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How the CCC “Happened”

She hadn’t planned to start a “group,” never mind a global community!

The Communion of Catholic Coaches (CCC) started meeting in 2021 because our Founder, Lisa Mladinich, was asked to lead a new “Catholic track” at the renowned Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI).

PCCI is respected for being the oldest, biggest, and best of the faith-based schools that are also fully-aligned with the ethics and core competencies of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)–the gold standard for the industry, worldwide. In fact, PCCI’s founder, the great Christopher McCluskey, is known around the world as “The Father of Christian Coaching.” He is an amazing pro-life warrior and visionary leader with many Catholic friends and an appreciation for our rising movement.

So, with this new “Catholic track” offer on the table, Lisa leaped at the opportunity to teach at her alma mater, and the Catholic track was established upon the Institute’s flagship course: The Essentials of Life Coaching. The course would be taught, as always, in alignment with clear biblical principles and the ICF’s superb professional standards. But in this new endeavor, they would be elevated even further through a faithfully-Catholic lens!

So, to get the word out about this remarkable new training opportunity, Lisa placed ads, used social media, and did radio and podcast interviews on Catholic programs. And little by little, the word spread, and absolutely wonderful people started signing up!

What was so wonderful about them?

Our First Members

From the first phone call, our members have been expressing their love for the Church and Our Blessed Mother. And it’s crystal clear that the work they do—and the way they live their faith—is lighting up the Church in powerful ways. Which is why our Founder is so often heard saying:

“I personally believe that the rise of the Catholic coaching movement is part of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” – Lisa Mladinich

And our members are called to serve in an incredible variety of niches! Executive/Leadership; Teams; Business Building; Personal Vocation; Life/Work Balance; Spiritual Development; Habit Change; Health/Wellness; Burnout Prevention/Recovery; Long-Term Addiction Recovery; Strengths/Talent Development; Marriage and Family; Divorce/Annulment; Book/Product Development; Career Change; Midlife/Transition; Retirement/Empty Nest; Special Needs Parenting; ADHD; Bereavement; and on and on. God is SO creative!

But because—in the summer of 2021—a few students were waiting for the very first “Catholic Essentials” class to begin, Lisa started meeting online with her co-instructor and their students for a once-a-month chat about coaching, business models, and faith.

And a fascinating thing happened.

As word got out that a comprehensive, new, Catholic coach training program was forming, an increasing flood of inquiries came in from other Catholics around the world, in three categories:

  • Those discerning into the profession (potential students)
  • Those already training in other programs (who typically asked, “Where were you?!! I’ve been looking for Catholic training for years!)
  • And those already coaching professionally (some were ICF-aligned trainers at the highest professional levels).

But what did they all want?

Community. Belonging. Connection.

And so, we welcomed them ALL to our humble little monthly meeting! It has been an incredible joy meeting them and getting to know them, and our numbers have swelled to nearly 500 members worldwide.

FREE and Premium Membership Opportunities

We still meet on the third Wednesday of every month at 1:00pm ET for an hour (currently on Zoom), to hear a guest speaker or engage with each other on a topic relevant to our faith, our community, or our profession. (Sometimes all three!)

NOTE: The monthly meeting is FREE and completely open to anyone who is interested. (We also maintain a free online community in Mighty Networks, as well, so our members can connect between meetings.)

If you’re interested in joining our Free Community, please hop on our invitation list, below, and we’ll keep you in the loop every month! (We send out replays, when you aren’t able to attend live.)

Join the Communion of Catholic Coaches

And on the same page for the Free Community, you’ll also find exciting details about our Premium Membership, which we are building with the Lord, to elevate and connect our members in more powerful ways than ever before.

Note: A monthly tithe of all our CCC Membership earnings is joyfully donated to the Sisters of Life, so while you invest in this powerful movement, you are also blessing the cause of Life.

We would love to have you join us in this new season of Believing, Belonging, and Becoming!

