Trifold Enneagram Teachers- A Partial Listing

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Barry Ahern, BA, HDE, Dublin, Ireland, is the director of Enneagram Solutions. He runs Enneagram courses at all levels and initiated the annual
Narrative Tradition panel series in Dublin. He facilitates the Psychological-Spiritual Curriculum for Type and Spiritual Freedom as developed by Helen Palmer, and presents the Enneagram to corporate organizations, community groups, public representatives and health care workers on issues that include leadership development, decision making, communication strategies, stress and conflict. He is also in private practice and supervises certifying interns of the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP).

Barry’s primary aim is to assist people in reaching their potential by transmitting the Enneagram material clearly, respectfully and concisely to enable people to self-identify the patterns and focus of attention that limit their potential. One of his great joys as a teacher is seeing people become more open and receptive to themselves and others. Phone: (+) 353-1-287-8514


Nancy Anderson, Grass Valley, CA, has worked with the Enneagram since 1988 and completed her Enneagram Professional Training Program teacher certification in 2000. She teaches introductory and continuation level classes and workshops in Grass Valley and Nevada City through the Yuba River Enneagram Community as well as the San Francisco Bay Area. Nancy offers personality typing sessions to help individuals determine their Enneagram type and private sessions for a deeper exploration of type.

For three years Nancy served on the board of directors of the Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition, an international organization that includes teachers from 18 countries. Nancy has followed a meditation practice for many years and has a special interest in the relationship between the Enneagram and spiritual growth. Phone: 530-273-3340


Georgia Bailey, Cooroy, Australia, has had a myriad of professions – management of a quaint English pub, cooking on luxury yachts and working in world stock markets for a Swiss bank. After living and working in London, Tokyo and Paris, Georgia emigrated to Australia where she has been involved in venture capital and property renovation, and has owned and run an organic market garden. She is a Kahuna massage therapist (Lomi Lomi) and reflexologist, and manages her own investment portfolio. Currently she owns a bookshop with an extensive selection of titles in human consciousness.

Georgia teaches the Enneagram and provides resource material otherwise not available in Australia. Georgia’s simple philosophy takes enormous effort: Live and let live. Honor oneself and honor others as best you know how. Through the Enneagram, she has found the motivation and the possibility within herself for change, and that is the greatest gift that she can give herself and others. Georgia offers business consulting, life coaching, spiritual direction and Enneagram typing. Phone: 617-5447-7090


Ann Binnie, MSc BSc, and Josephine Seccombe, London, England, partner as Enneagram Facilitators. They offer open and tailored workshops for all levels of Enneagram literacy, work with commercial and voluntary organizations, individuals, couples or groups, and provide business consultancy in team building, coaching, communications and more. Ann is a professional brand strategist with a long career in advertising and brand identity work. Josephine works mainly as a facilitator/trainer with individuals, groups and whole staff teams from the voluntary sector and communications industry.

Together and individually Ann and Josephine use the Enneagram wherever and whenever the opportunity arises. They believe that working in the Narrative Tradition helps this unerringly accurate system to come alive for all who encounter it and use the power of people speaking for themselves as the basis of their approach. Phone: (+) 44-(0)-777-867-5987.


Fred F. Boykin, MSW, LICSW, Washington, DC, has been a clinical social worker in private practice for 15 years and operates Counseling and Psychotherapy Services of Washington. The Enneagram has made a dramatic difference in Fred’s life. He finds the combination of his psychodynamic training and his Enneagram knowledge to be essential in the psychological and spiritual development of his clients.

Fred offers personal and couples psychotherapy, workshops and trainings on the Enneagram, at both beginning and advanced levels. He has led Enneagram groups in the Richmond, VA, and Washington, DC, areas, and workshops for graduate students, mediators and women with ADD/ADHD diagnoses. Fred developed type group workshops and has been the chairperson of local Enneagram workshops presented by the Enneagram Studies of the Greater Washington Area (ESGWA). Phone: 202-244-8855


Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, MFT, San Francisco, uses her knowledge of the Enneagram with her psychotherapy clients, in the groups she leads and with teams in business settings. Bea has taught at Northwestern University and the California Institute of Integral Studies, and facilitates interpersonal learning groups at the Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Bea was certified to teach the EPTP in 1997, completed Ginger Lapid-Bogda’s “Train-the-Trainer’s Enneagram training program in 2005, and currently assists Ginger with the teaching of this program. Bea is the president-elect of the International Enneagram Association and served as the IEA’s conference chair in 2005. She is writing a book on the psychological dimension of the Enneagram. Phone: 415-225-2659.


