, mindfulness, movement, and lifestyle wellness, helping individuals create realistic and meaningful changes that support both physical and emotional well-being. Her approach integrates motivational coaching, mindfulness practices, nervous system regulation, and functional wellness strategies to help clients improve resilience, energy, balance, and overall quality of life.
Throughout her career, Jennifer has led wellness initiatives, workshops, and coaching programs for corporate organizations, healthcare settings, and national wellness platforms. She is passionate about empowering others to reconnect with their strengths, build confidence, and create healthier, more intentional lives.
Jennifer’s coaching style is compassionate, client-centered, and grounded in the belief that sustainable transformation happens when people feel supported, capable, and aligned with their values.
Life/Career/Wellness Coaching
Nicole Michaelis is a soon-to-be certified Life, Career, and Wellness coach with 18 years of experience in public speaking, management training, organizational development, and human resource management in the public sector. Throughout her career as a senior training consultant, she has specialized in change leadership, professional mentorship, and designing high-impact learning and workplace performance programs. Driven by a belief that meaningful change begins from within and that everyone deserves the support to heal, grow, and thrive, Nicole brings a curious, action-oriented, and holistic lens to her coaching. Her ultimate goal is to create a safe, supportive space for individuals looking to gain clarity, build confidence, navigate complex transitions, and align with their true purpose.
Her unique perspective is shaped by a deeply global background; a native German speaker who is fluent in English and advanced in Russian, she brings a natural empathy and a broad cultural understanding to her human-centered work. When she is not coaching, training, or designing transformative learning experiences, you may catch her out on a run, wrangling girls and cookies at Girl Scouts events, or getting dramatically “murdered” (or doing the murdering!) with her local improv dinner theatre crew. Whether she is on stage or off the grid, she believes that joy, creativity, and a good dose of movement make life—and growth—a whole lot more fun.
ICF Level 1 Trained
Transformative Coaching
Samantha Wines is a transformational coach, 500-hour registered yoga teacher, and holistic wellness practitioner whose work focuses on helping individuals navigate stress, transition, and personal growth with greater self-awareness, stability, and intention.
Her path to coaching was shaped through both professional and personal experience. Raised in a Navy family with both parents serving in the military Samantha developed an early understanding of adaptability, service, and the impact high-pressure environments can have on individuals and families. That connection continued throughout adulthood, her partner is a first responder, and she has been affiliated and teaching for Yoga for First Responders (YFFR) since 2018.
Professionally, Samantha spent more than 15 years working in fast-paced sales and leadership environments, coaching and mentoring individuals while navigating the demands of high performance herself. Behind those experiences was her own long-term journey through anxiety and personal adversity, which became the catalyst for a deeper commitment to healing, self-development, and understanding human behavior.
Over the last 15 years, her studies have included yoga, holistic nutrition, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed practices, mindset development, and transformational coaching. She integrates these disciplines into a practical, grounded coaching approach that helps individuals move beyond survival-based patterns, reconnect with themselves, and build more sustainable ways of living and relating.
Executive Coach
Veteran
Aviation & Behavioral Health Professional
Jason E. Rucker III, PhD, is an executive coach, veteran, aviation professional, and founder of CenterLine Holdings LLC. He brings more than 27 years of military leadership experience, advanced graduate-level clinical psychology training, a doctoral degree in organizational psychology, and extensive experience in high-stakes aviation environments to his coaching work.
Through CenterLine Holdings LLC, Jason helps clients strengthen clarity, resilience, decision-making, emotional awareness, and purposeful action. His coaching approach is practical, supportive, and grounded in the belief that growth begins when people better understand their values, strengths, purpose, and patterns of behavior.
Jason is especially interested in working with veterans, aviation professionals, emerging leaders, helping professionals, and individuals navigating transition, stress, identity development, or major life change.
Specialty Areas:
Executive coaching | Veterans and military transition | Aviation professionals
Stress, resilience, leadership, purpose, and values clarification
Life transition, identity development, emotional awareness, and personal growth
Coaching Approach:
My coaching approach is practical, reflective, and growth-oriented. I help clients clarify what matters, identify strengths, recognize patterns, and take realistic steps toward meaningful change. I draw from leadership experience, psychology, aviation, military service, and evidence-informed coaching practices to support clients in building resilience, self-awareness, and purposeful action.
