Meet our CEO coaches
Guiding business leaders to greater success.
Vistage Chairs Help Leaders Reach Their Full Potential.
In return, they make a lifelong impact, enjoy limitless rewards and leave a lasting legacy.
Linda Gabbard
Atlanta, Georgia
Vistage Chair since 2005
“As a Chair you have the opportunity to work with high-performing CEOs to create growth and value for their companies, their employees, their families and their entire community.”
John Trakselis, Chicago, IL Vistage Chair since 2006
“As a Vistage Chair you help CEOs people become better leaders, make better decisions and achieve better results.”
Artie Issac
Dayton, OH
Vistage Chair since 2011
“In these advisory groups we’ve created an atmosphere of trust, sharing, warmth, and empathy— and for many it’s the only place they can let their guard down and really be seen. Chairing is the most fulfilling business role I’ve ever held.”
Vipon Kumar
Montgomery, PA
Vistage Chair since 2020
“I saw Vistage as my way to give forward—to help create an ecosystem of growth-oriented leaders who are compassionate, intellectually humble and nimble. Without knowing it, I was preparing for this work my whole life.”
Robin Stanaland
Houston, TX
Vistage Chair since 2006
“The idea of becoming a Vistage coach always intrigued me. Although I initially had doubts, the training and encouragement gave me the reassurance I needed to move forward. Now, after 17 fulfilling years as a coach, I realize this role was my calling.”
Mark Taylor, New York, NY
Vistage Chair since 2009
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Kevin McKeown
Bremerton, WA
Vistage Chair since 2016
“I liked the challenge of starting a different type of business venture. I saw this work as a chance to be a “ripple maker” — someone who starts a ripple and passes it on, creating a tsunami of change.”
Aviva Leebow Wolmer
Atlanta, GA
Vistage Chair since 2021
“Chairing seemed like an opportunity to fulfill what I saw as my greater purpose: to enhance lives by empowering leaders to articulate their goals and achieve them.”
Shawn K. Woods
Chicago, IL
Vistage Chair since 2022
“I was coaching on my own when I came across Vistage. It offered something I couldn’t: a community and platform for bringing together high-caliber leaders to solve challenges.”
Allen Hauge
St. Louis, MO
Vistage Chair since 1994
“The life of a Chair for me has been extraordinarily rich. If you have any orientation toward learning, it’s the best learning experience you will have as an adult, hands down.”
Mark Murphy, Yorba Linda, CA
Vistage Chair since 2012