Chris Chicoteau of Chris Chicoteau and Associates works as a consultant, coach and counselor providing services for individuals, teams and organisations. He uses the Enneagram as a means of developing leadership skills, improving communication and managing change. Above all else, Chris finds that the Enneagram’s strength is it potential to develop greater understanding and compassion between people and within the wider community. His coaching sessions and workshops are designed to develop greater self awareness and foster personal growth. As well as working in the corporate world, Chris also works as a facilitator for Lifeline, an Australia-wide, 24-hour crisis counseling service. Phone: 0438-762-444


Tracy Colina, MA, Cincinnati, OH, is outreach and special projects director of the Trifold School of Enneagram Studies™. She is a founding member of the Enneagram Center of the Ohio Valley and served for five years as its president. She has authored a number of articles on the Enneagram and has conducted many Enneagram workshops.

Tracy earned advanced certification in marriage and family therapy and served as a graduate level adjunct professor in family studies for 11 years. She has worked as a psychotherapist with individuals, couples and families for more than 20 years. Phone: 866-366-8973.


Paul Cowan and Rosemary Cowan, BA, London, England, believe that their 27-year marriage would not have survived without the Enneagram. They set up the London Enneagram Centre in 2002, expanded to Bristol in 2003, and have associated groups in Sheffield, Brighton and Guildford. Paul and Rosemary offer monthly introductory, advanced and couples workshops, Enneagram
panel sessions in London and Bristol, Enneagram professional training supervision, organizational workshops for teams and individuals, Enneagram typing, and psychotherapy/counseling (Paul – Gestalt, Rosemary – Transpersonal). Paul also serves as president of the Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition.

The Cowans believe that participants are the experts in their type. They have found that being curious and flexible in their approach creates the conditions for transformational learning and development, as well as a rich and rewarding experience – and a lot of laughter and fun. Phone: (+) 44-(0)-207-251-1393


Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel, PhD, Walled Lake, MI, is a licensed psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist and registered yoga teacher. She has integrated education and psychology throughout her professional career. For the past two decades, she has explored the intersection between psychology and spirituality in a variety of settings and paths. Her initial exploration led to deep immersion in the Pathwork, Enneagram, Western Mysteries and yoga. With the vision of serving others, she creates ceremonies and rituals that enhance personal healing.

Ronda co-founded the Michigan Enneagram Center with Jo Ann Weber. Together they offer monthly study groups, sponsor Enneagram workshops with Helen Palmer and conduct follow-up classes to Helen’s workshops. Ronda also conducts typing interviews, is a supervisor for EPTP and conducts basic Enneagram workshops, Enneagram-focused psychotherapy sessions and group therapy that combines the Enneagram with yoga and transpersonal psychology. Phone: 248-360-2302.


Jutka Freiman, Sydney, Australia, has been a psychotherapist since the mid-1980s and is a trainer, consultant and coach for a variety of professional organizations. She also designs and facilitates workshops and courses aimed at developing self awareness. The Enneagram has brought a new level of clarity, depth and emotional intelligence to Jutka’s work, and as an art therapist and psychodramatist, she brings the creative and action methods to this dynamic system. Jutka runs a series of Enneagram trainings and workshops, and enjoys the challenge of designing programs to meet the individual needs of client groups and organizations.

Jutka is a training supervisor with the Australian and New Zealand Coaching, Supervision and Consultants Organization (ASCANZ), and a senior teacher with the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. Phone: 0417 667 866


Theresa Gale, M.S., Laurel, MD, earned her degree in human resource management, and is a certified business manager. She co-founded Transform, Inc. with Mary Anne Wampler to improve workplaces through promoting leadership and organizational change. Their holistic, systems-based approach and expertise in the Enneagram differentiate them from other firms. Theresa and Mary Anne co-authored Wake Up and Sell, which helps sales professionals gain greater insight into what supports and hinders their selling success and offers strategies for each Enneagram style to improve sales results. Through Transform, Inc., Theresa and Mary Anne offer a wide range of services including Enneagram consulting and training, organizational consulting, executive coaching, employee selection and management, employee training, and meeting and retreat facilitation. Phone: 301-419-2835


Marion Gilbert, RPT, Grass Valley, CA, has been practicing physical therapy for 27 years and is the co-owner of Spring Hill Physical Therapy and Acupuncture Center in Grass Valley, CA. She has continued her career with extensive training in CranioSacral Therapy, Somato-Emotional Release and Trauma Resolution.

