Meet the Coaches

The following professionals are available to be your coach.

Marty Baddeloo, CPA
Solutions Kept Simple

With more than 30 years of management and business experience, Marty has developed numerous workshops on management, leadership, and coaching. In addition to 8 years of professional coaching experience, Marty has more than 20 years as a mentor to many professionals, managers, and executives. Marty is a Certified Public Accountant, expert on meeting facilitation, motivational speaker, and is recognized for developing the “1, 2, 3, ABC” coaching process.

Terri A. Deems, PhD
Solutions Kept Simple

Terri brings more than 15 years experience assessing needs, developing learning and development interventions, and coaching, counseling, training, and consulting with diverse groups and individuals to enhance performance. Her background includes extensive experience in career coaching and assisting leaders and non-leaders in creating work environments that enhance creativity, community, performance, and satisfaction. Terri earned her PhD in Community & Human Resource Development, teaches coaching skills to other professionals, and is a frequent presenter at local and national conferences.

Brian Mayer
Performance & Development Solutions (DAS-HRE)

Brian has over ten years of experience in adult education, leadership enhancement, and organizational development. He is currently pursing a Masters in Adult Education, Training and Development at Drake University. Along with facilitating classes such as Fundamentals of Supervision and Investigating Employee Misconduct, Brian will be helping agencies and departments solve problems and reach goals through organizational development initiatives.

Rita Rizzo
Rizzo & Associates

As a consultant and coach who specializes in working with public sector organizations, Rita Rizzo has presented coaching services for over 50,000 public employees over the past two decades with consistently high evaluations from proteges. As a former public employee herself, Rita is strongly committed to assisting those currently engaged in public service provision in optimizing their performance and enhancing their job satisfaction. Rita has a Masters Degree in Training and Human Resource Management from the University of Leicester in Leicester, England, and is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), certified by the US Institute of Management Consultants. She is also a Certified Conflict Mediator certified by The Dana Institute, and is a certificated Employee Retention Specialist.

Sue Sager
IN FOCUS Consulting

Sue earned her Master of Science in Education degree from University of Wisconsin Platteville (1989), a Professional in Human Resources certificate (2001) and her certificate in Job Profiling (2003). Sue's specialty in professional coaching centers around leadership development, performance management, and organizational development. Sue has been coaching leaders and employees for over 20 years. Sue's educational background supplements her work experience in higher education, supervision, human resource management, and consulting.

Dr. Gary R. Sager
IN FOCUS Consulting

Gary earned his doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Northern Arizona University (1996). His dissertation addressed Congruence Between Psychological Measures of Vocational Personality and Ministry Activities. Gary's specialty in professional coaching centers around career and academic issues. Gary has been coaching students and professionals for over 15 years. His doctoral degree and his professional work experience in public agencies have made him an expert in career and life purpose coaching.

Deb Welke, MS
Solutions Kept Simple

As a talent management consultant, Deb has more than 12 years experience coaching and advising people in the areas of career development, management solutions, and assessments. Her expertise includes working with key leaders from major international organizations as well as employees and other professionals. Deb holds a Master’s’ degree in psychology from the University of Georgia and is certified in the MBTI and The Strong Interest Inventory; she is presently completing her credentialing with Coach, Inc.

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