Since 1996, Sharon has coached financial advisors and other small business owners. She combines her own insightful techniques with concepts of the most current thinkers in the field of leadership. Sharon is a graduate of Coach University and has been certified by the International Coach Federation since 1998. She coaches advisors coast-to-coast and facilitates inspirational and productive staff retreats that lead to transformational shifts. Sharon has presented for the Financial Planning Association’s local chapter and Retreat, as well as the Knoxville Estate Planners Association.

Sharon knows leadership from the inside out. In 1985, she established the local center for an international nonprofit foundation that focuses on personal development, chaired the local board and served in international roles. She is a founding member of the East Tennessee Coaches Association and served in formal and informal leadership since its inception in 2001. She chairs the Small Business Committee for the Knoxville Chamber and the Board of the Race Relations Center of East Tennessee. Sharon is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Knoxville. She lives on a farm with her husband, John, a psychologist, whom she married in 1962. They have two adult daughters, Karin and Elizabeth.

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