Marion has applied the Enneagram personally and professionally for the past seven years. She teaches Enneagram classes in Grass Valley and Nevada City through the Yuba River Enneagram Community. Her emphasis is on integrating her vast somatic experience as an avenue of personal transformation according to the Enneagram tradition. Phone: 530-274-2320


Karin Scholz Grace, MS, offers Enneagram workshops, and private typing and coaching sessions in Marin County through Marin Healing Arts. She brings a rich somatic perspective to the Enneagram, and her teachings use a variety of exercises and practices to help participants become insightful self-observers and skillful communicators. Karin also brings her knowledge of the Enneagram into her private practice of somatic therapy, using touch and movement to help clients become more balanced, flexible, and creative in their responses in daily life. She pursues her own spiritual journey through her Enneagram work and as a student of the Diamond Approach. Phone: 415-331-9950


Jürgen Gündel, Diplom Psychologe, Mannheim, Germany, is a psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, teacher trainer and supervisor in psychotherapy and counseling with a private practice. He has written books and articles on the psychology of western culture, psychotherapy, transactional analysis and the Enneagram. Jürgen co-leads the German language Enneagram Professional Training Program and co-founded the Gesellschaft für Enneagrammstudien. He also served as chair of the association “EnneagrammlehrerInnen in Mündlichen Tradition nach Helen Palmer,” the German language version of the Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition.


Norbert Häg, Germany, is a senior industry manager, personal development trainer, executive coach and supervisor for teams. He works with couples using the Enneagram, co-leads the German language EPTP and is co-founder of the Gesellschaft für Enneagrammstudien in Germany.


Martin S. Hawkes, Dublin, Ireland, is a founding member of Enneagram Ireland Ltd., a registered charity created in Ireland in 2004 to promote the Enneagram in Ireland. A 2003 graduate of the Enneagram Professional Training Program™ (EPTP), he is a firm believer in the power of the Narrative Tradition as an insightful method of inquiry and demonstration of type. Martin co-presents weekend introductory programs on the Enneagram in the Narrative Tradition. He also is a promoter and/or director of enterprises in the areas of leisure, financial services, education, food and ecology. Phone: 353+1+497-0690.


Cathy Hitchcock, MSW, LCSW, Portland, OR, is a psychotherapist in private practice for almost 25 years. She also trained with Jerome Wagner, PhD, in the Spectrum Training and Certification Program, and with Bob Martin, DSW, a founder of the Gestalt Institute of Los Angeles. Cathy leads support, therapy, retreat and personal growth groups. She is a breast cancer survivor and co-author of BREAST CANCER, What you Should Know (But May Not Be Told) About Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cathy and Dale Rhodes facilitate Enneagram Portland, skillfully interweaving psychology, professional experience and spirituality in their work. They provide public classes, workshops and retreats, and also consult in business and treatment settings. Phone: 503-235-4705


Jacqueline Jansen, MBA, Linschoten, Netherlands, earned her degree in clinical and social/organisational psychology and has worked in psychiatry, in the Royal Navy as a business consultant, and as an HR manager in a broadcast facilities company. As a management consultant with Jansen & Swieringa, she helps both organisations – management teams, teams, directors – and individuals achieve real change that lasts. Jacqueline also supports organisations by helping them let go of obstacles to freeing the energy that produces change, fun and productive cooperation at work. She is the co-author of the Dutch book, Shit happens (Scriptum 2005).

