Leading from the Middle Coaches
One of the distinguishing elements of Leading from the Middle is the
opportunity for Fellows to get three months of coaching from executive
and senior-level professionals in their field. Coaches challenge and nurture.
They challenge Fellows to find the right solutions for themselves. They
also help provide guidance and a listening ear as Fellows work toward
their goals.
......Coaches meet with Fellows about twice per month. The program
benefits coaches as well; they learn new ways to motivate and build
capacity in their staff. Coaches participate in their own development
program: Executive Class. If you would like to be a Leading from the
Middle coach, please visit the Executive Class website.

In 2005, about 20 top professionals served as coaches. They include:

Rex Curry, Principal, Reid Curry Consultants. (Former Associate
Director, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental
Development)

Victor DeLuca, President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Etta Rudolf Denk, Vice President, Community Development,
JP Morgan Chase

Vito Gallo, independent consultant (Former Executive Director,
Summit Housing Authority)

Miguel Garcia, Acting Deputy Director, Community and Resource
Development, Ford Foundation

Gwendolyn Long Harris, Director, The New Jersey Development
Project, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy,
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Elizabeth Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Isles Inc.

Robert Kull, AICP, Principal, Planygy LLC; Planning Coordinator,
Burlington County, New Jersey

Floyd Lapp, FAICP, Planner, City of Orange, New Jersey; Adjunct
Instructor, Columbia University. (Former Director, Transportation Planning
Division, New York City Department of City Planning)

Kathleen Naymola, Director, Community Planning and Development,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Jersey
State Office

Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director, La Casa de Don Pedro

John Phillips, Indepedent Realtor. (Former Director, New York
City Department of City Planning, Bronx Borough)

Karen Phillips, New York City Planning Commissioner. (Former CEO,
Abysinnian Development Corporation)

Margaret Seip, independent consultant (former Project Director, Trust
for Public Land)

Stephen Tosh, Executive Director, Phipps CDC

Shirley Ward, Manager, Strategic Urban Development, Public
Service Electric & Gas