Lisa M. Steiner

Ph.D., MBA, Certified Empowerment Coach, Director

Lisa Steiner is a Certified Empowerment Coach who facilitates her clients to create the lives they desire. She draws upon her twenty years of experience in Corporate America, twelve years of business ownership, ten years in ministry, seven years as a leader in the education sector, and nine years of graduate education.  Lisa completed her International Coach Federation (ICF) certified coach training at the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC).  She completed her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at Regent University. Lisa also has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), a Masters (MA) in Counseling, and a Bachelors of Science (BS) in Business Administration and Computer Science. She is the Director of Wellsprings Coaching Services, LLC.

Having worked at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for twenty years, Lisa held various management and staff positions.  Most recently, she was a Business Executive leading a sales team that drove over $150M in annual revenue. At IBM, Lisa received several top achiever awards for her outstanding results and received the title of IBM Certified Professional, requiring her to complete three weeks of advanced management education taught by professors at Harvard Business School.

Colette D. Blakely

Ph.D., Coach

The focus for Colette is to help others to live full lives (as a single, married, couple, teen, and retiree). Helping the client to self-actualize and to align their values with their daily life serve as the cornerstone of her Coaching. Colette obtained her Coach training from Regent University as a Ph.D. student. She draws upon her many years of experience as an educator, school counselor, and mission worker.  Colette completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Regent University. She also has a Masters (MA) in Counseling/School Counseling, and a Bachelors of Science (BS) in Speech and Theater Education.

Colette partners with you to reach your goals, with care and agreed upon guidelines. Her strength is motivational engagement that leads to the change and growth desired. Colette lives in Chicago, IL and enjoys spin classes, reading, and movies.

Susie Wilson

MA, Certified Professional Life Coach

With a heart for helping men and women navigate career through every day demands, stressors, and life transitions, Susie Wilson is a Certified Professional Life Coach who believes that life purpose, work-life balance, and physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, are grounded in self-awareness and personal core values. Trained and certified by the Professional Christian Coaching and Counseling Academy (PCCCA), Susie enjoys personal life coaching around core values, family and relationships, and current life situations, to guide, motivate, and inspire those she works with to break through obstacles, fears, and beliefs that are keeping them from having a meaningful career and the personal fulfillment they desire.

Susie completed a Masters (MA) in Mental Health Counseling at Nyack College, and holds a Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology from Northeastern University. With 25+ years of corporate experience at Wisconsin Telephone Co., AT&T, New England Telephone Co., and Konica Minolta Business Solutions, She invested in adolescents in the Church as a Youth Leader for 15 of those years to promote emotionally healthy spirituality. With years of life experience, Susie brings a warmth and simplicity to the process of casting a vision for an area of your life that you wish to change, developing goals to get there, creating an action plan that supports you in taking just one step at a time, and helping you to manage obstacles that may get in the way of you reaching the purpose and significance you desire.

Lizandra Portalatin

MA, Coach

Lizandra Portalatin is passionate about empowering people to experience their lives to the fullest potential — physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.  Knowing that each person is unique , Lizandra guides her clients in following their own individualized path to growth and success, She is results-oriented and time-driven, and she uses a balanced approach of support and challenge so that her clients can reach their long-awaited life goals.

Lizandra draws on her extensive education and years of professional experience. She earned her Masters Degree (MA) in Mental Health Counseling  from Nyack College’s Alliance Graduate School of Counseling and two Bachelors of Science Degrees from Liberty University — one in Psychology & Christian Counseling and the other in Psychology & Life Coaching.  She also holds several certificates from the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) in Life Coaching, Advanced Life Coaching, Leadership Professional Life Coaching, Marriage Coaching, Health & Wellness Coaching, and Financial Life Coaching. 

Furthermore, Lizandra has 13 years of experience working in Healthcare Administration at several top-rated NYC healthcare systems such as Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Hospital for Special Surgery. At the Hospital for Special Surgery, she received a coveted employee recognition award for outstanding service.