That’s the CCC motto! Why?

Our Priorities

Over the last few years, we have surveyed our members twice, and their priorities–in order of importance–are crystal clear:

  1. Growing in holiness (Believe)
  2. Participating in a faithfully-Catholic community of dedicated professionals (Belong)
  3. Growing and thriving in their businesses and ministries (Become)

So, a small Core Team of wonderful volunteers have been meeting regularly to pray and discern where God is calling us to serve His coaches at the highest possible levels. And our new membership represents the first fruits of that discernment, planning–and hard work!

Join our free community to learn more!

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Teresa Wallace

Director of Sponsorship & Development

Teresa Wallace is a daughter of God whose vocation is teaching. She has been teaching in one capacity or another since the age of sixteen, beginning as a helper in Vacation Bible School. Even then, she knew she was called to teach.

With thirty years of teaching experience, and as retirement approaches, Teresa now feels called to coaching. She has begun this new journey through training with PCCI and hopes to begin coaching soon.

Her passion is drawing others closer to Jesus through the Catholic faith. She desires to continue her journey with Christ as she remains in prayerful discernment of His will for her life.

Teresa is married to an Army veteran and has no children of her own, but has been richly blessed to help raise her nieces and nephews and to serve as a spiritual mother to many.

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Amanda English

Marketing Team

Amanda is a ICF-trained Catholic Life Coach, speaker, and ministry leader with a background in customer success. She brings a warm yet strategic presence to every conversation—whether in a one-on-one coaching session or speaking at a women’s event focused on faith and community. For Amanda, coaching is more than a profession—it’s a sacred space in a noisy, performance-driven world where people are invited to just be. With Christ at the center, she envisions each session as a “safe dance in His hands”—guided, supported, and surrounded by care and possibility. Amanda walks alongside women as they rediscover clarity and purpose, especially during seasons of transition.

Her own journey has included battling imposter syndrome and doubts about experience, but through prayer and obedience, she’s learned that when God opens a door, courageously walking through it leads to deeper fulfillment. Amanda now leans into her God-given strengths while helping others do the same.

She also co-leads Victorious Hearts, a vibrant couples ministry inspired by Our Lady of Victory. Born from a desire for deeper Catholic community among married couples, the ministry continues to grow through the intercession of Our Lady. If she’s ever blessed with a daughter, Amanda dreams of naming her Victoria in honor of this mission.

Fun facts about Amanda: A former dancer, Amanda has also developed a deep love for classical music—thanks to her husband, Richie—whose show airs Fridays on the Buffalo Toronto Public Media App. She finds inspiration in the lives of composers, much like the saints: flawed, creative, resilient souls who left behind beauty and wisdom for generations.

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Carla Krieman

Director of Programs & Events

Carla Krieman is a life, leadership, and executive coach with a focus on virtue-driven communication. She brings nearly 40 years of experience in the financial services industry, spanning finance, marketing, sales, management, and executive leadership with leading North American institutions.

Today, Carla serves as a speaker and coach to both secular and faith-based organizations, helping leaders pursue goodness, truth, and beauty, one conversation at a time.

Carla resides in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with her husband of 35 years. Together, they enjoy staying connected to their adult daughters and their parish community.

Find Carla here: Carla's Website

Follow Carla’s skimmable newsletter here…Small Moments Newsletter

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Jean-Marc Dedeyne

Co-Coordinator Barter Coaching 3.0

Jean-Marc Dedeyne spent the early part of his life chasing success, traveling to 25 countries and generating over $43M in revenue with French and American firms. Despite these achievements, he felt empty and without purpose.

Moving to Los Angeles, he helped internationals adapt and pursue meaningful careers but faced personal trials that led him back to God. This spiritual renewal inspired him to guide young men from broken homes toward their God-given purpose.

As a Bilingual French & American Catholic author, life coach, and speaker, Jean-Marc combines his Master’s from EURIDIS, coaching certifications from PCCI and Human Formation Coalition (CliftonStrengths Accompaniment Training), and training with leaders like Simon Sinek, William Arruda, Les Brown and John Maxwell.

