Steph Saffer is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and leadership facilitator who helps leaders lead with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose. She partners with executives, directors, and leadership teams to strengthen self-awareness, communication, decision-making, and the human skills that create healthy, high-performing organizations.
Steph is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), and John Mattone Global Intelligent Leadership Master Certified Coach with over 2,000 hours of coaching experience. Before becoming an executive coach, she spent 16 years as a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, giving her a unique perspective on sustainable performance, resilience, and preventing burnout.
Known for her engaging, practical, and interactive style, Steph delivers leadership workshops and keynote presentations that inspire meaningful growth while equipping participants with tools they can immediately apply. She is the creator of the Impact Ready coaching framework and host of the Impact Ready Podcast, where she explores leadership, mindset, communication, and creating positive impact.
Above all, Steph believes that extraordinary leadership begins with extraordinary self-leadership. When we become more intentional about how we think, lead, and live, we create a ripple effect that extends far beyond ourselves. Learn more at StephSaffer.com and follow @StephSaffer on YouTube for leadership insights and coaching resources.
Lisa Marie Wilson is an educator, leadership strategist, speaker, and consultant with more than 30 years of experience supporting children, families, educators, and organizations through transformative learning and leadership development.
Currently serving as Director of Outreach & Engagement at ZERO TO THREE, Lisa leads national initiatives that strengthen connections between educators, communities, organizations, and systems serving young children and families. Her work focuses on professional learning, leadership development, partnership building, strategic planning, and creating opportunities for meaningful engagement across diverse sectors.
Before her national leadership roles, Lisa served as an infant-toddler and preschool teacher, program director, and early childhood program owner. Her approach to early childhood education was shaped by foundational work at the Child Educational Center in Pasadena, California, home of the internationally recognized Outdoor Classroom Project. Influenced by Reggio-inspired practices, Lisa approaches her work with a child-centered and love-centered philosophy rooted in relationships, honoring families and communities as children’s first teachers, and recognizing play as essential to healthy development and learning.
Throughout her career, Lisa has designed and facilitated professional learning experiences, coached leaders and educators, developed innovative frameworks for leadership and organizational growth, and supported statewide and national initiatives focused on literacy, language development, and educational excellence.
In addition to her leadership and consulting work, Lisa serves as faculty in higher education, mentoring future educators through relationship-centered learning experiences that bridge theory and practice.
Lisa holds a Master of Education with an emphasis in Multicultural Curriculum and Instruction and is currently completing her Doctorate of Education in Teaching and Curriculum. Across every aspect of her work, she remains committed to helping individuals, organizations, and communities cultivate the conditions where people can learn, lead, connect, and thrive.
Jill St. Peter brings four decades of experience in early childhood education as a teacher, coach, trainer, and Curriculum and Training Director. A dynamic presenter and STEAM facilitator, she specializes in inclusion, project-based learning, early math and science, and trauma-informed practice, helping educators translate research into meaningful classroom experiences.
Jill holds a Master of Arts in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development. She is certified in the Program for Infant and Toddler Care, Beginning Together Inclusion, Trauma Informed Care, and is a CLASS Measurement Trainer. She has presented at national and state conferences including NAEYC, CAEYC, and Head Start.
Jill’s work is rooted in a deep commitment to educators. She focuses on building confident, reflective teaching communities and ensuring educators have the tools and support they need so every child can thrive.
I have been to management workshops, not leadership training. This has totally changed my perspective and encouraged me to propel forward in developing my skills.
I am honored and humbled to be a recipient of the Head Start WEST’s Legacy Scholarship. The scholarship helped me get one step closer to achieving my goal of becoming a Head Start Director.
I took part in The disproportionate impact of COVID 19, and how to provide “real” support for black/brown children and families and I just want to say this was an amazing webinar. I hope we can look forward to further conversation on this topic.
Thank you so much for making events like this! I really enjoyed and learned so much teaching strategies to implement STEM in the classroom.
The HR Network was an excellent opportunity to network and learn the best practices from other HR professionals within Head Start programs. You will be amazed by the level of talent and experience of the participants.
The Summer Camp training was powerful and inspiring! Each presenter was very engaging, it’s hard to even pick a favorite session!
The Leadership Challenge training was very relevant to my work as a Head Start leader! Great facilitation; stayed with the program yet allowed time for individual and small group reflections.
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