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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, Program Director, 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

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

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

Todd Cox, Director, Center for Student Advocacy
CliftonStrengths: Communication, Arranger, Woo, Positivity, Includer

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

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

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

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

Natalie Frankel, Associate 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, Assistant Director, Campus Culture and Community
CliftonStrengths: Achiever, Positivity, Discipline, Includer, Developer

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

Claire Hensley, Assistant Director, Jones Center for Leadership & Service 
CliftonStrengths: Discipline, Empathy, Input, Focus, Responsibility

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

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

Anthony Prewitt, Senior Director, Campus Culture and Community
CliftonStrengths: Belief, Developer, Empathy, Intellection, Connectedness

CortneyJo Sandidge, Associate Vice Provost, Division of Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Learner, Communication, Positivity, Ideation, Responsibility

Krystyne Savarese, Associate 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

Virginia Stormer, Senior Director, Division of Student Success
CliftonStrengths: Context, Harmony, Learner, Arranger, Consistency

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

Maria Martinez Weiss, Assistant Director, Division of Access & Engagement
CliftonStrengths: Input, Connectedness, Restorative, Empathy, Adaptability

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

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

Paola Wolaver, Graduate Advising & Recruitment Coordinator, Baker School
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Positivity, Restorative, Communication

Mary Beth Woodward, Director for Student Success, Baker School
CliftonStrengths: Input, Learner, Intellection, Achiever, Strategic