He volunteers in various roles across faith and international communities. His upcoming 2025 book shares his journey to purpose and encourages readers to listen to God’s Voice above life’s noise.

Find out more at: https://www.jmdedeyne.com/

Contact: [email protected]

Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmdedeyne

 

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Barb Blanco

Co-Coordinator of Barter Coaching

Barb is a Strengths Champion Certified Coach® through Professional Christian Coaching Institute, dedicated to helping individuals discover their God-given talents and live out their unique mission. She is a founding member of The Communion of Catholic Coaches, serving on the Barter Coaching Team, and brings over 25 years of experience in business management and administration, parish ministry, and leadership. Her expertise spans team building, recruitment, project management, event planning, teaching, mentoring, and evangelization. Barb is also a trained Spiritual Guide in Ignatian Spirituality.

Family is central to Barb’s life—she has been happily married for 40 years, is the proud mother of six children, and grandmother to five. She views her vocation as a wife and mother as the source of abundant grace in her life. As a Spiritual Guide, Barb draws on her deep Catholic faith, prayer life, and Carmelite spirituality to support others in discerning the Holy Spirit’s movements in their hearts.

In her leisure time, Barb enjoys long walks, coffee with friends, reading, board games, and a glass of red wine.

Learn more: https://www.belovedareyou.com/

Connect with me: [email protected]

Cara Stolarczyk

Cara Stolarczyk

Advisory Board

Cara Stolarczyk is a collaborative talent development consultant who helps move transformational initiatives from vision and strategy to execution. She coaches people to encourage the flourishing of their passions and gifts to joyfully live out their unique and unrepeatable purpose. This cultivation of personal vocation is the heart of her calling to help rebuild the Church and make Christ known and loved.

As a strategic partner to the Diocese of Camden's Director of Discipleship & Leadership, Cara helps develop and execute Gifted Leadership journeys to support clergy and lay leaders in discovering and stewarding their strengths, core motivations and missional callings. Cara also provides various advisory, coaching, consulting and mentoring support to the GIVEN Institute, the Human Formation Coalition and the Inscape Center for Personal Vocation.

Previously, Cara worked as an internal consultant and learning designer in a variety of Learning & Talent Development roles at Merck & Co., Inc. and First USA Bank, and as a research assistant and consultant to Fortune 500 clients at National Analysts Research & Consulting Healthcare Practice and at Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting Practice.

Cara holds an M.Ed. in Instructional Systems, Training Design and Development as well as catechetical certification. She is a certified MCODE core motivations coach, a Gallup CliftonStrengths coach for non-profits and a trained APEST and MPACT coach. Cara and her husband Ted live in the Philadelphia suburbs with their daughter Theresa and their mini-lop bunny Cinnabun.

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Roxsan de Vera

Chief Administrative Operations Officer

Roxsan de Vera is the CCC Chief Administrative Operations Officer and systems-driven leader with a passion for operational excellence and mission alignment. She is trained through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, a graduate of the Encounter School of Ministry, and a master’s student at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

With over a decade of experience as a quality professional in the biologics and medical device industry, Roxsan developed deep expertise in process improvement, systems thinking, and operational efficiency. She has a proven ability to design and implement workflows that increase clarity, consistency, and effectiveness across organizations.

In her role as Chief Administrative Operations Officer, Roxsan integrates her background in quality systems with her heart for service—bringing structure, strategy, and sustainability to mission-driven work. She specializes in optimizing operations, streamlining processes, and building systems that enable teams and leaders to function with excellence, simplicity, and peace.

Her work is rooted in a desire to help individuals and organizations align their operations with their deeper purpose. Through both leadership and coaching, she supports entrepreneurs, ministries, and Catholic leaders in creating environments where people and missions can thrive.

