David Goldsmith, Executive Director
One of the founders of the coaching profession, David worked closely with Thomas Leonard, served as the first president of Coach U and later went on to lead CoachInc.com. He trained the first Japanese coaches, wrote the Dear Coach column for the Sunday London Times and co-founded the Foundation of Coaching which later became the Institute of Coaching at Harvard.
Samantha Cooprider, Faculty
Samantha Cooprider (aka Sam or Scoop) is a global People Development leader at Meta (formally Facebook), overseeing coaching as well as team and leader development for the enterprise. Sam has over 25 years of experience in organizational and leadership development as well as executive coaching within corporations, government agencies, academia, and nonprofits. Prior to Meta, she was the Director of the Google School for Leaders. She has also been a learning and development leader at Tesla and was the CEO of Learning as Leadership. Her early career started in the non-profit sector. Sam has a master's degree in Leadership & Organizational Development and is less than a year away from earning a PhD. Personally, Sam is passionate about volunteering in service of social justice and enjoys just about any form of exercise, reading, traveling, and riding her bicycle or motorcycle along the California coast.
David B. Peterson, Chief Catalyst & Transformational Officer
Pioneer in the field of coaching, Director of Google’s Executive Coaching & Development services, and author of best-selling books on coaching and development. Vikki Brock’s history of coaching names David as one of the primary influencers in the field, both for his early impact on the emergence of executive coaching and for continuing to shape the field as someone “on the cutting edge of the profession, doing and saying surprising and thought-provoking things.”
Molly Gordon, Director of Continuing Evolution and Excellence
Molly Gordon is known to many of the founders of the profession as a "coach's coach." A visionary, she regards coaching as an emergent aspect of individual and collective evolution. A pragmatist, she is committed to grounding that vision in the cultivation of coaches who embody both artistry and technical skill for the sake of producing in their clients the insight and self-regulation they need to lead, adapt, and innovate.
Marcy Swenson, Faculty
As an executive coach working with growth-stage CEOs and tech leaders, a startup founder with multiple exits, and a managing partner at a seed-stage investment fund, Marcy has deep knowledge of the entrepreneur’s journey from multiple perspectives. Following a successful career co-founding 3 tech companies (CPTH to IPO in 1999), Marcy became one of the first executive coaches working with startup founders.