Scott Eblin

Scott Eblin is the co-founder and president of The Eblin Group, Inc., a leadership development and strategy firm that supports organizations in ensuring the success of their executive level leaders.   Through his work as an executive coach, leadership strategist, speaker and author, Scott has become known as a thought leader in identifying the behaviors that executives need to pick up and let go as they transition into new and larger roles.

Featured on ABC News and in Investor’s Business Daily, the Washington Post and Harvard Management Update, Scott is a former Fortune 500 executive, with a leadership development client list that runs the gamut from Astra Zeneca to the U.S. Navy.   He is the author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success which Business Book Review calls a “fascinating read” that “is full of potentially career-saving advice.” 

As a former executive himself, Scott knows the demanding expectations and challenges his clients face.  He coaches busy, successful leaders in what he calls the “school of real life™” to help them identify the strengths they can build on along with the vital few opportunities that will help them be even better.   Scott is an innovator in the field of coaching who has worked with hundreds of clients in individual and group engagements that yield measurable and significant improvements in leadership effectiveness.

Scott is an honors graduate of Davidson College and holds a masters degree in public administration from Harvard University.   He has a certificate in leadership coaching from Georgetown University and is a member of the faculty for that program.  Scott also holds the designation of Professional Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation.

Steve Arneson

Steve Arneson has created innovative talent management and leadership development programs for some of America's leading companies, including PepsiCo, AOL, Time Warner and Capital One. He was recently named one of America’s Top 100 thought leaders on leadership and one of the country’s Top 25 leadership coaches for 2008-2009 by Leadership Excellence magazine.   Building on his 17 years as a senior executive in Fortune 500 companies, Steve now coaches rising and senior leaders in a range of organizations and advises companies on leadership development strategies.

Steve holds a B.S. and masters degree in psychology from Montana State and the University of Kansas, a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Tulsa, and a certificate in executive coaching from Georgetown University.

Frank Ball

Leadership has been the consistent theme of Frank Ball's career in the public and private sectors. Frank was an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps for over 20 years. His final assignment was as an instructor and faculty dean of the U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School. He spent his second career at the CIA where he was in charge of Management Training and Executive Development. He is also a former CEO and board member of American Military University, an online source of degreed education for over 30,000 U.S. military personnel. For the past 10 years, Frank has coached leaders in well known organizations in both the public and private sectors.

Frank is a graduate of Davidson College and holds a masters degree in business financial management from George Washington University. He holds a certificate in organizational development from Georgetown University and holds a master certified coach credential from the International Coach Federation. He is currently a faculty co-director of Georgetown's leadership coaching certificate program.

Steve Bowling

Steve Bowling has over 22 years of human resources leadership experience across a range of industry sectors and organizational sizes from 250 to over 50,000 employees. During his corporate career, Steve lived in both Europe and the United States holding a range of HR assignments including global responsibilities. His experience in the pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, food and beverage and financial services sectors focused on maximizing the potential of individuals, teams and organizations to drive sustained performance improvement. As a coach and consultant, Steve focuses on executive coaching, leadership and team development and other related aspects of talent management with global organizations.

Steve holds a M.B.A. and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and the International Coach Federation. He is also an accredited associate of the Institute for Independent Business.

Nancy Dunnells

Nancy Dunnells is an executive coach with a focus on leadership development and global talent management. In addition to her independent work and affiliation with The Eblin Group, Nancy is also senior director, Executive Education at The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Among other organizations, Nancy's past roles include senior director, global learning and development for Cable & Wireless and sales executive roles with Digital Equipment Corporation and AT&T.

Nancy holds a masters degree in organization development from American University and a B.A. in French literature from The State University of New York at Binghamton. She also holds a certificate in leadership coaching from Georgetown University. Nancy currently serves on the advisory board of The Institute of Executive Development and is a member of UNICON (University Consortium of Executive Education Providers).

Mary Jane Reed

Mary Jane Reed is recognized and respected as an experienced executive coach and business leader. In these roles, she draws on her earlier career as a senior human resources executive with successes in corporate mergers, change management and leadership and organizational development. Building on over 30 years of business experience with Verizon Communications Inc. and Sierra Pacific Resources, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources, Mary Jane now serves as a leadership coach and consultant to clients and organizations. She is a frequent contributor and speaker at business forums and has served as program and conference chairs for several industry and professional conventions.

Mary Jane received her BA degree in psychology from Allegheny College and has also attended executive development programs at the Darden School, Wharton and MIT. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Professionals and is currently the president of the Washington, D.C. HR Leadership Forum.

Karen Steadman

Karen combines her skills as an applied psychologist with 18 years of engineering and business experience to serve as an executive coach and leadership adviser. Her corporate management experience was in business engineering at BellSouth Corporation. Prior to establishing her own independent coaching and advisory portfolio, Karen was the southeast region coaching practice leader for the world's largest human resources consulting firm. Her work there included a role in the International Center for Excellence for Coaching to help determine and codify best practices for world wide implementation. Karen is high energy and well traveled. She has developed and implemented leadership development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, South Africa, India, Australia and Asia.

Karen is a licensed psychologist and a summa cum laude graduate in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech and completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia. She is a faculty member of the Global Institute for Leadership Development and a committee member for the doctoral program in applied psychology at Alliant International University.