Outside of her professional work, Roxsan enjoys nature walks, traveling with her husband, and spending meaningful time with friends and family.

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Margarita Perry

Marketing Team

Margarita Perry has dedicated over 24 years to higher education, serving in various roles at Fresno State, including Marketing, Branding, Social Media, Event Coordination, and Graphic Design. She earned her MBA in 2016 from Fresno State, sharpening her leadership and strategic thinking.
Beyond her professional achievements, Margarita is deeply involved in her parish community, where she actively volunteers. Her dedication includes fundraising efforts to build the parish's physical structure, reflecting her commitment to fostering the growth of the Church. Since 2022, she has been a proud member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, further deepening her faith journey.

A Catholic revert since 2014, Margarita has rediscovered her Catholic faith with profound love and devotion. She continuously grows in her relationship with Jesus and the Virgin Mary, striving to align her will with God's and to live as the person she was created to be. Her faith has been a source of strength and healing, especially as she witnessed the restoration of her relationship with her daughters.

Margarita is blessed with two beautiful daughters. Her eldest, married and expecting her first child, is about to make Margarita a proud grandmother. Her youngest is excelling in her studies at Fresno State, a testament to the faith and love Margarita has instilled in her family.
As Margarita looks toward the next chapter of her life, she is excited to embrace her vocation as a Catholic life coach. With plans to retire soon, she aspires to dedicate herself full-time to coaching men and women who have experienced trauma, offering them hope and healing through the transformative power of faith. Her coaching philosophy is rooted in love, collaboration, trust, and truth, guiding individuals toward self-discovery, purpose, and alignment with God’s divine plan.

Margarita believes that by living authentically and embracing our God-given potential, we can fulfill our unique purpose in this world. She is committed to accompanying others on their spiritual journey, empowering them to grow closer to Christ and to live with joy, peace, and grace as faithful members of the Catholic community.

You can connect with Margarita
https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarita-perry-mba/
[email protected]

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Bridget Klofft

Director of Marketing

Bridget has spent over 18 years in the direct sales industry, as a consultant and leader. Throughout those years she’s guided women in their businesses who were often looking for more than simply business help. These one-on-one conversations often revealed self-limiting mindsets, challenges with life balance and relationships, and she realized there was SOMETHING more these women needed. That something revealed itself to be life coaching. Since that realization, she has been passionately pursuing helping women discern God’s greater vision for their life and aiding them in reconnecting with their dreams. Bridget is energized by cultivating the potential in others, and prioritizes helping clients see connections and purpose in the middle of the mundane AND the miraculous events of their lives.

Bridget pursued her coach training with the Professional Christian Coaching Institute and the Human Formation Coalition. She has her masters in music from Catholic University and is a professional cantor as well. Bridget lives in Massachusetts with husband Christopher and their two teenage boys.

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Claudia Volkman

Director of Publishing

Claudia Volkman has more than thirty-five years of experience in acquisitions, product development, editing, and typesetting, and has worked full-time for several trade publishing houses. Now, as the owner of Creative Editorial Solutions, she assists publishers, authors, entrepreneurs, and speakers with their editorial needs. Services include book coaching, developmental editing, book doctoring, copyediting, proofreading, and creating book interiors. A Chicago native, Claudia resides in Southwest Florida.

Find Claudia Volkman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvolkman/

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Becky Magnotta

Learning Groups Coordinator

Becky Magnotta is a wife, recent Catholic convert, ICF-Certified Professional Coach (PCC), leadership consultant who lives in Denver, Colorado. She started Homestead Coaching and Consulting in 2015 and has over 1,900 hours of coaching. She brings over 30 years of corporate experience and has held leadership roles with ICF and the Association for Talent Development (ATD) at the local and global levels.

Becky’s values are curiosity and community. She believes God has a purpose for all, and through coaching, we help others realize their magnificence that comes through the glory of God. Because she believes everyone deserves a great place to work, she focuses on middle managers, executives and teams.