Jacqueline supports individuals by helping them to get to know themselves better – their personality, motivation, drives – and by creating chances for personal development, using the Enneagram as her main tool. Jacqueline is a member of the Dutch EPTP training team. Phone: 0348-481106 / 06-53489987


Judith Katzman, MA, LMFT, and Steve Katzman, M Ed, MA, LMFT, Houston, TX, conduct typing interviews, panels in the Narrative Tradition, introductory classes, extended Enneagram workshops, psychotherapy services and family business consultations. Judith is a licensed marriage and family therapist working with individuals, couples and families. She has conducted research on forgiveness at the end of life, and has led bereavement groups, women’s groups and Enneagram women’s groups. Steve is a psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and groups. His specialties include working with men, marriage and consulting to family-owned businesses. Judith and Steve have founded a wellness center and are working to develop the www.EnneagramTexas.com community. Phone: 713-572-0222.


David Knox, MD, CCFP, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, is a family physician who has used the Enneagram for more than 15 years. Certified in 2003, David teaches introductory workshops in Ontario, with follow-up monthly meetings, and has a special interest in reaching out to health care providers. Emphasizing self-observation and seeing ourselves as we are, David believes that change and growth will occur from simple awareness, and that the Enneagram provides a rich map in this process. Phone: 519-941-8350.


Jane Kroll, Palo Alto, CA, has led workshops and seminars on psychological and spiritual growth processes for more than 25 years. She is a Typing Supervisor for the EPTP and heads an Enneagram Studies Team of four certified teachers at Conexions in Palo Alto, CA, which offers a weekly panel series, other Enneagram workshops and typing sessions.

Jane has taught beginning and continuation-level Enneagram courses in the San Francisco Bay Area, nationally, and in Canada. She sees the Enneagram as an extraordinary tool for personal and spiritual growth, and a considerable ally to our Inner Observer as we begin observing our mostly unconscious behaviors and allowing the processes of transformation to occur. Phone: 408-739-2729.


Hilary Langford, Chillingham, Australia, has more than 35 years experience working with large organizations in the private, public and academic sectors. She established her own consulting business, Oliver & Langford Organizational Consultants in 1984. Based in Australia, she also works in New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America. Hilary focuses on the people-aspects of organizational life, including empowering “cultures,” role clarification and negotiation.

Since certifying to teach the Enneagram in 2002, she has combined her extensive organizational experience with the Enneagram, applying it to executive coaching, leadership and team development, conflict resolution and career planning. She conducts state-of-the-art training sessions that are fun and challenging, teaching only what she finds directly applicable to real-life work and life situations. Phone: (+)61-2-6679-137


Carl Marsak, MA, Mt. Shasta, CA, is a teacher, counselor and writer who has studied and practiced the Enneagram since 1993 and has taught workshops since 1999. He has graduate degrees in Religious Studies (NYU) and Social and Cultural Anthropology (CIIS). In 2003 he founded the Enneagram Center of Mt. Shasta, creating a place where spiritual tradition and modern psychology can meet and weave together their respective insights and gifts.

Carl has written several articles for the Enneagram Monthly, been a speaker at IEA Conferences and leads Enneagram events in the Narrative Tradition in Northern California, nationally and abroad. He focuses on the Holy Ideas and spiritual transformation, relationship issues and interpersonal communication, and introductory workshops. Carl also is available for typing interviews and spiritual counseling. His approach to the Enneagram comes from years of living in the Findhorn Community in Scotland, traveling and doing spiritual practices in India, psychotherapeutic experience, and a deep commitment to personal growth and collective change. Phone: 530-926-5750


Joni Harris Minault, MBA, Mill Valley, CA, is a management consultant with more than 20 years of corporate experience. She is certified in applying and delivering How to Use the Enneagram for Success in the Workplace (Ginger Lapid-Bogda), as a practitioner of Radical Collaboration, an interest-based problem solving approach to conflict resolution (Jim Tamm and Ron Luyet), and as a mediator.

Joni and Jane Tight founded SeeChange Partners to address the needs of corporate clients seeking positive change in their interpersonal, team, leadership and conflict resolution skills. They use the Enneagram as the fundamental tool to help clients increase self-awareness, which leads to better relationships, which result in business success. 415-380-8388


Arlene Moore, MA, Germany, is an American who has lived and practiced counseling, therapy and training in Germany for 26 years. With Jürgen Gündel and Norbert Häg, she co-facilitates the Enneagram Professional Training Program in Germany, where she teaches and supervises Enneagram students. As a clinical teaching member in Transactional Analysis, Arlene offers a training program for therapists. She also presents workshops and trainings in the Bonding Therapy of Dan Casriel with her colleague, Dr. Ingo Gerstenberg. A long time meditator, she is especially interested in the spiritual side of the Enneagram.