Credentials and Background:
ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
Board Certified Life Coach (BCC)
Tricia Nabors believes that regardless of title, rank, or circumstance, people are people at the end of the day. Throughout her career, she has helped individuals navigate life’s most significant transitions by strengthening self-awareness, reconnecting with purpose, and aligning their actions with their values.
Raised in a family shaped by military services and as a first-generation college graduate, Tricia developed an early appreciation for resilience, accountability, and service to others. Those experiences shaped a career dedicated to helping people discover their strengths, find their voice, and lead with greater intention.
As President of Nabors Coaching Group, Tricia brings a unique blend of experience spanning clinical therapy, executive coaching, workforce development, and organizational leadership. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Board-Certified Life Coach (BCC), and Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator, she has partnered with leaders across corporate, government, nonprofit, and correctional systems to strengthen leadership, build trust, and navigate change.
Tricia developed and led New Beginnings, a reentry leadership program that served more than 2,000 incarcerated men and women preparing to return to their communities. She also led a three-year leadership development initiative within a correctional system, working from the Warden through all levels of leadership to create a shared language of trust, accountability, and courageous leadership. In addition, she has supported Veteran Court participants as they worked to regulate their lives and futures.
As a Combat Veteran Master Coach with Project New Day, Tricia partners with veterans to translate the strengths that served them in uniform into a purposeful and fulfilling life beyond military service.
Certified Personal and Professional Life Coach
Theta Healing Master Level Practitioner
As an experienced and intuitive Life Coach, Cynthia has over 25 years of success guiding clients in personal growth, career transitions , relationship clarity and spiritual development.
Former educator and theater director with a strong foundation in communication, empathy and human connection. Cynthia is passionate about joining this mission-driven team to deliver impactful and remote coaching services.
ICF-Certified Coach (PCC)
Certified Family Recovery Coach
Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor
Theresa’s work centers on helping people move forward when life feels overwhelming or stuck.
She believes that shame and stigma are difficult to navigate alone. People need support, clarity, information, and the reassurance that they are not alone in their suffering. Her purpose is to walk beside clients without judgment, helping them reconnect with hope, reduce shame and stigma, and discover the next right step toward a life that feels safe, authentic, and whole.
As a Certified Family Recovery Coach, Theresa supports partners affected by a loved one’s substance use, helping them shift from anxious reactivity toward calm responsiveness, healthy boundaries, connection, and their own recovery.
As a Certified Nutrition Coach, she supports individuals experiencing disordered thoughts and behaviors around food. Together, they work toward sustainable well-being without shame or one-size-fits-all thinking.
As a Project New Day Combat Veteran Master Coach, Theresa is honored to support combat veterans through trauma-informed, knowledge-based coaching grounded in compassion, connection, healing, growth, and renewed purpose.
Theresa is here to help make the first step not only doable but rewarding. Schedule a convenient time to connect here.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
Advanced Coaching Certificate, Western Seminary
Mental Health Coach, AACC
Brain Health Coach, AACC
Kathryn Strong, is an ICF-certified Life Coach specializing in personal transformation, clarity, and purpose-driven growth. She works with individuals who are ready to build something new in their lives—whether in their mindset, relationships, or overall well-being.
Her approach blends faith-based principles with practical tools such as structured journaling, reflection practices, and accountability systems. Kathryn is passionate about helping clients recognize their progress, develop clarity in their next steps, and create meaningful, sustainable change.
She is particularly focused on supporting individuals who are in transition or ready to elevate their quality of life, offering both one-on-one coaching and supportive community environments.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC), Knowledge-Based Coaching Specialist
Drawing on a career spanning engineering and leadership roles from first-line management through the executive level, Jeremy Wilson has applied structured systems thinking and a commitment to service in the development of his life coaching model.
His background has shaped an evidence-based, structured approach to understanding how and why the mind and body respond under stress, challenge, and change. It recognizes that healing and growth are not random or purely intuitive, but processes that can be understood and supported in a clear, practical way. At the same time, the model is grounded in the belief that real change happens in connection—through supportive community, respectful listening, and the healing value of peer groups in restoring balance and belonging. Together, these elements create a coaching approach that helps people navigate complex challenges with greater clarity, stability, and consistency.