Becky is known for her warmth, and ability to listen and build clarity. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Denver, and an MBA with a finance emphasis from Regis University. A Colorado native, Becky loves to learn new things, travel, enjoy Colorado mountains, and spend time playing music or simply spending time with her husband, Steve, her extended family, and friends.

Find out more: www.homesteadcoaching.com
Connect: www.linkedin.com/in/beckymagnotta/
Contact: [email protected]

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Donna Ottaviano-Britt.

Advisory Board

Donna Ottaviano-Britt is a disciple of Jesus, a loving wife to Joe (her very own St. Joseph), who has coached for 25+ years in multiple environments. She built a breadth and depth of skills and experiences with a global company – serving clients in the US and abroad – before bringing her gifts, talents and expertise to serve the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Camden in 2018.  Donna’s areas of expertise are in leadership, coaching, sales, strategic innovation and learning and development.

She is the first director of the Office of Discipleship and Leadership, and is dedicated to exploring, piloting and evolving the many paths of becoming a missionary disciple – so all can live into their baptismal calling. This involves equipping and supporting the co-responsible clergy and laity in their missionary work in the 21st century.

A critical pathway for discipleship and leadership is creating a culture of affirmation and calling. Donna is creating opportunities for clergy and laity – through coaching – to shine a bright light on the unique and unrepeatable God-given design of each person. These coaching experiences are specifically intended to recognize and celebrate who a person uniquely is. This beautiful gifting remains at the heart of her work in service to the Mystical Body.

In collaboration with key strategic partners, her office has designed, developed and implemented a coaching experience for clergy, the Gifted Leadership Journey. Each priest is provided executive coaching accompaniment to reveal and affirm his uniqueness as a child of God and as a priest of Jesus – uniquely called to the priesthood for his gifts and talents.

Donna is launching a new ‘ministry of accompaniment coaching’ for the laity, so they too can answer their missional calling for which they have been uniquely created. For as St. John Newman said, ‘God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.’

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She also hosts the Talking Catholic YouTube show, Joyful Disciples, a show dedicated to highlighting joyful followers of Jesus.

Member: The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

  • The only lay institution of the Vatican State charged with the task of providing for the needs of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and of all the activities and initiatives to support the Christian presence in the Holy Land.
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Rev. Robert E. Hughes

Chair

Robert E. Hughes, Jr. was born on 21 April 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of three children, to Robert E. Hughes, Sr. and Dolores Garrity Hughes.  His two younger sisters, Bernadette Hughes Underwood and Nancy Hughes Naulty are likewise South Jersey residents. In 1964 his family moved to West Berlin (Camden County), New Jersey.  Robert attended the local public kindergarten and then elementary school at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Regional School in Berlin.  He subsequently attended Paul VI High School in Haddon Township, graduating in 1981.

Robert began his college studies as a Pre-Med/Biology major at LaSalle University in Philadelphia before entering college seminary studies at Saint Pius X Seminary and the University of Scranton.  He graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy from Scranton in 1985.

Bishop Guilfoyle then appointed Robert to theology studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.  Robert earned an S.T.B. in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and pursued a course of studies for his S.T.L. in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant’Anselmo.

Robert was ordained to the Order of Deacons at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome in 1989 and to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on August 4, 1990.

Father Hughes was later appointed to advanced studies at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey where he earned an M.A. in Education with a specialization in administration in 2000.

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Stephanie Brown

Director of Membership & Engagement

About Stephanie S. Brown and FWD Coaching & Consulting

Stephanie S. Brown is a daughter of God, called to reflect His light by helping others discover who He created them to be. She brings her whole self—faith, purpose, and joy—into her work. A deacon’s wife, mother of three blessings, and “MiMi” to three more, Stephanie is a Catholic coach, mentor, and founder of FWD Coaching & Consulting. What began as a profession has become a ministry rooted in truth, transformation, and the love of Christ.