Hannah Nathans, CMC, Zeist, Netherlands, is founding and managing director of Nathans Consultancy, specializing in the training of professionals. Hannah is the co-founder and president of the Enneagram Foundation Netherlands, a non-profit organization that promotes the Enneagram in the Narrative Tradition and organizes the EPTP in the Netherlands. Hannah is a supervisor for the EPTP, and has certified as a management consultant, a spiritual director with Lev Shomea, and as a behavioral science trained trainer by the Dutch Institute of Psychologists. She also completed the professional training programs of the Center of Intuitive and Creative Development.

She has trained hundreds of professionals in working with the Enneagram, has coached consultants and CEOs, and taught workshops on the Enneagram and Kabbalah. Hannah has authored three books, including a best-seller, The Enneagram at Work, Toward Personal Mastery and Social Intelligence. Phone: +31-30-693-1914.


Kimmy Ngai, MBA, Hong Kong, China, has dedicated herself to professional leadership and management development for more than 10 years. She uses the Enneagram as a strategic tool in major corporations to help them build an organizational culture of integrity, growth and motivation. Kimmy also is passionate about working with individuals for transformation and growth. As an executive coach and counselor, she integrates the wisdom of Enneagram to help corporate executives realize and expand their potential, and succeed in their career and personal lives.

Kimmy is committed to teaching the Enneagram in greater China as a powerful path for leadership development and individual transformation.


Myles O’Reilly , B.A., H.D.Ed., B.Phil, is a Jesuit priest who first introduced the Enneagram to Ireland in 1982 as director of Tabor House, Milltown Park. He was inducted into the Jesuit way of teaching the Enneagram, as an aid to spiritual growth, through a tradition that goes back to Claudio Naranjo. Myles is a certified teacher with Pat O’ Leary, the first to author a book on the Enneagram. Since 1998, he has immersed himself in the Narrative tradition by hosting Helen Palmer for six consecutive summer workshops on the Enneagram and then teaching the follow-on evenings from those workshops under the tutelage of Helen Palmer over the ensuing winter months.

Myles co-leads the annual spring panel series in Milltown Park with Barry Ahern. He is co-founder of a spiritual companionship training programme called “Anamcharadas” (soul friendship) and currently offers certificate training in NLP during the summer with Dr Dick McHugh Ph.D. of Sadhana Institute, India. One of his dreams is to marry the Enneagram and NLP. Phone: 00353 (0)1-497-2943


Jane Padget, South Yorkshire, England, is the managing director of Creative Business Achievements, a training company that helps people set up and maintain their own businesses. Certified to teach the Enneagram by the EPTP in 2004, Jane also is a trainer for NLP, a qualified Parkes Inner Child Therapist and a practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

She promotes the Enneagram in Northern England and runs a monthly evening group on Enneagram types and subtypes. This group is based in Sheffield and attracts people from all around the region. Jane also conducts other Enneagram workshops at her offices in South Yorkshire, her church in Broomhill, Sheffield, and at a spiritual retreat center in York. Phone: +44 (0)114 2664545 (home) or +44 (0)114 2823252 (office).


Uranio Paes, MBA, Sao Paulo, Brazil, is an organizational consultant, coach and Enneagram teacher of more than 3,500 students. With an MBA from FGV, Latin America’s top business school, an extension course at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and 15 years experience in consulting, Uranio develops Enneagram applications for several leading national and multinational organizations in Brazil and South America. Uranio is a co-teacher of the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP) in Brazil. His consulting firm, up9 Desenvolvimento Humano sponsored the first EPTP in Brazil in September, 2005. Uranio is also a member of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) Board of Directors, visioning and leading its international growth plan. Phone: 55-11-55395356


Martin Quigley, Dublin, Ireland, is director of Quigley & Associates, a human resources consultancy offering executive coaching, facilitation, mediation and personal development services and training to organizations and individuals. Martin uses the Enneagam as a map for personal development as well as organizational and team effectiveness. He offers a series of one-day Enneagram sessions on personal development and work/life balance issues such as stress management, conflict and team building. His individual coaching sessions are based on different management styles, specifically performance management issues. He also regularly leads public Enneagram workshops, individual typing and coaching in the use of the Enneagram.