Through Project New Day, this model has been applied across a wide range of lived experiences, helping individuals build practical, evidence-informed tools to replace coping strategies formed under stress, trauma, or adversity. This includes work with substance and alcohol addiction, combat-related stress such as PTSD and moral injury, ADHD and other neurodivergent traits, workplace burnout, and relational challenges. Across all of these areas, the focus is on developing adaptable, repeatable skills that support people in moving beyond survival-based patterns into more stable and sustainable ways of living and relating.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (PCC)
Accredited Spiritual Life Coach & Mentor
Founder, Light of Peace
For more than 25 years, Shahinaz Elhennawi has dedicated her life to building peace in communities, organizations, and conflict-affected regions around the world. Through her work in peacebuilding, higher education, leadership development, and coaching. She witnessed both the impact of adversity and people’s remarkable capacity to find meaning, strength, and purpose through difficult life experiences.
Along that journey, Shahinaz had a profound realization: lasting peace is not only created between people and nations, it begins within each individual. This understanding shifted the focus of her work from international peacebuilding to guiding individuals in reconnecting with themselves, their values, their purpose, and their capacity for growth.
As an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), mentor, and founder of Light of Peace, Shahinaz works with people navigating major life transitions, identity shifts, burnout, trauma, loss, and questions of meaning and direction. Her approach integrates evidence-based coaching, positive psychology, mindfulness, and purpose-centered practices to help individuals move beyond survival and live in greater alignment with their strengths, values, and aspirations.
Through Project New Day, Shahinaz is honored to work alongside veterans and military spouses as they navigate reintegration, transition, and new chapters of life. She believes that every person has the capacity to cultivate purpose, resilience, and inner peace, and that meaningful transformation emerges through self-awareness, connection, and the courage to move forward with intention.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
NBWHC – Accredited Lifestyle Wellness Coach and Advisor
Crystal Adams is a Certified Health and Wellness Coach, leadership development professional, and behavior change specialist dedicated to helping individuals create meaningful, lasting change in their lives.
Drawing from years of experience guiding individuals through personal and professional growth, Crystal utilizes evidence-based coaching techniques rooted in self-efficacy, growth mindset, and sustainable habit formation. Her coaching approach is compassionate, practical, and action-oriented, helping clients identify obstacles, develop effective strategies, and take consistent steps toward their goals.
Crystal specializes in supporting clients who are navigating transitions, managing stress, improving overall well-being, strengthening relationships, and creating greater balance in their lives. She believes that every individual possesses the capacity for growth and that lasting transformation occurs when people align their actions with their values and strengths.
Known for her authentic presence, active listening, and ability to foster trust, Crystal creates a supportive environment where clients feel empowered to move forward with confidence and purpose.
Certified Executive Function Coach
Young Adults
Life Skills Development
Drawing on more than 30 years of coaching experience, Cheryl Pitcher is a Certified Executive Function Coach and Certified Professional Life Coach dedicated to helping individuals develop the skills, confidence, and self-leadership needed to navigate life’s challenges and opportunities.
For the past decade, Cheryl has worked extensively with young adults and families while also supporting individuals in various stages of personal and professional growth. Her coaching focuses on strengthening the practical life skills that contribute to greater success, including self-awareness, emotional regulation, organization, decision-making, goal achievement, resilience, and personal accountability.
Cheryl’s approach combines evidence-based coaching strategies, executive function development, and strengths-based support to help clients move from feeling stuck or overwhelmed to taking meaningful action. She is passionate about helping people identify obstacles, build sustainable habits, increase follow-through, and create a clear path toward the future they desire.
As Lead Life Coach with a multidisciplinary team that includes psychologists and other helping professionals, Cheryl has supported clients facing a wide range of life challenges while helping them develop greater confidence, independence, and personal effectiveness.
As a Project New Day Master Coach, Cheryl brings an encouraging, action-oriented coaching style focused on growth, resilience, and practical solutions. She believes that lasting change occurs when individuals gain greater self-understanding, learn effective life skills, and take intentional steps toward becoming the person they are called and capable of being.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
Known for her warm, compassionate, and genuine approach, Olga believes that moving forward begins when people feel heard, understood, and supported without judgment. She creates a safe environment where individuals can openly share their experiences, build on their strengths, and explore new possibilities for their future.
With more than 30 years of experience helping individuals navigate growth, change, and personal development through organization development, training, coaching, and project management roles, Dr. Olga Blouch brings both professional expertise and a deep commitment to serving others. Her coaching focuses on building meaningful relationships and walking alongside individuals as they work toward greater resilience and well-being.