Through FWD Coaching & Consulting, Stephanie’s mission is clear: to help people move forward in faith, work, and purpose. She walks alongside leaders, coaches, and professionals as they discern God’s call in their lives and step into it with confidence and clarity. Whether navigating career transitions or leadership challenges, her approach is grounded in the belief that true growth comes from knowing one’s identity in Christ.

Stephanie draws deep inspiration from the witness of Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman, whose radiant faith and bold voice encouraged others to live with dignity, joy, and purpose. Like Sister Thea, Stephanie seeks to be a joyful voice in the world—inviting others to stand tall in their identity as beloved children of God. She lives by Sister Thea’s call to “walk, talk, and live with Jesus,” and brings that spirit into every coaching conversation and consulting engagement.

Following a rewarding career in federal service—including roles as Chief Learning Officer and senior HR leader—Stephanie answered the call to merge her faith and her work fully. Her work is now a sacred space where the Holy Spirit leads, transformation occurs, and leaders rise—not only in skill, but in soul.

For Stephanie, coaching is a ministry of accompaniment. Just as she was mentored with patience and prayer, she now walks beside others as they grow into the fullness of their God-given potential. She believes, as Sister Thea did, that our stories, struggles, and gifts are meant to be shared—for healing, for unity, and for the building up of the Body of Christ.

This is not just her work. It is her joyful “Yes” to God.

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Christopher Hanes

Advisory Board

Christopher (Chris) Hanes has over 25 years of coaching, consulting, leadership, and training and development experience. He studied Psychology, Business, and Education at the undergraduate and graduate level and earned a M.Ed. focused on adult learning and training & development. Chris is also a Birkman Certified Professional and will earn the ACC and BCC coaching credentials in 2024. Chris has worked in the non-profit and for-profit sectors and has managed and led teams of all demographics, and in many countries, both in person and remotely. Chris serves on the Parish Council at Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Parish in Apex, NC.

Contact: https://www.resultsorientedlearning.com/consulting

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Patrick Molyneaux

Advisory Board

Patrick (Pat) Molyneaux is a devoted husband to Andrea and father to Therese. He is co-owner of Molyneaux Tile Carpet Wood, a chain of flooring stores in Western PA. Over the past 30 years Molyneaux has grown from $2 million in revenue to nearly $30 million. Pat’s Christifideles Laici inspired vision is to help renew the temporal order by bringing beauty and joy to all that Molyneaux touches.

He is a cofounder and catalyst for several ministries and lay apostolates. One of Pat’s callings is helping Catholic CEO’s live out their Catholic faith in the marketplace. Responding to this call, in 2010 Patrick and Andrea founded the Pittsburgh Chapter of Legatus, an organization that helps Catholic CEO’s learn and live their faith.

In 2015 Pat was inspired by the writings of St. John Paul II in Pastores Dabo Vobis section 43 on Human Formation and started helping Catholic pastors and their lay leaders improve leadership and team effectiveness in context of Human Formation. In 2017, Pat teamed up with Craig Cozza to create the Human Formation Coalition (HFC), an ecumenical 501c3 that awakens a robust understanding of the integration of all four pillars of formation (Human, Spiritual, Intellectual, Pastoral-Vocational) within leadership development contexts, but with a special emphasis on Human Formation.

Since 2017 HFC has catalyzed Human Formation coaching and learning opportunities for hundreds of clergy and thousands of lay leaders globally. Furthermore, HFC has trained hundreds of Human Formation coaches globally. In 2020 HFC launched Leadership Circles for faith-based leaders to come together and discover a leadership vision that is aligned with their unique Ephesians 2:10 workmanship/vocational callings. Beginning in 2021 Pat has more actively catalyzed Christian leaders to cultivate personal vocation inside their organizations which (in collaboration with others) included a Leadership Retreat for the Franciscan University President’s Council.  In 2022 Pat was inducted into the Leadership Institute Advisory Board for Franciscan University.