Martin sees the Enneagram as a wonderful and rich map of the human condition that leads to greater insights than conventional personality models. Because it is an inside-out discovery, the impact, meaning and learning are far more rewarding. Phone: 353-1-2885-234


Dale Rhodes, MS, MA, Portland, OR, is a professional mentor and spiritual director. He received an MS in Human Services Administration from Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, an MA in Spiritual Traditions and Ethics from Marylhurst University, and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Mercy Center for Contemporary Spirituality. Dale’s consulting work with organizations is supported by extensive experience in teaching and nonprofit business management. He is a skillful and compassionate mentor for individuals seeking spiritual direction and guidance.

Dale and Cathy Hitchcock facilitate Enneagram Portland, skillfully interweaving psychology, professional experience and spirituality in their work. They provide public classes, workshops and retreats, and also consult in business and treatment settings. Phone: 503-295-4481


Josephine Seccombe and Ann Binnie, MSc BSc, London, England, partner as Enneagram Facilitators. They offer open and tailored workshops for all levels of Enneagram literacy, work with commercial and voluntary organizations, individuals, couples or groups, and provide business consultancy in team building, coaching, communications and more. Ann is a professional brand strategist with a long career in advertising and brand identity work. Josephine works mainly as a facilitator/trainer with individuals, groups and whole staff teams from the voluntary sector and communications industry.

Together and individually Josephine and Ann use the Enneagram wherever and whenever the opportunity arises. They believe that working in the Narrative Tradition helps this unerringly accurate system to come alive for all who encounter it and use the power of people speaking for themselves as the basis of their approach. Phone: (+) 44-(0)-777-867-5987.


Louise Phipps Senft, Baltimore, MD, is the founder of the Baltimore Mediation Center, the first firm of its type in Maryland. She began using the Enneagram in connection with her mediation practice the in the 1990s. In addition to her work with the Enneagram, she is an Associate with the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, was voted “Baltimore’s Best” mediator in 2002 by Baltimore Magazine, and named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for the year 2004 by The Daily Record.  She is adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland School of Law and was appointed by the Court of Appeals to the Maryland ADR Commission and to serve as Chair of its Family Mediation Initiative. She is the author of numerous articles, a sought after speaker and the mother of five children. Phone: 443-524-0833


Morgan C. Smith, Westport, CT, is an event planner and consultant who manages student recruitment for an interdistrict, multicultural, public, magnet high school in Stamford, CT. Morgan was introduced to the Enneagram in 1977 as a student in Helen Palmer’s first class on intuitive development. She has taught the Enneagram to diverse populations since 1991 and is a longtime Mentor/Supervisor for student interns in the Enneagram Professional Training Program. Morgan teaches the Enneagram at the Iona Spirituality Institute of Iona College in New Rochelle, NY. Phone: 203-226-6687.


Sandra Smith, Asheville, NC, is the director of Holy Ground Retreat Ministry, which she co-founded in 1994. After 17 years as an independent sales consultant, Sandra received her M. Div. from Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta. She also earned a Nonprofit Management Certificate through Duke University and works with various nonprofit staffs on workplace communication.

Sandra offers Enneagram workshops and classes to faith communities and nonprofits throughout the Southeast, as well as one-on-one spiritual companioning using the Enneagram as guide into the deeper self. She believes that the spiritual journey is a process of waking up to self and to the presence of the Holy within and among us, and that the process of self-discovery evolves over time and occurs, not in isolation, but in the joys and struggles of community. Phone: 828-236-0222.


Jane Tight, MS, Menlo Park, CA, is an executive and life coach. She is the founder of JaneTightCoaching and co-founder with Joni Harris Minault of SeeChange Partners. Jane believes that her clients are already experts on their lives and are looking for focus, change, clarification, direction or accountability to move forward in the life they want to live. She uses the Enneagram to help individuals increase their emotional intelligence through self-observation and become aware of the impact they are having on others. Then the process of transforming a person or a company can occur.

Jane works with individuals and groups in private and corporate venues. Her diverse client mix includes CEOs, lawyers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and women-in-transition. Her corporate clients have been wealth management, biotechnology, office relocation, mineral investments and technology. Jane is a frequent public speaker and provides workshops, panels and off-site trainings for groups such as YPO (Young President’s Organization), Junior League, Menlo School and the Northern California International Enneagram Association. Phone: 650-327-5679


JoAnne Tybinka, San Francisco, CA, is president of Business Dialogue Inc., a 20 year-old training and development firm that specializes in communication skills development and team building. Business Dialogue’s flagship products include People-to-People Skills and The Art of Personality. JoAnne designed these products and was the leader of the project teams that developed them.

