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Meet Our Coaches

Our coaches are experienced professional career, life, business, wellness, and executive/leadership coaches holding credentials from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and/or certification from distinguished coach training schools.

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Beth Davis

US Army

Virginia (VA)

Life/Relationships

Beth Davis is a leadership and personal development coach whose goal is to equip her clients to confidently step into change. Her career has spanned the government, private and non-profit sectors giving her an appreciation for the diverse opportunities, environments and lifestyles available for her clients to choose from. As the spouse of a retired military servicemember, she understands the challenges brought by changes in location, career, family roles, responsibilities, and health. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech, an MS in Accounting from Strayer University and studied Engineering Management at Colorado State University. She received her coach training at George Mason University in the Leadership Coaching for Organizational Wellbeing program and holds the ACC credential from the ICF.

Bikram Gupta Sarma

US Army

Texas (TX)

Small Business Development & Executive/Leadership

Bikram pivoted from multiple technology leadership experiences from startups to Fortune 100 companies, after 35 years to his current venture as an Advisor and Executive and Leadership Coach. He has held senior executive leadership positions in software engineering, product management and engineering operations - interacting with customers across multiple disciplines. He worked in companies like Oracle Corp, Actian Corp, etc. as was a part of the team that started Oracle in India and has managed or started global centers in ten countries. He has experience in bootstrapping companies as well as managing large 3000 person teams.

Bikram is certified as an executive coach, by the Center for Executive coaching and accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). In addition, he is a certified Genos Emotional Intelligence practitioner. He is certified both for EI assessments (360, 180 and self) as well as Checkpoint 360 assessments.

Bikram holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and a MS degree in Mathematics. He leverages his training and experience as leader in addition to emotional intelligence concepts in his coaching practice. More information on his practice can be found at www.impactfuleadership.com

Blakely Smith

US Army

California (CA)

Career Development & Executive/Leadership

Blakely is an executive/ leadership coach who works with clients to embrace their unique leadership qualities to reach their goals. With a background in learning and development, Blakely specializes in Core Energy Coaching, which is a methodology focused on getting to the root (or “core”) of an individual's challenges by identifying and shifting inner thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that block a client's success. Blakely is a Certified Professional Coach through the highly-esteemed coaching IPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching). In addition, she is an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, and holds a Master’s of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Cal State University. Blakely works with individuals who either are looking to optimize their current roles, or to successfully transition to a new role. She also coaches anyone who wants to take a deep self-assessment of leadership capabilities.

Bonnie Blueford

US Army

Maryland (MD)

Life and/or personal relationships
Executive or on-the-job coaching

Bonnie owns The Blueford Group, a coaching and communications organization dedicated to developing leaders and strengthening organizations. Bonnie founded The Blueford Group following a 30-plus-year career at Northrop Grumman Corp., a global defense and aerospace company, where she coached at all levels, developed leaders and teams, and built award-winning campaigns.

She brings a background in executive coaching, communications, and leadership development. She is passionate about people and deeply understands the impact leaders have on individuals, organizations, communities . . . and the bottom line. She is also a certified teacher of the Trauma Resources Institute Community Resiliency Model focused on building resilient cultures.

Bonnie's global client base spans industries including defense, manufacturing, education, finance, technology, private equity, pharmaceutical, and economic consulting. She is a Premier-Fellow Coach for BetterUp and previously served on the Board of ICF Maryland.

She holds a graduate certificate in Transformational Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University and a master’s in public communications from American University. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation. Her leadership work has been published in The Journal of Health and Human Experiences, Fall 2021, and Health Informatics 5th Edition – Health Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies and Solutions.

Bret Shultz

US Army

North Carolina

Life and/or personal relationships
Career guidance and/or skills assessments
Executive or on-the-job coaching
Coaching involving educational opportunities

Bret is a former Marine that is married and has three children. He specialize in leadership coach and completed his coaching course work in June 2024 and is currently working toward a level two certificate. Bret has a Masters degree from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in health administration. He has expertise in person and professional coaching with five plus years coaching senior healthcare administrative leaders. His goal as a coach is to be a creative thought partner that will collaborate with you to address and understand obstacles so you can move around, over, or through them to achieve your optimal wellbeing, resilience, and human.

