Meet Our Team

The Coaching Academy for Leaders

Faculty

Corry Robertson, PCC

Director of Education, Coach Educator, Author, Mentor Coach

Corry Robertson is a leading global expert on coaching culture, engagement, and retention, and a Registered ICF Mentor Coach, with a client list that includes Fortune 100 companies. Corry is the Founder and CEO of The Coaching Academy for Leaders, and an award-winning coach, listed on Montreal’s top 20 Coaches by Influence Digest. Corry’s primary areas of expertise include supporting executives and emerging leaders through human performance improvement, organizational culture management, executive team development and leadership and high potential development programs.

Melanie Briand, M.Sc., ACC

Melanie Briand, M.Sc., ACC

Coach Educator

 

As an associate certified coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and trainer, Melanie assists individuals and teams in developing awareness surrounding their thoughts, feelings and behaviours in order to develop a strategy to optimize their potential. Melanie knows how to adapt to the needs of people and by paying particular attention to their psychological needs for relatedness, competence and autonomy. Specialized in Organizational Behaviour, she also lectures at the John Molson School of Business. In her spare time, Melanie enjoys swing dancing, yoga and hiking in nature.

Enza Cignarella, MBA, PPCC, ACC

Enza Cignarella, MBA, PPCC, ACC

Coach Educator

 

Enza is a strategist in human-centered business design and implementation offering a broad spectrum of senior experience in the pharmaceutical, educational and leadership development fields. An ICF Certified professional business coach with a penchant for developing talent, elevating teams to higher performance and optimizing enterprise results, Enza is appreciated as an articulate communicator capable of synthesizing information and bringing people together behind a common purpose. Fuelled by relentless curiosity and learning, Enza speaks and writes fluent English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Allison March, M.A., PHR, ACC

Allison March, M.A., PHR, ACC

Coach Educator

 

Allison has worked as a Coaching Professional since 2012. She specializes in empowering her clients to identify and achieve their goals by using deep inquiry-based coaching informed by Cognitive Psychology. She has ​studied within Columbia University’s Coaching Certification program as well as The Coaching Academy for Leaders. Allison is an ICF-accredited and certified Executive Coach. In her coaching she uses her knowledge gained from three masters degrees in Cognitive Psychology, Science of Education and Organizational Psychology, as well as her certification in Conflict Resolution form Columbia University.

Kim Miles, MCC

Kim Miles, MCC

Coach Educator, Mentor Coach

 

Kim L. Miles, MCC is an Executive and Team Development Coach, leadership trainer, and Mentor Coach for Professional Coaches. Kim has worked with CEOs, CIOs, VPs, Presidents, and Directors of Operations in Fortune 100, midsized, and small organizations.

As a Mentor Coach, Kim supports her mentees in deepening their understanding of the ICF Core Competencies, growing their coaching skills, and creating more alignment of who they are as coaches with how they coach.

Throughout Kim’s 20+ year career, she served in a variety of organizations in roles including internal coach, leadership development specialist, project manager, corporate account manager, electrical engineer, contracts coordinator, and program controls analyst.

Courtney Addy, ACC

Courtney Addy, ACC

Coach Educator

 

Courtney is an award winning experiential designer and highly sought-after executive coach with over two decades of experience in harnessing human potential. After 20 years in Corporate America, most notably as an Executive with General Electric, she has built a highly successful executive coaching practice.

Courtney is a graduate of The Coaching Academy for Leaders and holds coaching credentials from the ICF, Positive Intelligence and Lumina Learning. She is also a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She has completed her foundational training with the International Human Design School and is currently studying to be a professional analyst. She is a self-described “accidental farmer” and is lovingly restoring a homestead with her husband and children in the Berkshires.

Helena Hlavenkova, M.A., PCC

Helena Hlavenkova, M.A., PCC

Mentor Coach

 

Helena is a professional certified coach, organizational consultant, qualified mediator, and a designer and facilitator of comprehensive developmental programs, mostly in the areas of leadership, collaboration, emotional intelligence, engagement and conflict management.

