We enable improvement and progress.

Heather Kinzie, Chief Operating Officer

As COO, Heather works directly with clients to ascertain their needs. Then, with a terrific group of experts on the Arctic Fox Advisors team, she matches the right professional(s)
​to the project, and oversees that project until its completion.

With more than 20 years of organizational and workforce performance experience, Heather also offers consultation; facilitation and mediation; content development and training; and coaching to clients around the country. Heather's clients appreciate her authenticity and creative, pragmatic insights and ideas to improve their leadership, their teams and, ultimately, their organizations.

Heather is a sought-after national keynote speaker, noted for bringing humor, genuineness and practical perspectives to her presentations. 

Jim Bates, Advisor

Jim Bates’ vast career spans more than 30 years with proficiencies in business and project management and information technology. Well versed in quality improvement and outcome-based learning, Jim offers consultation and training on infrastructure, management and leadership. Jim's passion for efficiency and continual learning serves as a catalyst for organization improvement in a variety of industries.

Beth Chapman, Advisor

​Beth Chapman has 30 years of HR experience working with all levels of management to improve organizational performance and leadership. Beth’s expertise and experience includes meeting facilitation, organizational development, talent management, onboarding and performance management, conflict resolution, labor relations, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.

Diane Decker, Advisor

Diane Decker draws upon over 25 years of experience when helping her clients. Diane has a depth of experience in employee relations and leadership development. She offers a full host of training, facilitation and coaching services. Diane’s mission is to make a difference with candor and compassion, and she enjoys partnering with others to find the pragmatic path forward. ​

We utilize a diverse array of assessments such as Myers-Briggs, DiSC, EQ, etc. We facilitate the completion of these assessments and then help you and your team reveal the talents and tendencies that are helping or hindering success.

Many of our Advisors are certified coaches and are uniquely trained to optimize your development and increase your professional competencies.

Pamela Ellsworth, Advisor

Pamela Ellsworth helps businesses navigate their people processes. Pam has over 12 years of Human Resources experience with a focus on recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, and performance management coaching. Ever curious, she works with both small and large clients across all industries. Pam’s passion for communication and collaboration plays nicely into her mediation, coaching, and professional development services. ​

Cara Fox, Advisor 

Cara Fox is a seasoned talent and leadership development professional with over 20 years of experience across a multitude of industries such as transportation and logistics, aviation, tourism, engineering and architecture, oil and gas, and more. Cara believes that true leaders never stop learning and the most effective leaders maximize emotional intelligence to not only influence those around them but to ensure their own well-being and balance. She offers program design & development, facilitation, custom e-learning and in-person course development, teambuilding, learning technology consulting, and custom retreats.

Mike Green, Advisor

Mike Green, MCC is an author, global keynote speaker, facilitator, and master certified coach with over 30 years of international human performance experience. Mike draws from to help his clients bridge the gap from where they currently are and where they want to be. Green specializes in coaching high potential or emerging leaders, executives, and leadership teams discover their leadership truths.

Erin Gregg, Advisor

Erin Gregg is a Human Resources professional with a decade of experience in numerous roles in a wide variety of fields. Her passion is to lead new and exciting initiatives to improve processes and support logistical coordination and team relations. 

Erin is the “fixer” you need to optimize your business and take it to the next level.

Frances Jones, Advisor

​Frances Jones, M.A., CCMP is an organizational development consultant, certified change leadership coach and change management practitioner, and thought-provoking facilitator with over 15 years of experience. Frances brings a holistic approach to helping great leaders build change agility within their teams. She works with leaders to envision the future of their organizations, helping them embark on that visionary path to reveal the reality of an organization’s culture and systems that either help or hinder their ultimate success.

Jonathan King, Advisor

​Jonathan King draws upon more than 20 years of experience working in economics and leadership to ensure his consultation and coaching is practical and valuable. His expertise in business and data management, teamed with his keen intuition on leadership philosophy serve to enlighten clients of all industries. Jonathan values integrity, accountability, personal growth and humor and these values serve as the foundation for his consultation and coaching.

​Whether you need training, facilitation, regular and consistent consultation or "just in time" assistance, our Advisors are prepared to help. 

Karen Kirk, Advisor

​Karen Kirk has more than 25 years of experience advising leaders and their teams in a plethora of industries. She develops and presents energetic training programs, facilitates engaging planning and performance sessions, and provides counsel and assistance in improving processes and protocols. Karen's expertise in change management, communication and healthy work relationships ensure her advice and counsel is pragmatic and immediately useful.

Tracy Stewart, Advisor

For more than 30 years, Tracy Stewart has been guiding individuals and organizations to transformative “ah-ha” moments. A skilled listener with an uncanny ability to discern the core of a concern or reveal the hidden opportunity in a challenge, she utilizes coaching, training, education and facilitation to foster growth and change.  Tracy is a compelling and engaging speaker, who distills complex concepts into narratives that touch the heart and inspire the mind.

Brian Walch, Advisor

Brian Walch is a certified executive coach, consultant, and speaker who helps organizations develop their managers and build out best-in-class management cultures. Walch has worked with employees and leaders across HR, IT, finance, and operations. With extensive experience in recruiting, retention, and employee development, Brian combines his experience with people and systems to help managers empower themselves, their teams, and their organizations.

Bobbie Sue Wolk, Advisor

Bobbie Sue Wolk is a certified executive coach, mentor coach, health and well-being coach, industrial-organizational psychologist, accountant, business consultant, adjunct professor and author. As a 27-year entrepreneur, Bobbie Sue is an experienced businessperson, who helps organizations achieve success operating with integrity, ethics and professionalism; she helps you help yourself.

​Many of our Advisors are experienced and
dynamic public speakers. Their presentations/content
are sure to ignite ideas, reflection and interest.

Contact us when you are ready
​to elevate your next conference!