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Andrea Wenderski

Advisory Board

Thanks to her dream of earning a Master’s degree, Andrea was introduced to the world of coaching in the Fall of 2021, as she pursued her goal of being in the first graduating class of Franciscan University at Steubenville’s brand new Catholic Studies program. She accomplished this by graduating in December of 2021, eighteen months after entering the program. Without pausing for a break, Andrea became one of the students in PCCI’s first-ever Catholic Essentials of Life Coaching course, in March 2022, which was quickly followed by the rest of the required classes--and six electives. She is currently on track to receive joint CPLC certifications before the end of 2024.

Andrea is passionate about connecting with others in an authentic and honest manner, honoring their individuality and engaging them with integrity, as they uncover their personal callings through strengths-based coaching and Catholic spiritual coaching. She became Human Formation Coalition’s (HFC) first certified Accompaniment Coach in January 2023 and has written a Christian Coaches Virtue Guidebook at their request. She pioneers with HFC in different projects designed to bring forth the fullest potential of leaders in the Catholic sphere. She is also developing Catholic-aligned exercises designed to help people listen and discern God’s voice in their lives.

She and her husband of 30+ years, Lenny, have three daughters and three sons, and are business partners of Special T’s Packaging, LLC, specializing in protective packaging of industrial components.

Andrea is involved in several Catholic organizations including Encounter Ministries, inner healing and deliverance ministries, and prophetic ministries. Besides spending time with her family, Andrea loves cooking, reading, traveling, and visiting Catholic churches whenever she can.

You can connect with her at her ministry, All Ears Catholic Coaching, LLC (allearscatholiccoaching.com).

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Jenna Mayo

Director of Executive and Leadership Coaching

Jenna Mayo, PCC, is a mom of three daughters, wife, Catholic Speaker, ICF-Certified Professional Coach, triathlete, and avid skier. Jenna leads from the stage, phone, and video calls empowering and emboldening individuals to find their path forward guided by their Catholic faith.

Jenna’s Mission is to “teach others how to live the life they dream and not the one they are told they have to live.”

She specializes in Executive Leadership Coaching and Catholic Faith-Based Executive Coaching. Jenna has cultivated her skills through more than 2,500 hours of professional coaching over 1,000 individuals across the world and more than 500 hours of keynote speaking.

Living into her value pillars of courage, humility, and faith, Jenna will invite you to visualize and live out virtue and value in the midst of the chaos of the modern world.

Find out more at: https://www.jennamayo.com

Contact: [email protected]

Michelle Stavans

Michelle Stavens

Director of Leadership Development

Michelle is a daughter of Christ, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and she LOVES her coffee with God! She’s been married to her best friend for 31 years and has four incredible children and twin grandchildren.

Michelle holds a Master of Business Administration and received life coach, APEST and Clifton Strengths based training from Professional Christian Coaching Institute and Human Formation Coalition.

Michelle’s gift of motherhood has been her greatest training. Her family would not be where they are today if it had not been for their Catholic faith. She aspires daily to build up the kingdom of God. She loves our CCC community and never takes it for granted.

With Michelle’s background in business and human resources management, leadership, organizational strategic growth development, Catholic School teaching, youth ministry, speaking, writing, training, and Pope John Paul’s Theology of the Body, she has utilized coaching skills daily in all the various roles God has placed in front of her.

Her favorite quote:  Once we realize we are owed nothing, we are grateful for everything.

Fun Fact: Her mom was in the convent and her dad was in the seminary!

Contact: [email protected]

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Vanessa Denha-Garmo

Advisory Board

Vanessa Denha Garmo is an ICF-certified life and leadership coach and a certified Strengths Coach; she works with clients on leadership, career, and professional development as well as on communications strategies and team building. Her programs and resources focus heavily on a growth mindset and developing emotional and positive intelligence. She uses a brain science approach to coaching when helping clients get unstuck, which often centers around mindsets and beliefs. She helps people and organizations reach their goals, lead with strengths, and build strong teams. She works with clients to create a leadership style focused on communication and strengths. Through coaching, Vanessa's clients have Epiphany moments where they grow deeper self-awareness.

