OUR NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL
CONSULTANTS AND COACHES
Our network of consultants represents deep expertise in a variety of core areas. Our professionals are available to work as a team of SME’s or they can be contracted individually to meet your needs and project scope. We'll help you uncover the best approach for speaking engagements, content creation, training, coaching, or grassroots advocacy through coalitions.
At The Envoy Group, our team extends beyond what is visible on our website. We maintain a dynamic network of handpicked professional contractors who collaborate with us to achieve our objectives. Led by Sarah Beth Aubrey, our founder, we carefully select partners whose perspectives align with the core values and goals of The Envoy Group. This approach ensures that we work with individuals who share our vision, enabling us to deliver high-quality services and drive meaningful progress in the industry.
ABOUT DORA LUTZ
Award-Winning Researcher and International Speaker
Dora Lutz is an award-winning researcher and international speaker who educates and inspires audiences on how to grow their social impact.
Using the principles of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance), Dora has worked with small businesses, Fortune 100 companies, and even the United Nations as they leverage business models to create sustainable revenue sources and profound social outcomes.
For more than a decade, Dora has devoted her career to understanding the unique ways businesses can make a positive impact on society. She is widely considered one of the top thought leaders on ESG strategy and is the go-to expert for companies who care as much about sustainability as they do their bottom line.
Dora is the author of The Aspirational Business (2018), founder of GivingSpring and the creator of the course Business Planning for Social Entrepreneurs at Purdue University. Dora holds an MBA from Butler University and did her first TEDx in 2021 entitled “Dear C-Suite: It’s Not You, It’s Us.”
ABOUT CATHERINE CANTEY
Founder and CEO of Catherine Cantey
Catherine is one of 12 Master Certified Stakeholder Centered Executives in the United States. Her clients range from CEOs to General Managers in organizations with revenues from $10 million to $300 billion. She uses a proven framework with a 40-year track record of 95% measured success among over 11,000 global leaders.
Catherine combines the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching framework with her own patented Business Vitality® process to accelerate results for high-potential leaders and teams. Her clients benefit from strategic thought partnership, executive presence, decision-making ownership, effective communication, and team empowerment, ultimately leading to increased productivity.
In her previous role in banking, Catherine managed billion-dollar lines of credit and achieved a 90% success rate with 3,000 proposals. She understands the importance of thinking and acting differently to stay relevant over time.
Catherine is a strong advocate for innovation and community involvement. She spearheaded a $12.1 million public-private partnership to expand rural broadband access, led philanthropic efforts for working moms and their kids, collaborated on building a house for a family in need, and received recognition as a top coach in Columbia. Her international services encompass best practices in both business and people development.
ABOUT KACEE BOHLE
Coach, Speaker, and Trainer
Growing up on her family’s 4th generation farm and bringing over 13 years of working in the agriculture industry, Kacee Bohle now intertwines her experience, knowledge, and passion into helping those in agriculture develop both personally and professionally.
Kacee is a certified coach, speaker, and trainer and is committed to helping others overcome the obstacles and fears holding them back from stepping into the best version of themselves both at home and at work.
ABOUT LAURIE ONORIO
Founder and CEO of The Advocacy Shop
Laurie Onorio has been building, managing, and leading coalitions and issue advocacy campaigns for nearly 20 years in over 25 states on state and federal issues. Her experience further includes state-based lobbying, public policy design, grant making, and political campaign consulting. This varied experience across the issue and political spectrum allows Laurie unique perspectives that allow for 360 degree thinking for power mapping, scenario planning, stakeholder engagement, and campaign and strategy development.
Laurie founded The Advocacy Shop in 2014 while also leading a multi-million dollar Strategic Communications division, including digital advocacy, public relations, professional development/media training, and videography departments, of an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Company for three-years running.
Laurie has been trusted through the years by large and small organizations including Tesla, Nationwide, Global Automakers Association, Professional Engineers, eye surgeons, and has led the grant making and state issue strategy for a major foundation for nearly a decade.
Prior to founding The Advocacy Shop, Laurie served as Vice President of The Stewart Group, a political consulting, public affairs, and public relations firm in Raleigh. She is a graduate of North Carolina State University and resides in Raleigh with her husband and three children.
ABOUT TRACIE EGGER
Owner of Bright Changes Leadership Consulting
Dr. Tracie Egger is a passionate advocate for people and leadership development, specializing in group training, leadership coaching, team building, and professional development. She is certified to facilitate programs such as Blanchard's Situational Leadership II and Coaching Essentials, Wiley's DiSC, The Five Behaviors, and is a Leadership Practices Inventory Coach.
With a significant career in agriculture, she served as the assistant director in the Office of Academic Programs at Purdue University College of Agriculture from 2001 to 2019. During this time, she led recruiting efforts and played a pivotal role in launching the Leadership Development Certificate Program. She also advised the Purdue Ag Ambassadors.
