Topic: Reflections through an ACTO Lens.     Free to attend, CCEs are not available for this session.
Date: May 27, 2026, 8:00 US PT, 11:00 US ET, 17:00 CET, 20:30 IST (90 minutes)
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Earlier this year, the Board shared the difficult and heartfelt decision to sunset ACTO with dignity, grace, and integrity. As we move through this meaningful transition, we invite you to join us for the first of a two-part closing celebration — beginning this month and concluding in June — created to honor ACTO’s decades-long contribution to the coaching profession and the community we built together.

Part One of this special series will feature a guest panel of past ACTO Presidents reflecting on ACTO’s role in shaping the evolution of coach training, sharing memories from our collective journey, and offering their vision for the future of the coaching profession. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the legacy, relationships, and enduring impact of ACTO together.

Our esteemed panelists are:

Halli MacNab, MCC
Halli is white, a proud Canadian and a woman who is married to her partner of the same gender. She lives with a visible disability and is a former athlete, engineer and now a coach. She was raised in a highly educated, middle-income family. A university education was assumed. She was raised by a Jewish mother and Christian father; arguments (“discussions”) were the way to learn.

Jodi Sleeper-Triplett
Jodi is a white, cisgender, heterosexual woman using the pronouns she, her, and hers. A baby- boomer born to Jewish parents of Russian and Polish descent, Jodi was raised in a predominantly Jewish community in the suburbs of Boston, MA but did not receive any formal Jewish education. She worked her way through high school and college, determined to learn and succeed in spite of socio-economic and personal struggles. She has lived and worked in Northern Virginia for over 45 years and has been married to her husband for 42 years. Jodi is a pioneer in field of student life and neurodiversity coaching, passionate about teaching others the skills to coach students to navigate life’s challenges. Following the death of her 27-year-old son, Jodi redoubled her efforts to support struggling students in higher education and when she is not working, finds peace and comfort in the company of her beloved cats while reading mystery novels.

Virginia González-Vélez Valcarce, MCC
Virginia is a white, heterosexual Spanish woman, a Baby Boomer, and a mother of three. She was born in Spain as the fifth of six siblings and raised in a context of socio-economic stability, while also growing up in a home deeply shaped by mental illness—two of her siblings live with schizophrenia. This early coexistence of privilege and vulnerability became a defining lens through which she understands human complexity, dignity, and inclusion.

She brings over 25 years of experience as a Legal Counsel, along with more than 15 years of working globally as a Master Certified Coach (MCC), Coach Educator, Mentor, and Supervisor. Her work spans Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, supporting leaders, coaches, and organizations in navigating transformation through awareness and responsible action.

Virginia is a former President of the Association of Coach Training Organizations (ACTO), where she contributed to strengthening global standards in coaching education and advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) as a lived practice within the profession.

Her life has also been shaped by profound personal experiences, including loss, rebuilding, and change, which have refined her perspective on leadership, resilience, and human development.

She currently lives in Spain and continues to contribute to the evolution of coaching education globally, integrating structure, depth, and purpose in everything she does.

Additional panelists to be confirmed.