Olga’s research and professional work have centered on the concept of the “whole self”—the belief that individuals thrive when their physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects are connected and aligned. She supports individuals in identifying practices that strengthen their ability to be their whole selves in both their personal and professional lives, fostering healthy relationships, greater well-being, and a deeper sense of purpose.
Individuals who work with Olga can expect a coach who listens deeply, cares sincerely, and is committed to helping them uncover their own strengths and potential. She considers it a privilege to support veterans and their spouses as they build lives of meaning, connection, and fulfillment.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (MCC)
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
Coach Educator
Mentor Coach
Speaker
Melissa Knight is dedicated to helping individuals create meaningful, sustainable change in their lives. With more than two decades of experience in coaching, higher education, leadership development, and personal growth, Melissa partners with clients who are ready to gain clarity, strengthen resilience, and move forward with greater confidence and purpose.
Known for her warm, thoughtful, and strengths-based approach, Melissa creates a supportive space where clients can explore challenges, uncover new perspectives, and align their actions with what matters most. Her work focuses on helping individuals navigate life transitions, strengthen well-being, improve executive functioning, develop leadership skills, and build fulfilling personal and professional lives.
Melissa has trained extensively with Master Certified Coaches and serves as a coach trainer and mentor for aspiring and credentialed coaches. She is the founder of the CASC Coach Training Program, an ICF-approved Level 1 coach training program, and has presented nationally on coaching, ADHD, executive functioning, and student success. She is also a published author whose work has contributed to the growing body of research on executive function coaching and successful transitions.
Melissa believes that meaningful change begins with self-awareness and that every person has the capacity to create a life aligned with their values, strengths, and vision for the future.
ICF-Certified Coach (PCC)
ADHD and Executive Function Coach
Certified CliftonStrengths Coach
For Jennifer Lorenz, supporting those who serve is a calling generations in the making. She was raised in a family whose military service spans every American war from the Revolution to Korea and continues today, and that legacy instilled in her a deep, lifelong respect for those who answer the call.
Jennifer found her own way to serve in the Intelligence Community, where more than two decades of work has taught her, firsthand, what it means to sacrifice and to perform under high stakes and relentless pressure. There she has coached professionals in demanding environments and witnessed both the cost of sustained service and the deep human capacity to recover and grow. That understanding drew her to Project New Day, where, as a Certified Combat Veteran Master Coach, she offers deep listening, compassion, and unconditional positive regard to every veteran she serves.
A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Jennifer is founder of Jennifer Lorenz Coaching and Consulting and partners with leaders and individuals moving through change, pressure, and transition. Her credentials also include Certified ADHD and Executive Function Coach, Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, and EQ-i 2.0/360 emotional intelligence certification.
Known for blending analytical depth with genuine warmth, Jennifer meets people without judgment and at their own pace—because she believes healing begins when a person feels truly seen and heard. She considers it a privilege to walk alongside those who have served.
ICF-Certified Life Coach (ACC)
Certified Trauma Recovery Coach
Founder, Basecamp Wellness
ACC, C-IAYT
RYT-500
Contact for 1-1 Coaching
Marilyn Russell is an ICF-certified Life Coach dedicated to supporting clients to realize their goals while finding their authentic selves and inner knowing. She serves as an ally and facilitator on the journey to personal growth, transitions, opportunities, and improved relationships. Through the lens of Story, she explores what has been working or possibly preventing clients from achieving what they envision for their lives. Doing so reveals limiting beliefs, outdated patterns, and thinking, liberating them to create their New Story as they move toward the life they want and know is possible.
With 10-plus years of Hatha, Adaptive, and Therapeutic Yoga and Stress Management training, Marilyn is dedicated to guiding clients to connect with their inner selves to find insight, balance, and agency, enabling them to take an active role in their healing journey. She specializes in trauma-informed yoga therapy for conditions ranging from chronic and acute stress, depression, and anxiety to Long COVID, kyphosis, and chronic pain. She plans sessions to meet the individual needs of each client by supporting them in navigating their condition through movement, breathwork, EFT, and mindfulness practices.
ICF-Certified Career and Leadership Coach (ACC)
Accredited Strengths Coach
Shelly’s coaching emphasizes empowerment, strengths-based approaches, and leaning into a growth mindset. She is a certified Human-Centered Design Practitioner and lifelong learner.
Previously, Shelly held marketing and strategic communications roles at top healthcare organizations providing her with first-hand experience in building and leading high-performing teams.
She uses her personal experience and knowledge to support people in meeting today’s challenges, while staying true to their personal mission and growth.