She is the founder of Epiphany Communications: Coaching & Consulting. She and her team serve as communications evangelists, strategists, consultants, and content writers. Vanessa has more than 25 years of experience in communications. Vanessa is the host of Epiphany on Ave Maria Radio. She was a full-time reporter for WJR 760 for 10 years. She hosted the show It's Your Community, which was heard on WJR 760 AM, 96.3 FM, and 93.1 FM for 30 years.

As an award-winning journalist, Vanessa can guide clients on how to tell their stories using various platforms. As a speaker, facilitator, and consultant, Vanessa tells her audiences that "everyone has a story to tell, but if you don't know how to tell your story, no one will care about your story. She co-founded the Chaldean News and served as Co-publisher and Editor in Chief for nearly 16 years.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in communications. She wrote her thesis on Bullies in the Workplace. She is an award-winning journalist and an Emmy Award-Winning Documentarian. Her eBook Conversations That Create the Culture: 14 Insights Leaders Gain from a Communications Audit, is available on Amazon. You can follow Epiphany Communications on Facebook and Vanessa Denha Garmo on X, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. 

Contact: https://epiphanycommunications.com/ 

Lisa Mladinich

Lisa Mladinich, PCC

Founder & President

Lisa Mladinich, PCC, CPLC, is a joyful Catholic wife of almost 40 years, a proud mom, and a Third Order Carmelite, living in New York.

She is an ICF-certified Life Coach and Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® Coach, and a Life and Leadership coach certified by the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI).

Lisa facilitates a free international community of over 400 Catholic coaches, as well as a high-touch, premium membership, The Communion of Catholic Coaches.

Lisa is proud to serve on the faculty of the Professional Christian Coaching Institute and is the Coordinator of the Catholic Coach Training Program, which is endorsed by Mike Aquilina. (Find out more here. https://professionalchristiancoaching.com/catholic/ )

A best-selling, award-winning author and media host, Lisa has appeared on EWTN Television and Radio, CatholicTV, Relevant Radio, Guadalupe Radio, Ave Maria Radio, the Catholic Faith Network, Shalom World TV, SiriusXM, and many other Catholic and secular networks.

She hosts a dynamic weekly coaching podcast about the intersection of faith and talent called, Talent Talk Tuesdays, and created a 12-part interview series called, Wonderfully Made TV, to showcase dynamic leaders sharing personally about their own unique design, using the CliftonStrengths® assessment tool as a starting point.

Contact: [email protected]

Talent Talk Tuesdays: https://wonderfullymade139.com/podcast/

Wonderfully Made TV: https://wonderfullymade139.com/tv/

Linda Delia

Linda Delia

Chief Strategic Operations Officer

Linda Delia is a Certified Accompaniment Coach with the Human Formation Coalition, a Strengths Champion Certified Coach®, and a CPLC Certified Life & Leadership Coach with the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, where she currently serves as an Academic Advisor.

Her professional training in technology has been the foundation of her career in program development and communication. She has also served in church ministry for over 35 years and enjoys her role as a servant leader, drawing others deeper into their faith. Linda felt God calling her into coaching, after many years of listening, guiding, and deeply connecting with those she served.

She seeks to follow Christ's example of journeying with others, as they encounter the love of the Father calling them to be fully alive in every season of life. It is her joy to accompany them in seeing where God moves in the ordinary places of their lives, discovering their unique calling, and learning to use their gifts and talents, right where God has planted them.

Linda married her high school sweetheart over 40 years ago. The Delias have four adult children, and they have recently become grandparents! In addition to blogging at Gardener’s Touch  https://www.gardenerstouch.net/, Linda enjoys entertaining family and friends, snuggling with her new granddaughter, and being outdoors.

Contact: [email protected]