Speakers Only in Arizona

Janet Fagan, M.Ed., ACC, JCTC, 

Janet Fagan, Fagan Coaching, is a personal coach with a specialty in the career and business areas.  She has directed career transition center operations for several corporations, worked in the change management arena and also has a background in human resources and team development. She has  coached in several workforce arenas, with people of varied ages and occupation groups.  Janet has spoken at the national as well as local levels, and offers a variety of coaching services to her clients, including  “just in time” laser coaching sessions.  She motivates and inspires her clients, helping them to gain the confidence and clarity to reach their full potential.

Karen Ely

Karen Ely’s twenty-five year career in non-profit management -- from domestic violence and sexual assault to drug prevention and welfare-to-work -- has helped thousands of women through difficult life transitions.  In 2003 Karen fulfilled a longtime dream of creating a women's personal growth program, A Woman’s Way, located in Sedona, Arizona.  Since its inception, A Woman’s Way has offered 29 retreats and workshops, attracting hundreds of women from all over the country, Europe, Mexico and Canada. 

Karen is also the author of the well-received memoir, Daring to Dream:  Reflections on the Year I Found Myself published in 2006, which takes the reader through her year of rebirth following the end of a 32-year marriage.  In February 2008 she published her second book, A Retreat of My Own, a personal retreat guide developed as an affordable alternative for women who aren’t able to attend a structured retreat but still want to be able to step back from their lives and begin to create lives of meaning and futures steeped in passion and joy.

Erika McKay

Erika McKay is an international speaker, trainer and author who is a leading authority in the areas of empowerment, leadership, communication, diversity, and customer service. She is the founder and CEO of Erika McKay Enterprises. McKay is the author of Season to Succeed and Success Driven.

Suzanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Substance Abuse Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist in Private Practice in Sedona, AZ.  She teaches Holistic Social Work in the graduate program at AZ State University and combines traditional therapy and complimentary approaches in her therapeutic approaches.

Specializing in the treatment of trauma has taken Suzanne to Columbine, Co after the shootings, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, three times post Katrina, Kuwait twice post the Gulf War, and Rwanda twice, post genocide.  She and colleagues are teaching and using a therapy called Thought Field Therapy to treat victims of large-scale disasters. They plan a return trip to Rwanda this April where in cooperation with ASU they will be conducting a field study on using this technique.

Suzanne is also part of the Rwandan Orphan Quilting Project, a project she began in partnership with Sedona resident Dottie Webster, in an effort to teach older children a trade and earn money for education when they leave the Orphanage.

Originally from Texas, Dottie’s professional and personal life involves   volunteerism with a passion to help and an entrepreneurial spirit in business ventures.  She and her husband owned and operated a successful manufacturing business in Indiana for 23 years, retiring to Sedona in 1996.

Here most noted involvement locally is being a Founding Board Member of Sedona Woman, Dames Who Make a Difference, Chamber Music Sedona Advisory Board, appearing in Sedona’s presentation of The Vagina Monologues, and co chairing one of the first fund raisers for the Sedona Medical Center. Coauthoring the successful coffee table book, A Window On Sedona was also a joy.  

Earning her(TFT) Thought Field Therapy DX Certification lead Dottie to three recent TFT Trauma Relief deployments.  Helping others as a volunteer using TFT in New Orleans in 2006 and twice in Rwanda, top her list of rewarding experiences.  The Trauma Relief Research in Rwanda 2006-2007 at an orphanage of 400 children has lead to another Trauma research deployment using TFT with adults in Rwanda this year.

As a result of this work and caring about the children of the El Shaddai Orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda she and Suzanne Connolly sponsored a quilting project in the orphanage. The orphan boys design and sew quilts from African fabrics and Suzanne and Dottie are marketing them in the US and returning all funds to the orphanage and children creating the quilts.

Ellen was the Democratic candidate in the Arizona 1st congressional district election, 2006 for the United States House of Representatives.

Dr. Lester Adler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1972. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois and Cook County Hospital and became certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1977.

Following an additional two year fellowship in Hematology (blood diseases), he began a “holistic medical practice” in Cambridge, MA in 1980. His further studies led him to incorporate nutrition and nutritional medicine, yoga, acupuncture, massage, meditation, homeopathy and energy medicine.

He has resided in Sedona since 1988. Always seeking to provide the most intelligent, safest, and most effective therapy for each patient, Dr. Adler combines his knowledge and application of traditional western medicine with nutritional and metabolic therapies, IV therapies, heavy metal detoxification, customized longevity programs, and a strong intuitive approach.

He is currently serving on the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners. He is a member of ACAM - American College for Advancement in Medicine, A4M - American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and AHMA - Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association.

Back in the early 80’s, ATHENA International’s founder, Martha Mertz was asked to serve on the Board of Directors of the Lansing Michigan Regional Chamber of Commerce. After finding herself to be the only business woman serving on the Board and discovering that her Chamber had only once honored a woman, Martha quickly recognized that the Chamber’s boardroom did not reflect the reality of the community. Martha worked with her Chamber to recognize the leadership of outstanding professional and business women in the community and advocated to provide opportunities for them to move into leadership positions. This concept led to the idea of acknowledging and honoring those quiet leaders, mostly women, whose efforts were adding immensely to the fabric of their communities while they remained unacknowledged and not visible as leaders. Since the program’s inception in 1982 more than 5000 awards have been presented in over 500 communities in the United States, Canada, China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and most recently the United Kingdom.

