The Toughest Choice with Stephanie Reynolds

Dr. Joel and Michelle Levey pioneered the integration of contemplative science, deep resilience, optimal performance, and collective wisdom into leading organizations around the globe for five decades. Founders of Wisdom at Work, they have dedicated their lives to personal transformation as a catalyst for profound social change. They have worked with tens of thousands of leaders in organizations a...

Denise Wolf returns to discuss the pressures and struggles that leaders face, and the importance of inner work and reconnecting to the self. Denise is a Therapist and Leadership Thought Partner at Clarity Connection. She helps people and organizations find clarity, connection, and direction, especially during times of growth, transition, or challenge. With a unique blend of leadership, coaching, s...

With extensive experience in AI, DevOps, and cybersecurity, John Wyss is an accomplished enterprise product and strategy leader. He is known for building innovation culture within diverse global teams at companies including ServiceNow, Cisco, and Microsoft, as well as startups including Fortanix, a pioneer in the field of confidential computing and data security.

Mindy Geisser is Chief People Services Officer at Savers, and has more than two decades of senior executive leadership in Human Resources. She is committed to all things recruitment, training, team member relations, employee relations, and building and developing capabilities. Mindy is also an advocate for further diversity and inclusion, and carries those people-centric strategies to help shape a...

John-Mark Hack is  President and CEO of The Healing Place, a nationally renowned organization in Louisville, Kentucky, dedicated to providing comprehensive recovery services to women and men dealing with alcoholism and addiction, as well as serving unhoused people. John-Mark joined The Healing Place in March of 2024, coming back to his hometown of Louisville after an extensive career in business,...

Effenus Henderson  is the President and CEO of HenderWorks, and the Co-founder of the Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion. He has over 40 years of experience at Weyerhaeuser in many human resource roles, including recruiting and staffing. He is also an internationally recognized diversity thought leader who has been invited to numerous companies and organizations to share his experti...

Leif Embertson is the President and Principal Engineer at Natural Systems Design, a team of scientists, engineers, and planners who use landscape scale restoration of ecosystems and physical processes to promote quality of life for local communities and restore balance to natural systems.

Veresh Sita is a Fortune 500 tech executive turned mission-driven entrepreneur, on a journey to upgrade human capability—starting with the mind. After leading technology at global brands like Starbucks, F5, WeWork, Alaska Airlines, and Avish Budget Group, Veresh stepped away from the corporate world to build Vasana, a behavioral health platform that uses neuroscience and AI to help people thrive u...

Cat Cuevas is the Managing Director of People and Culture at the Seattle Foundation. She leads and drives the people operations and culture strategy for the systemic and scalable implementation of DEIB, Learning, Talent Development functions, and culture transformation initiatives. Cat has over 20 years of experience in leading strategic, tactical, and transformational DEI, Organizational Developm...

Denise Wolf is a Therapist and Leadership Thought Partner at Clarity Connection.  She helps people and organizations find clarity, connection, and direction, especially during times of growth, transition, or challenge. With a unique blend of leadership, coaching, strategic consulting, and trauma informed care, Denise brings both systems thinking and human insight to her work. Her experience spans...

Taylor Hawes is  the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for PDS Health. His primary focus is on delivering strategies for optimal capitalization, scaled operations, and meaningful business results. With over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing and software industries, Taylor played a crucial role in strategic plan development for the Microsoft Corporation. He designed and de...

Brent Mullins is a Certified Executive Coach  who helps VPs and aspiring executives close the gap between potential and achievement so they can execute at the highest level, command influence, and make an impact that lasts. With  decades of experience as global head of HR and other senior roles in Fortune 200 companies like Philips Healthcare, Aramark Healthcare, and Morgan Stanley, Brent has been...

Van Perry has over 30 years of global senior leadership experience transforming teams, building brands, and scaling organizations. He has held senior leadership roles including CEO, CMO and CFO in a range of industry sectors spanning travel/hospitality, outdoor, financial services, sports marketing, real estate, technology as well as nonprofit and government. He currently serves as the Senior Vice...

 Stephanie Wootan is a Territory Partner for PDS Health, leading Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and New Mexico. Stephanie is very strong in managing operations and leading, and she's helped her teams achieve great results with clear vision and dedication to success. Before working at PDS Health, she held leadership roles in the retail industry and served as a sergeant in the Army.

Gene Boes joined Northwest Center as CEO in June 2017, after serving on the Northwest Center Board of Directors for three years. Prior to joining Northwest Center, Boes was a Management Consulting Principal for the Seattle office of the North Highland Company, and Adjunct Professor at Seattle Pacific University and Seattle University.  His career also includes nearly 14 years at Microsoft, two yea...

Stephanie Reynolds has over 30 years of experience as a business leader and executive coach. She's seen firsthand that the seduction of money and power is very strong at the top, and that bucking the status quo of "success-at-all-costs" is tough and risky. There are some leaders that manage to pull away from that centrifugal force and make decisions that are good for their organizati...