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Board of Trustees
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.

Sundar Visvanathan, PCC
Chair, ICF Global Board Representative
India
“Inspiring leaders to lead better” is the value proposition of Sundar. 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.

Kath Milne, MCC
Vice Chair
South Australia
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.

Rony Gruber, PCC
Treasurer
Israel
Rony regards coaching as a transformative language with the potential to foster effective communication and reduce polarization. Honored with Israel’s Presidential Volunteer Award, he believes tolerance and inclusion are the cornerstones of a healthy society. Rony is a seasoned coach and supervisor, founder of Vizier, and creator of the CiC Model. He brings decades of experience in leadership, marketing, and cinema, integrating storytelling with traditional coaching techniques to unlock potential and encourage authenticity and humanism, empowering executives at global companies to propel personal growth into a collective social impact.

Anne Schweppenhäußer, ACTC, MCC
Secretary
Germany
Anne 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).

Tamala Chirwa, PCC
Trustee
Malawi
Tamala is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) 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.

Anastasios (Tassos) Kotzias, PCC
Trustee
Qatar
Tassos is an Executive Holistic Coach, ICF PCC, and a proven leader with advanced business acumen, stellar cooperation, interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
He specializes in Executive Coaching & Corporate Training, Consulting & Business Development, with a holistic approach to ensure optimization and success. As a practitioner and instructor of Kung-Fu and Qigong, he understands the importance of balancing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, helping executives achieve harmony and well-being in all aspects of life.

Rania Laing, PCC
United Kingdom
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.

Annette Blum Pearson, ACC
Trustee
USA
Annette 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.

Coura Badiane, MBA, CAE
ICF Foundation Vice President, Ex-Officio
USA

Lise Bruynooghe, MCC
ICF Global Board Chair, Ex-Officio
Switzerland

Magdalena Mook
ICF CEO, Ex-Officio
USA
Every gift creates meaningful impact.
Every gift creates meaningful impact.
“[I give because] I believe we should be part of the solution and one of the ways to do that is to join forces with organizations that I trust and are already doing good as the ICF Foundation.”
— Wang Ching, PCC (Brazil)
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