JoAnne has worked with the Enneagram since 1992. She collaborates yearly with two colleagues, Carrie Aginsky and Steve Smith, to offer a six-month online study of the Enneagram of Holy Ideas. This study is followed by a weekend retreat in the Narrative Tradition that includes ritual, music, poetry and dance. JoAnne believes that opening all the senses allows us to experience our unique essence and participate fully with others. Phone: 415-928-5094.


Mary Anne Wampler, Laurel, MD, has more than 25 years of professional management, leadership and sales experience. She co-founded Transform, Inc. with Theresa Gale to improve workplaces through promoting leadership and organizational change. Their holistic, systems-based approach and expertise in the Enneagram differentiate them from other firms. Mary Anne and Theresa co-authored Wake Up and Sell, which helps sales professionals gain greater insight into what supports and hinders their selling success and offers strategies for each Enneagram style to improve sales results. Through Transform, Inc., Mary Anne and Theresa offer a wide range of services including Enneagram consulting and training, organizational consulting, executive coaching, employee selection and management, employee training, and meeting and retreat facilitation. Phone: 301-419-2835;


Jo Ann Weber, MSW, CSW, Northville, MI, is a licensed, certified Clinical Social Worker who has provided Enneagram seminars in workplace, educational and spiritual settings as well as in therapeutic domains. Her professional expertise includes a long-term practice of psychotherapy with individuals, groups and couples, consultation with educational and community organizations, and teaching educational support groups. Her spiritual path has included study in the Diamond Approach Ridhwan School. Jo Ann has served as resident counselor for the EPTP in Menlo Park, CA.

Jo Ann is the co-founder (with Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel) of the Michigan Enneagram Center, where she and Ronda facilitate an ongoing monthly Enneagram study group, coordinate Helen Palmer workshops for the Michigan Enneagram Center, and teach follow-up classes to deepen and enrich Helen Palmer workshops. She also offers typing interviews, typing internship supervision, and teaches basic and advanced Enneagram workshops to target audiences such as church and school groups, and therapy centers. Phone: 248-473-1538.


Eric Wheeler, MAT, La Crosse, WI, was introduced to the Enneagram in mid-life at a retreat. He carries the Narrative Tradition to small groups in schools, churches and retreat centers. Since 2001 Eric has taught the Enneagram in the Viterbo University off-campus graduate program for teachers throughout Wisconsin. As a teacher, trainer and coach his interest in the Enneagram is primarily for spiritual growth and increased consciousness in personal and professional relationships.

Eric has an academic background in history and also works as a consultant in historic preservation and heritage tourism projects in the upper mid-west. Phone: 608-785-7383.


Carole Whittaker, PhD, Scottsdale, AZ, is coordinator of the Enneagram curriculum at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, including introductory classes, workshops with key teachers including Helen Palmer, David Daniels and Peter O’Hanrahan, and ongoing work in small groups with local teachers. All classes are taught in the Narrative Tradition and use a variety of exercises and practices designed to help participants develop their capacity for self-observation.

Carole also teaches the Enneagram to independent groups and trains EPTP certified teachers to teach Helen Palmer’s series of follow-up classes on the barriers to spiritual freedom. She holds a doctorate in physical chemistry from UCLA and teaches other programs at the Franciscan Renewal Center on contemplative prayer, Christian doctrine and spirituality. Phone: 480-502-4446.


Amy Zoll, Vineyard Haven, MA, has studied psychology all her life, and meditation and the Enneagram for much of it. She is founder and director of The Island Children’s School (open classroom), founder of of Vineyard Montessori School, and is involved in hospice work. Amy offers individual and couple Enneagram counseling, small group work and programs in the workplace. She also sponsors larger Enneagram workshops in the Narrative Tradition and integrates Marshall Rosenberg’s Non Violent Communication with the Enneagram in group and individual work. She believes that developing an ability to observe and allow patterns of reactivity without identifying with them may result in a reduction of suffering. Phone: 508-693-3460