Following her academic career at Purdue, Dr. Egger decided to further pursue her passion for personal development. She took on the role of Learning and Development Lead at AgReliant Genetics, with its headquarters in Westfield, IN. Leveraging her extensive experience in agriculture, she is frequently sought after to deliver executive coaching and lead leadership training workshops across North America.
Her educational journey includes degrees from Lake Land College, Purdue University, and Oklahoma State University. Dr. Egger is committed to helping individuals recognize their strengths and grow as professionals, emphasizing experiential learning and professional development. She has received several awards, including the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence, the Purdue Extension Women in Agriculture Leadership Award, and recognition as a Distinguished Alumna at Purdue University and Lake Land College.
Dr. Egger is actively involved in the swine industry, where she and her family have raised Berkshires for 50 years. She also engages in mentoring FFA and 4-H members in livestock projects and is active in ministry teams at Delphi Methodist Church, residing with her husband, Ryan, in rural Carroll County, Indiana.
ABOUT JIM BISHOP
Founder, Principal Coach, Facilitator, and Speaker of Conjunction Leadership
With over two decades of immersive experience in executive development, corporate leadership and human performance, Jim Bishop stands as a beacon of transformative leadership through his business, Conjunction Leadership. Jim's journey has taken him across the globe, coaching executives, diverse teams and orchestrating the modernization of leadership systems for transforming business units. Having collaborated with industry giants like Eli Lilly, Roche, and Elanco, Jim recognized the pivotal role of a visionary leader willing to first work on themselves while revitalizing their culture. This catalyzed the birth of Conjunction Leadership in 2020, where Jim provides executive coaching and team development solutions. As a certified coach by the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Leadership Facilitator with Blanchard, Jim's methods are a blend of science and art. He empowers executives through executive coaching, corporate culture consulting, and team effectiveness programs, focusing on holistic development within volatile contexts. At Conjunction Leadership, transformation starts within. The exclusive DISRUPT, BRIDGE, and GROW process guides leaders on a journey of self-discovery, mindset shifts, and measurable growth.
ABOUT RON RABOU
President and CEO of Rabou Farms Inc. and Rabou Land Co., LLC
With over 20 years of speaking experience and work with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, Ron Rabou is a breath of fresh air. Not spit-polished ready to deliver a canned message, Ron offers a non-traditional approach that is enjoyable, refreshing and thought provoking. Scrapping the “I talk, you listen” approach, his presentations are interactive, fun and enlightening – all things needed in our sometimes overwhelming lives. Not profound for the sake of being profound, but just good common sense that helps bring clarity and simplification to a world full of sophistication and complexity. He is a voice of reason in a time where change is thrust upon us and the fast pace of our lives dictates our priorities.
Ron is a true entrepreneur with a career thus far that includes vast experience in speaking, communications training, public relations, fundraising, foundation and private business experience. He is co-author of a self-help book, “Keep it Simple: The 12 Core Values that Lead to Personal and Professional Success” and in his second book, “Make Your OWN Way”, shares his personal story of family farm transition and how to move forward in a changing world. He is also the past host of the radio program, “ReThink on the Radio”. He owns and manages multiple companies, including an organic wheat farm, numerous real estate interests, a music production company, and a hunting and guiding business. He is a member of the Cheyenne Rotary Club and a graduate of the University of Wyoming and resides on his farm near Albin, Wyoming with his wife and 3 sons.
ABOUT SARAH BETH AUBREY
Owner and Founder - Keynote Speaker
Sarah Beth Aubrey is a highly respected advisor and coach to global agricultural brands. She leads The Envoy Group, a successful woman-owned consultancy renowned for its expertise in coalition building and customer engagement strategies within the agriculture and food systems sectors. The company offers diverse divisions, including training and coaching, ag coalition building, customer engagement strategy, and the recently established IN-CLIMATE network, which focuses on fostering productive dialogues around climate in agriculture, food, and energy. Sarah Beth is a pioneer in addressing critical industry topics and plays a pivotal role in sustainability strategy planning, benchmarking producer data on climate change, and facilitating collaborations among supply chain partners. Recognized as a sought-after keynote speaker, she has received multiple honors, including being named a 40 Under 40 leader in agriculture. Sarah Beth's work has garnered international attention through features in esteemed publications such as Forbes.com, the Indianapolis Business Journal, and Top Producer. With a client base that includes major ag brands, she is highly regarded for her transformative approach and ability to build influential peer advisory networks that bridge communication gaps and cultivate strong relationships in the complex agricultural industry. Sarah Beth's remarkable career includes founding and leading Prosperity Ag and Energy Resources, a grant-writing firm that secured over $100 million in funding for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and small agribusinesses. She holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois and an M.S. from Purdue University.
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