Helena believes that coaching is a key component of sustainable change, and she incorporates individual, team or group coaching into all developmental initiatives she delivers to her clients. Helena works with diverse groups and teams; indigenous, multicultural as well as cross cultural, helping people and organizations develop, grow and change.

Judy Nagy, MsCA

Judy Nagy, MsCA

Guest Faculty

 

Currently lecturing at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Judy Nagy teaches entrepreneurship, responsible management and critical thinking to MBA and undergraduate students. She also actively mentors students for the Dobson Seed Competition and is a judge and speaker for various entrepreneurial events and competitions. As a strategic growth consultant within the high-tech industry, Judy leverages her 20+ years of experience to guide the growth of client organizations using responsible management techniques.

Business Team and Administration

Stephanie Gafoor

Stephanie Gafoor

Director of Operations

 

Stephanie has been an integral part of The Coaching Academy for Leaders since our first online cohort launched in 2020. In her current role as Director of Systems & Operations, she supports the development and refinement of internal systems and workflows that keep things running smoothly behind the scenes. Her thoughtful, detail-oriented approach helps ensure that the team, participants, and clients are supported by clear, organized processes at every step.

Patricia Burke

Patricia Burke

Director of Community Services & Client Care

 

Patricia has been with The Coaching Academy for Leaders since 2023, starting as an Administrative Team Member and now serving as our Director of Community Services & Client Care. With over 15 years of experience in social services and customer service, she plays a central role in supporting our alumni, faculty, and participants. Patricia ensures our cohorts run smoothly, assists faculty in setting up for success, and supports participants as they navigate the certification journey from start to finish. She is committed to maintaining clear systems and processes that create a welcoming, well-supported experience for our entire community.

Katrina Legault

Katrina Legault

Social Media Manager

 

Katrina ensures that everything happening within The Coaching Academy for leaders gets shared across social media platforms. From important events to resources, blog posts and articles of interest, she shares all of our important information with you. Katrina graduated from the John Molson School of Business with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Marketing and minoring in Management. She joined The Coaching Academy for Leaders in 2022 with over 5 years of social media marketing experience under her belt.

Transformation Team

Developing a coaching culture in your organization? Call on the expertise of a Coaching Culture Transformation Team to help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. A Transformation Team can act as your change management consultants who understand coaching, coaching culture, and how to bring it to life in your company.

Corry Robertson, PCC

Corry Robertson, PCC

Director of Education, Transformation Team Leader

 

Corry Robertson is a leading global expert on coaching culture, engagement, and retention, and a Registered ICF Mentor Coach, with a client list that includes Fortune 100 companies. Corry is the Founder and CEO of The Coaching Academy for Leaders, and an award-winning coach, listed on Montreal’s top 20 Coaches by Influence Digest. Corry’s primary areas of expertise include supporting executives and emerging leaders through human performance improvement, organizational culture management, executive team development and leadership and high potential development programs.

Helena Hlavenkova, MA, PCC

Helena Hlavenkova, MA, PCC

Transformation Team Consultant

 

Helena is a professional certified coach, organizational consultant and a designer and facilitator of comprehensive developmental programs, mostly in the areas of leadership, succession, emotional intelligence, engagement and conflict management.

Helena believes that coaching is a key component of sustainable change, and she incorporates individual, team or group coaching into all developmental initiatives she delivers to her clients. Helena works with diverse groups and teams; indigenous, multicultural as well as cross cultural, helping people and organizations develop, grow and change.

Enza Cignarella, MBA, PPCC

Enza Cignarella, MBA, PPCC

Transformation Team Consultant

 

Enza is a strategist in human-centered business design and implementation offering a broad spectrum of senior experience in the pharmaceutical, educational and leadership development fields. An ICF Certified professional business coach with a penchant for developing talent, elevating teams to higher performance and optimizing enterprise results, Enza is appreciated as an articulate communicator capable of synthesizing information and bringing people together behind a common purpose. Fuelled by relentless curiosity and learning, Enza speaks and writes fluent English, French, Italian and Spanish.

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