ICF Foundation Board of Trustees
The ICF Foundation Board of Trustees guide and direct the strategic plans and goals to achieve the mission of the ICF Foundation. These leaders unique blend of experience and understanding will guide our passion that social change is accelerated and amplified through coaching.
Wang Ching, PCC
Chair & Representative ICF Global Board
Wang values being true, fair, and inclusive. More future oriented, love technology, and explore new possibilities. She has worked in private companies for 25 years, in diverse sectors and levels. In the past 12 years has been developing leaders through her own company.
She has always been engaged with social initiatives as a volunteer and has been leading a project for people between 18 to 26 years old, with low income, for 11 annual editions by now, offering leadership training, assessments, and coaching for free.
Rashmi Shetty, PCC
Vice Chair
Rashmi is the Founder Director of The Third Eye. A Masters in Public Administration, the Bhagavad Gita is her inspiration. Her foray into broadcasting introduced her to the power of VOICE which is her coaching framework. She coaches CXOs and women transitioning to senior leadership roles to enhance their Vocal Presence.
A National and International Award winner for scripting and narrating Radio Documentaries, she is also an award-winning Podcaster for her weekly human library audio podcast “U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty.”
Sundar Visvanathan, PCC
Secretary, Representative ICF FD ICF Governance Committee
“Inspiring leaders to lead better” is the value proposition of Sundar Visvanathan. His purpose is to inspire leaders to transform to a better version of themselves. He believes that leaders can lead better by being self aware, by knowing their stakeholders perception, and consciously modifying behavior patterns.
He partners with leaders in their leadership journey by being a “Transformation Catalyst.”
Sundar meets his purpose through coaching, mentoring and professional speaking.
Sundar has 35 years of experience in corporate and six years in coaching.
Rania Laing, FCIM, PCC
Treasurer
As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ashridge Hult EF Executive Coach, a PCC credentialed ICF coach and Board Trustee of the ICF Foundation, Rania has over 25 years of extensive strategic experience. She is a Sustainability Advisor, combining social and community impact strategies with UN SDG impact management and metrics and a Carbon Literacy trainer. She is the CEO of Purposeful Innovators CIC, the Founder of Your Neuro Coach and Former President of the ICF UAE chapter.
Jeff Cheah, PCC
Trustee
Jeff is passionate about giving back and creating ways for coaches to give their service to those who are underprivileged. He is an Executive Leadership Coach and Facilitator.
Jeff holds several certifications including Certified Master Performance Coach and Certified Coach with Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder-Centered Coaching.
As he found purpose and passion in Coaching, he has committed time and served as Vice-President (2016-2018), President (2018-2020), and currently served as the Immediate Past-President of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Malaysia Chapter promoting coaching awareness and mentoring new coaches.
Anne Schweppenhäußer, MCC
Trustee
Anne Schweppenhäußer focuses on shaping a better world through personal development by offering coaching, team coaching, and training services to internationally operating organizations and NGOs. She believes that practicing altruism is fundamental in all aspects of life.
Anne holds a degree in psychology. She is a former board member of ICF Germany Chapter, currently member of ICF Germany’s ethics committee, ICF Germany podcaster, mentor coach and edited a book about ICF core competencies.
Anne is certified Master Practitioner (EMCC), a global coach/mentor supervisor (ESIA).
Annette Blum Pearson, ACC
Trustee
Annette Blum Pearson brings experience, intuition and coaching tools to her work with individuals and groups. She partners with entrepreneurs and corporate leaders as they focus on values driven development and fulfillment.
Annette worked in product management, sales and marketing for 10+ years in big tech and startups. She drives large-scale initiatives with creative passion and a growth mindset to cultivate thriving teams and success.
Annette lives with her family in San Francisco and enjoys nature, being with loved ones, traveling, learning, reading, and eating.
Kath Milne, MCC
Trustee
Kath has a passion for making a difference and loves creating opportunities to bring out the best in people and organizations.
She believes that in these changing times new ways of working and shaping solutions are required. This requires new ways of leading and learning to help organizations and people thrive, coaching is a key part of this.
Kath is also known for being fair, open and supportive, she speaks from the heart, she also likes having fun and believes laughter can make a day.
Tamala Chirwa, PCC
Trustee
Tamala is an ICF Credentialed PCC Coach and ICF Registered Mentor Coach. She specializes in Executive Leadership Coaching, Group/Team Coaching, Coach Training and Mentor Coaching. She is a DISC Practitioner and an Accredited LEIPA Facilitator. She has an MBA, ACCA Diploma in Financial Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Management.
She primarily works with C-Suite leaders who leverage coaching to lead better and intentionally embed coaching as part of organizational culture to optimize individual and team performance and create climates/environments where everyone thrives.
Coura Badiane, MBA, CAE
Dumisani Magadlela, PCC, PhD (South Africa)
Magdalena Mook