Bev Smith

US Army

Maryland (MD)

Life and/or personal relationships
Starting or maintaining a business

Bev is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, a BS degree in Business Management from the University of Baltimore, and a coaching certification from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching. She combines her extensive professional background with her personal life experiences, education, and unique training to offer a holistic approach to coaching.
Drawing from her own journey, Bev understands the complexities of navigating through divorce, blending families, starting and managing a business, and the continuous quest for personal growth and alignment with one's core values. She believes that every individual has a unique energy that shapes their life experiences and the obstacles they encounter. Bev's coaching method involves tapping into this energy to help clients identify and overcome their blocks, empowering them to achieve their full potential.
Her mission is to guide her clients towards a more fulfilling and balanced life by leveraging their inherent strengths and addressing their specific challenges. Bev's empathetic and insightful approach has helped her clients thrive in their personal and professional lives. Whether you are seeking growth in your business, personal life, or relationships, Bev is dedicated to helping you discover and unleash your true potential.

Blake Carlton

US Army

South Carolina (SC)

Life and/or personal relationships
Starting or maintaining a business
Career guidance and/or skills assessments
Executive or on-the-job coaching
Coaching involving educational opportunities

Blake Carlton studied Journalism and Religious Studies at New York University and received and MBA-MPP (public policy) dual degree from the University of Maryland. After grad school, Blake worked with a major health insurance company before joining the US federal government, as an Executive Assistant with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. In the years since starting his role with the US government, Blake completed Coaching Training at Coach U and was credentialed as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in August 2024. Blake now focuses his coaching practice on Relationship and Career Coaching, however, he utilizes the Wheel of Life to get a full perspective on his client's life and needs. He then works with his clients find their FiFI - their Fun, Freedom, and Intention, helping them identify and prioritize how best to expend their valuable resources - their money, energy, and time - in the wisest way possible, allowing them to not just live or survive, but to thrive.

Bob Rourke

US Army

Illinois (IL)

Executive/Leadership, Career Development Small Business Development

Bob Rourke, Army Veteran (Vietnam), is the founder of Limina Advisors, LLC, -- a Chicago-based business ambition coaching firm. He is hired by executives preparing for greater leadership, company founders, entrepreneurs, leaders responsible for business development, and private real estate investors. He helps them increase revenues, imagine and execute new possibilities, build stable and sustainable business platforms, and manage breakdowns with customers, managers, and investors. Bob’s core expertise is teaching and coaching people on the use of rare advanced listening and positioning skills. His clients use these skills to be relevant everywhere they go and to take great care with each relationship in their business life. Bob has a BA from Spring Hill College and an MPS from Loyola University. He did post-graduate learning in business at DePaul University and Chicago Booth and continued his post-graduate learning at the Newfield Network USA for ontological coaching. He is certified by both Newfield Network and the International Federation of Coaches and holds both a NCC and ACC certifications.

Bradley Ann Morgan

US Army

Arizona (AZ)

Career Development & Executive/Leadership

Bradley Ann Morgan is a certified coach who received her coach training from the Newfield Network program. She is also an author, keynote speaker and specialist in integrating the multi-generational workforces. Bradley is the Founder and owner of Walks Beside Coaching and Consulting, LLC, and some of her varied clients have included two New Mexico Departments: Aging and of Workforce Solutions, the American Indian College Fund, the Los Angeles Air Force Base Space & Missile Systems, the United Way, and the National Science Foundation. In her coaching practice, Bradley is a certified practitioner of the Elevations career assessment tool, the Decker Method ™ of Effective Presentations; and the I-OPT Leadership Style Assessments. Bradley’s other educational credentials include a BS from Georgia Tech, a certificate in Strategic HR Leadership from Cornell (PHR), and a certificate in gerontology from the University of Boston (CGP). She was adjunct faculty at the Northern VA Community Colleges; and, her articles on leadership and workforce issues have been published in Leadership Excellence, the Army Times, About Leaders, The Taos Institute, and Inside Business magazines. She is a member of the ICF and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

Bridget Randolph

US Army

New York (NY)

Life/Relationships & Executive

Bridget Randolph is a certified professional coach (CPC) who loves supporting individuals to achieve their goals and navigate life transitions through a lens of authentic leadership. Bridget brings 10+ years of experience in consulting, coaching and leading teams in a range of environments, from small businesses and agencies to first year startups and enterprise level public companies, across many industries including financial services, business process improvement, marketing, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and healthcare.

With several family members who have served in the military, Bridget has seen firsthand the sacrifices made and challenges faced by service members and their families, and is passionate about SBT's mission to support and empower veterans and their spouses/caregivers to achieve success personally and professionally.

Bridget holds an M.Sc. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford. She received her CPC training through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), with additional certifications as an Energy Leadership Index master practitioner (ELI-MP), a COR.E Dynamics Specialist for Leadership (CDLS) and Transitions (CDTS) and an Agile Leadership certification from ICAgile (ICP-LEA). She also studies Process-Oriented Facilitation under the guidance of David Bedrick (Santa Fe Institute for Shame-Based Studies).

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