For more than 40 years Beverly Kievman Copen has been an entrepreneur and an author; more recently, a photographer as well. Her photography work has been featured in art galleries in and around Sedona, Arizona. Her consulting work, speaking and seminar programs have carried her throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Her current business, Copen Communications International, was co-founded in 1991 with her husband, Dr. Melvyn R. Copen.

Beverly is a published author of three books and numerous articles that have been distributed domestically and internationally. Her first book was Today’s SalesWoman; the second book was For Better or For Worse: A Couples Guide to Dealing with Chronic Illness; her third book, It’s Your Life, Isn’t It? was published in Japan, in Japanese, in 2000. In the past few years of transition from “serious work” to “meaningful work”, she created her fourth book, Your Eyes are your Windows to the World. It is her first venture into reaching out to teens as her primary target market. This book is a photography book with cross cultural diversity themes, and has been completed. It is now being developed as a combination book, lesson plan and web based project.

Helen Knoll moved to Sedona with husband Bob Cleland in 2002, after retiring from her career as an attorney and administrator with the U.S. Department of Transportation in Denver and Seattle. In addition, Helen has experience as a teacher and as the City Attorney for Northglenn, CO.  She has enjoyed volunteering for local organizations, including the Sedona Women “Dames Who Make a Difference,” the Verde Valley Sanctuary domestic abuse shelter, and the area’s transit advisory committee. She also enjoys hiking, reading, traveling, grandmothering, and that second cup of coffee with the morning newspaper (let’s hear it for retirement!).

Lisa Koss, founder and president of International Advantage®, coaches executives and organizations that work across cultures and want to consistently exceed their goals in less time.  The company’s mission is to provide processes and tools that enable executives to streamline their communication, make faster decisions and become highly culturally competent; thereby, becoming more productive. Since 1992, Lisa has partnered with organizations in the U.S. and Latin America including industry giants such as Honeywell International, Pulte Homes, & Molex S.A. de C.V. She is a guest lecturer at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She speaks English, French, Spanish and intermediate Russian.

Sharon Hooper

Sharon Hooper is a transformation agent who shares her own “rags to riches” path to inspire and motivate others to discover and act on their true passion and purpose in life.  As a Professional Certified Coach for more than ten years, she has developed a compelling process called Vision Mapping Strategies© which allows individuals or groups to clarify situations and visions in moving forward with exciting and achievable plans of action.  Sharon has over 30 years experience as an award-winning business woman, and is an international speaker and retreat facilitator. She is the creator of “The Wisdom of Mary Magdalene” inspirational card deck and book, a national columnist with United Press International’s online www.ReligionandSpirituality.com... and is passionate about your success in life and business!

Cynthia Richmond

Cynthia Richmond is a board certified behavioral therapist, author, educator,. Cynthia writes a weekly column for the Arizona Republic. "In Your Dreams," first ran weekly in the Los Angeles Times for over three years. For two years Ms. Richmond was the popular host of the daily, live, national television program "State of Mind" on the NBC cable television network. She has appeared on The Oprah Show, Dr. Phil, The View with Barbara Walters, and many other television programs local and national. Cynthia’s book, "Dream Power, How to Use Your Night Dreams to Change Your Life," (Simon and Schuster hardcover c.2000.) helps readers to remember and interpret their dreams and use the insights gained to make life goals a reality. www.dreampower.net

Dev Ross

Dev Ross has been writing, acting, and working with children and adults for more than 30 years.  Her credits include writing kids’ television and films for Disney, ABC, FOX, Universal, TLC, The Discovery Channel, and PBS as well as writing children’s books for the “We Both Read” series and the Kabbalah Centre.  Awards include the prestigious 2003 Humanitas Award for writing work that best exemplifies human values, and an EMMY for her writing work while at Disney.  Dev currently serves as an Artist in Residence for the state of Arizona, is a member of the improv comedy group TOKEN MALE and gives improv workshops all over the four corners area. 

Lita A. Loesch-Cox

Lita A. Loesch-Cox is an interior designer and a Feng Shui consultant, whose goal is primarily working with clients to create healthy, eco-friendly spaces that reflect their personal style. Lita has been an interior designer for over 25 years, with the past 12 years studying Feng Shui with teachers in China, England and the US. This coupled with her work in green, sustainable design has given Lita an opportunity to take her work beyond ordinary and partner with her clients to create environments that are eco-friendly, healthy and harmonious.

Sunny Schlenger

Sunny Schlenger is an author, professional organizer, and life coach. She has written two popular books:  Organizing for the Spirit (Jossey-Bass/J.Wiley & Sons/2004) and How to be Organized in Spite of Yourself (NAL/1989).  For almost 30 years, Sunny has worked  with large and small corporations, non-profit agencies, and individuals to creatively and effectively teach the art of managing both time and space. Her program has been licensed by Harvard University’s Center for Training and Development. By combining specific how-to advice with dynamic philosophy, Sunny offers a unique and successful approach to mastering the dual challenges of staying productive and feeling good.