LEADERSHIP TEAM
Bill Shepard
Founder & CEO Bill Shepard is the Founder and CEO of COO Forum, a 14-year-old professional development association for Second-in-Command Executives. He founded the COO Forum in 2004 expressly to enable COOs and Second-in-Command Executives to have an opportunity to learn and problem-solve with their peers. Find Bill on LinkedIn bshepard@cooforum.org (408) 206-7953 |
Laura Weikle
Director of Chapter Development Laura brings extensive organizational and administrative expertise to the COO Forum. She manages chapter development nationally, oversees member services, and works closely with Founder & CEO Bill Shepard to grow the COO Forum globally. Find Laura on LinkedIn lweikle@cooforum.org (408) 206-2994 |
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EASTERN REGION CHAPTER DIRECTORS
Larry Stybel
Boston Larry Stybel is a licensed doctoral level psychologist, co-founder of two companies, and a national expert on corporate governance/leadership and careers. He and his partner Maryanne Peabody are co-authors of monthly perspectives on leadership published in Psychology Today and downloaded 240,000 times. They are co-authors of Navigating the Waterfall, a book on leadership in the 21st Century. One of Larry's companies focuses on providing leaders for Boards of Directors. Another company focuses on Leadership & Career Success. Larry received his doctorate from Harvard University. Find Larry on LinkedIn lstybel@boardoptions.com (617) 594-7627 |
Lisa J. Kuruvilla
New York City Lisa Kuruvilla brings 20+ years of C-level experience and certifications as a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation, Certified Master/Executive Coach from MentorCoach, and as Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. Lisa applies real-world experience in her executive coaching practice, and consulting services on organizational assessments, developing transformational strategies, succession planning, and building highly resilient business operations and leadership teams. Find Lisa on LinkedIn ljk@ccpathways.com (347) 674-0440 |
Brenda Harrington
Northern Virginia Brenda Harrington is certified by Georgetown University and International Coach Federation as an Executive Coach. She is additionally certified by the Thunderbird School of Global Management as a Global Mindset Inventory facilitator, working with organizational leaders in global positions to enhance their capacity for conducting business across cultures. Brenda is also a Course Moderator for the Corporate Learning Division of Harvard Business School Publishing. Find Brenda on LinkedInbharrington@adaptiveleadershipstrategies.com (703) 723-6509 |
SOUTHERN REGION CHAPTER DIRECTORS
Rick Kloete
Nashville Rick Kloete has more than 25 years of recruiting, search, talent acquisition, sales, sales leadership, and coaching experience. Rick has extensive global and national sales and management experience with Siemens, AT&T, NEC, GTE, Lucent Technologies, Verizon, AVAYA and leadership roles with Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Association of Sales Professionals, Toastmasters International, Wholesalers, Professional Associations and community and non-profit organizations. Find Rick on LinkedIn rick@kloetegroup.com (615) 823-7723 |
Chaks Karuturi
Charlotte Chaks Karuturi is an experienced Consultant in Business Process improvement, Strategic/Financial Planning and Performance management, with over 30 years of leadership, operational and international experience in premier companies, namely Xerox, Bank of America, AT&T and IBM. Find Chaks on LinkedIn ckaruturi@cooforum.org (215) 667-8891 |
Pat Lynch
Atlanta Pat Lynch is the President of The Frontier Group, human capital management consulting firm that provides Outplacement, Executive Search and Leadership Development Solutions for client firms across the Southeast US. Find Patrick on LinkedIn patl@frontiergroupusa.com (678) 427-3309 |
Jonathan Schober
Austin Jonathan Schober helps mid-senior level professionals accelerate their career growth by gaining the clarity to align their passions with their work. He's a native Texan and has been in Austin long enough to consider himself a native Austinite as well. If you're a COO or other Second Chair Leader in the Austin area wanting to grow your personal and professional sphere of leadership, Jon would welcome the opportunity to get to know you over a cup of coffee to learn more about you and how he can help Accelerate Your Career. Find Jonathan on LinkedIn jon@maximizeothers.com (512) 771-2969 |
MIDWESTERN REGION CHAPTER DIRECTORS
Cathy Lieberman
Chicago Cathy Lieberman is an executive coach, facilitator, change management consultant and a skilled public speaker. With 25 years of corporate and non-profit experience, she coaches individuals and teams in leadership, career and skill development. Cathy serves as a board member for World Chicago and as a Mentor for the Leadership Circle of the Executives Club of Chicago and is certified in Coaching for Learning and Performance from Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. Find Cathy on LinkedIncathy@cdlbusinessconsulting.com (773) 935-0206 |
Adam Kaplan
Detroit Adam Kaplan is a retained executive search consultant specializing in placing Integrators (COOs) and other Second-in-Command Executives in lower middle market businesses. This enables entrepreneurial CEOs to focus on what they do best - growing their organizations. Prior to his six years in search, Adam served as a Regional COO for a Dental Services Company acquired by Morgan Stanley Private Equity, and as an organization design consultant at PwC. Find Adam on LinkedIn adam@kaplanexec.com (877) 366-6562 |
WESTERN REGION CHAPTER DIRECTORS
Bill Shepard
San Francisco & Silicon Valley Bill Shepard is the Founder and CEO of COO Forum, a 14-year-old professional development association for Second-in-Command Executives. He founded the COO Forum in 2004 expressly to enable COOs and Second-in-Command Executives to have an opportunity to learn and problem-solve with their peers. Find Bill on LinkedIn bshepard@cooforum.org (408) 206-7953 |
Paul Herrerias
Marin Paul Herrerias has more than 21 years in retained executive search and coaching for high-performance business teams. Previously he worked as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche, and as an entrepreneur. Paul’s focus is serving his clients so they can be better achieve their organizational goals by having the right people on the team, in the right role, at the right time. Additionally, he teaches on the topics of ethics, leadership, and career success. Find Paul on LinkedInp.herrerias@stantonchase.com (415) 302-5300 |
Ralph Young Seattle Ralph Young is partner of Top Gun Ventures, a premier global executive search firm that specializes in recruiting proven executive GameChangers. With a background in a variety of vertical markets at Microsoft, including executive leadership positions within multi-billion dollar business units, Ralph understands what it takes to build and run a world-class organization across a wide array of markets. Find Ralph on LinkedIn ralph@topgunventures.com (425) 785-0251 |
Juan Montermoso
Silicon Valley Juan Montermoso is an executive consultant in Marketing and Leadership Development. Juan enables high-tech organizations to reach, touch, and retain their best customers through effective marketing planning and implementation. Juan also is a professor of Practice in Marketing at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University and is a core faculty member and mentor at Silicon Valley TVLP (Technology Venture Launch Program). Find Juan on LinkedIn jp.montermoso@comcast.net (408) 390-6475 |
Rich Horan
Sacramento Rich Horan, a former Air Force Colonel, provides extensive leadership and operations expertise gained over 28-years in a wide variety of global management roles. Currently he provides cognitive diversity and insight to entrepreneurs and organizations as a coach, mentor and angel investor. A national Association of Corporate Directors Board Fellow, Rich is an independent board member of a private company, serves on the Yolo County Financial Oversight Committee and served as a not-for-profit board member. Find Rich on LinkedIn rhoran@cooforum.org (618) 407-9084 |
