Marcia Hughes practiced law for over 20 years and is president of Collaborative Growth, L.L.C., a Colorado-based coaching and consulting firm. She is a certified EQi trainer and holds a Masters in Psychology from the Universityof Colorado at Denver.

James Terrell is vice president of Collaborative Growth, L.L.C. He qualified as a Paraprofessional Clinician fromColoradoStateUniversityCounselingCenter, holds a practitioner certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and is certified to administer the Bar-On EQi measure.

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Julio Olalla is founder and President of the Newfield Network, Inc., an international learning organization, and a co-inventor of the field of Ontological Coaching.

Terrie Lupberger is a Master Certified Coach. She is co-designer of the International Coaching Federation's core coaching competencies; a former ICF board member, and has been a member of the ICF Credentialing Committee since 2002.

G. Lee Salmon is the Practice Leader for Executive Coaching and Leadership Development with the Department of Treasury’s Federal Consulting Group. He manages a national network of executive coaches and designs and delivers coaching programs for agencies such as EPA, HHS, CDC, FDA, OPM; Departments of State, Agriculture, Defense, Education, and agencies within the Intelligence Community.