Sherri K. Baldwin
Principal

Sherri Baldwin is the Principal of LeadAdvantage, Inc. Sherri uses a unique blend of humor, insight and experience to inspire individuals and groups to realization, transformation and action. Sherri has worked closely with leading organizations, such as Wal-Mart, ACE Hardware, National Gypsum, and Carolinas Healthcare, focusing on high performing corporate cultures and leaders who broadly and deeply impact both bottom line results and quality of life.

Prior to LeadAdvantage, Sherri worked as VP of Coaching, Consulting and Programs in a leadership development firm and has 15 years of experience in sales & marketing management, primarily in the hospitality industry. Sherri earned a degree in Communications from Texas A&M University. She is a Distinguished Toastmaster with an Advanced Leader and Advanced Communicator Gold Certification and has served as the Area Governor for Toastmasters in Charlotte, NC.

Bob Mobley
Senior Consultant and Director of Analytics

Bob Mobley has over 25 years as a human resources development professional and has lead seminars and workshops in a variety of businesses and industries in the United States and abroad. In addition to workshop facilitation, Mobley has significant experience in organizational development, culture change initiatives, training needs assessment, productivity improvement and communications. Bob has a BA in economics and business administration from Wofford College and an MBA from Wake Forest University.

Meg Black
Director of Marketing & Business Development

Meg Black, Director of Marketing & Business Development, has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience. Most recently, Meg has over 10 years in Business Development with LeadFirst & Associates, a leadership development firm for experienced managers and executives throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Clients have included some of the largest and most successful companies in the world, such as American Airlines, Wal-Mart, United States Gypsum Company, Ace Hardware, and Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Meg has brought her energy and enthusiasm to LeadAdvantage, Inc. Her genuineness and concern for customer satisfaction has led to her tremendous success.

Kelley Doyle
Business Coach

Kelley Doyle's clients grow to take leadership of their life, directing their business/careers and personal relationships to bring them the greatest personal enjoyment.

Kelley has owned her own coaching company since 2002. She discovered her talents in coaching after a successful career in sales. Kelley is the current president of International Coaches Federation, Charlotte, NC Chapter and a graduate of Coach University. She holds accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Syracuse University.

Kelley brings a personal and practical balance to developing others that honors their authentic self, talents and passions and combines it with focused techniques to create positive, lasting behavioral change. Her coaching is focused on reducing the "noise" of the client by drawing out key priorities and co-creating an action plan to achieve predetermined benchmarks for success and promoting the "life leadership" of the client by supporting them in evaluating career and personal decisions that align with their long range goals; and then following through on implementation. Kelley believes that for clients ready to do the work, coaching offers a chance to step out of the hurried pace of daily life, reconnect with who they are and what they truly want, and return to life with a clearer mind and strategy to succeed on their own terms.

In her own words:

"My coaching style combines heartfelt compassion, straight-talk truthfulness and an unwavering belief in the greatness of each client. My coaching empowers and inspires clients to take calculated risks and act with courage in all areas of their life."

Dawn Leitner
Business Coach

Dawn Leitner, CC is founder and president of Momentum Coaching Alliance. Dawn is an executive management and leadership coach with over 20 years of leadership and management experience. She works with new and seasoned managers and teams at all levels of the organization by focusing on their individual strengths to be more effective as leaders and managers, while meeting company objectives and reaching their own professional goals. Prior to starting her coaching practice in 2007, Dawn worked for Computer Sciences Corporation for 18 years in various management and leadership roles supporting the IT services and outsourcing division. In 2004, she was asked to lend her leadership and process management skills for a major outsourcing project overseas supporting the largest bank in Malaysia.

Dawn is a member of the International Coaches Federation and currently serving as Chairman of the Nomination Committee for 2007 for the Charlotte chapter. She is also the VP of Programming for AITP (Association of IT Professionals - Charlotte chapter); Treasurer and Advisory Board member of the Charlotte Film Festival non profit organization; and participates as a core member of the Save Darfur coalition of Charlotte.

Van Walton
Director, Youth Leadership Programs

Van, the director of the Hispanic Ministry for Proverbs 31 Ministries is also a member of the Speakers Team. She is a trained CLASS (Christian Leaders and Speakers Services) speaker, and a Certified Personality Trainer. She is the author of a children’s book, a contributing author to several publications, a graduate of Kay Arthur’s Precepts Bible Study Training, has presented and taught with Dr. Ken Canfield, Center for Fathering, at FATHER / DAUGHTER SUMMITS, and has appeared on INSP ( i-life tv) RAISING AN AMAZING GENERATION.

Rick Vipperman
Senior Consultant

Rick Vipperman has over 30 years of leadership development experience including Founder and President of LeadFirst & Associates, a Charlotte, North Carolina based International firm that focused on executive level leadership. After selling his business in 2005 to pursue personal interests, Rick Vipperman reunited with LeadAdvantage in 2009 to continue his career-long pursuit of working with organizations to create and strengthen a more healthy and productive operating culture through the effective use of management and the influence of leadership.