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Certified Coaches

UT is investing in a culture of strengths and leading with the possibilities that could be. Explore who our certified coaches are, how they’re engaging strengths on campus, and what it means to them to lead with CliftonStrengths.


Meet Your UT Certified CliftonStrengths Coaches

Hope Adkins, Coordinator of Special Projects, Division of Student Life
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Woo, Restorative, Empathy, Achiever

Yusof Al-Wadei, Assistant Director, Center for Health Education and Wellness
CliftonStrengths: Achiever, Learner, Individualization, Belief, Competition

Nikki Baker, General Health and Wellness Coordinator, Center for Health Education and Wellness
CliftonStrengths: Responsibility, Discipline, Relator, Learner, Maximizer

Mandie Beeler, Director, Jones Center for Leadership and Service
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Activator, Strategic, Arranger, Woo

Alexis Bishop, Learning & Organizational Development Consultant
CliftonStrengths: Intellection, Individualization, Futuristic, Developer, Connectedness

Shane Boswell, Leadership and Service Educational Specialist, Jones Center for Leadership and Service
CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Learner, Achiever, Belief, Self-Assurance

Hunter Carlheim, Assistant Director, Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life
CliftonStrengths: Achiever, Maximizer, Context, Futuristic, Strategic

Caitlyn J. Conner, Director of Finance & Human Resources
CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Learner, DeliberativeIndividualization, Futuristic

Todd Cox, Program Director for Outreach and Initiatives, Dean of Students
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Arranger, Woo, Positivity, Includer

Ian Crone, Director, Student Union
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Input, Context, Focus, Achiever

Tom Cruise, Assistant Director, Veterans Success Center
CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Individualization, Adaptability, Maximizer, Futuristic

Carlos Diaz, Informal Recreation Coordinator, RecSports
CliftonStrengths: Relator, Achiever, Communication, Strategic, Woo

Dianna Foulke, Assistant Director, Center for Student Engagement
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Woo, Arranger, Positivity, Includer

Natalie Frankel, Assistant Director, Jones Center for Leadership and Service
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Woo, Connectedness, Input, Significance

Brandon Frazho, Assistant Director, University Housing
CliftonStrengths: Competition, Strategic, Achiever, Individualization, Learner

Ciara Gazaway, Coordinator, Dean of Students
CliftonStrengths: Achiever, Positivity, Discipline, Includer, Developer

Amanda Griffiths, Manager, Student Union
CliftonStrengths: Harmony, Adaptability, Relator, Restorative, Consistency

Kimberly Hardaway, Assistant Director, University Housing
CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Relator, Responsibility, Empathy, Deliberative

Kerrie Johnson, Senior Consultant, Learning & Organizational Development
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Empathy, Developer, Woo, Positivity

Susannah Marshman, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Division of Student Life
CliftonStrengths: Competition, Significance, Achiever, Communication, Deliberative

Chandra Myrick, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division of Student Life
CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Context, Learner, Harmony, Input

Zoe Nunley, Learning & Organizational Development Consultant
CliftonStrengths: Activator, Significance, CompetitionStrategic, Relator

Joe Pierce, Associate Dean of Students
CliftonStrengths: Connectedness, Command, Ideation, Empathy, Futuristic

Anthony Prewitt, Director, Multicultural Student Life
CliftonStrengths: Belief, Developer, Empathy, Intellection, Connectedness

CortneyJo Sandidge, Associate Vice Provost, First Year Experience
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Communication, Positivity, Ideation, Responsibility

Krystyne Savarese, Assistant Vice Provost, Division of Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Intellection, Individualization, Developer, Empathy

Michael Smith-Porter, Chief of Staff, Division of Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Maximizer, Input, Futuristic, Focus

Brooke Squires, Manager, Division of Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Responsibility, Relator, Arranger, Developer

Nneka Walson, Coordinator, Center for Student Engagement
CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Responsibility, Relator, Learner, Achiever

Jenny Ward, Director, Academic & Career Exploration
CliftonStrengths: Harmony, Input, Responsibility, Relator, Learner

Adam White, Director, First Year Programs
CliftonStrengths: Relator, Individualization, Competition, Significance, Futuristic

Amber Williams, Vice Provost for Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Relator, Arranger, Responsibility, Strategic, Ideation

Paola Wolaver, Leadership and Service Educational Specialist, Jones Center for Leadership and Service
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Positivity, Restorative, Communication

Mary Beth Woodward, Assistant Director, Center for Career Development
CliftonStrengths: Input, Learner, Intellection, Achiever, Strategic