Carl is the Founder and Director of THE CENTRE, and he also serves as a course instructor and student advisor. For over 20 years he has been in the helping profession—as a mental health therapist, teacher, certified seminar leader, and professional coach. Carl holds a Master of Science degree in counseling from Oregon State University. He has taught, counseled, and coached in the Portland area since 1992. Carl is renowned for his motivational style and commitment to personal and professional development.

As well as directing The Centre, he is an adjunct professor at Portland Community College teaching communication and business classes. Carl is dedicated to working with individuals and organizations, inspiring them to achieve optimal growth and ongoing success.

Shirlene has been a business consultant, trainer and coach for nearly a decade. Shirlene is experienced in the start-up and building of organizations through the training, coaching, and motivating of key-level executives and staff. Shirlene has the perfect blend of real-life experience and professional training; not only has she been educated in the principles of executive coaching, leadership training, and business development, she has had the opportunity to successfully assist building several businesses by personally implementing these principles. Shirlene's success strategies focus on coaching, visioning and goal setting, compassionate business restructuring, leadership training, and innovative marketing. Shirlene is a skilled facilitator, highly organized, and totally committed to client success.

Shirlene is a Certified Professional Coach, holds a Mediation Certification from Southern Oregon University and is a Certified Course Facilitator for The Centre for Coach Training. Shirlene also owns a consulting firm, Innovative Growth Solutions, LLC, an Oregon City, Oregon based company that provides innovative and cutting-edge coaching, consulting, and training services designed to optimize success for organizations and individuals. IGS has a proven track record of building and restructuring organizations swiftly, increasing productivity and profitability in remarkably short periods of time.

Melissa Yeary is a Certified Professional Coach and a facilitator/trainer in Human Development with a BA in Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She draws on more than 15 years in the corporate world where she developed systems, authored technical manuals, and built and managed customer support teams in software companies.

Melissa has enjoyed the pursuit of personal growth her entire life. She regularly teaches a class on using journaling for self-insight, and has created her own style of journaling from a variety of sources, including training with leading journaling experts like Dr. Ira Progoff and a commitment to the Artist's Way style of writing morning pages.

Melissa owns and operates her own life coaching business. She offers a special emphasis on discovering and relying on creativity and intuition to realize life-long goals and dreams.