Meet our Board of Directors

Lynell Green

President

Lynell Renee Green is the Founder & CEO of C-SUITE Mindset, Inc., an executive coaching and leadership development firm built for the complexity of tech leadership. A Harvard-certified strategist, licensed CPA, and TEDx speaker, Lynell has spent more than 10,000 hours coaching executives at companies including Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, and Hilton — helping them lead with clarity, courage, and intention at every stage of growth.

Her proprietary C-SUITE Mindset™ Framework — built around six pillars: Clarity, Courage, Curiosity, Culture, Consistency, and Choice — gives leaders a proven methodology to stop drifting and start directing their careers and organizations with purpose. With a background spanning Big 4 accounting, startup IPOs, and global tax strategy, Lynell brings rare depth to the intersection of business acumen and human performance.

She is the author of the forthcoming book Drift: Why Smart Leaders End Up Somewhere They Never Intended to Go and currently serves as President of the National Speakers Association Northern California chapter.

Learn more here.

Toni Rodolfo-Benson

Director of Business Programs

Toni Rodolfo-Benson, RN, MSN, ACC is a TEDx speaker, resilience keynote speaker, author, workshop facilitator and former healthcare and biotech leader with over 25 years of experience navigating high-pressure environments where people are expected to deliver, no matter the cost.

Having experienced the demands of frontline nursing, executive leadership, and profound personal loss, Toni brings a rare perspective to resilience—one grounded in both professional expertise and lived experience.

A Certified Grief Educator, ICF-certified coach, yoga and trauma-informed practitioner, she helps leaders and organizations navigate burnout, loss, and change while building resilient teams, trusted leadership, and cultures of sustainable performance.

Her forthcoming book, From Breaking to Becoming: A Guide to Finding Resilience in the Moments That Break You Open, will be released in Spring 2027.

Her mission is clear: To help organizations build resilient teams, develop trusted leaders, and create cultures people are proud to be part of.

Because the strongest teams aren't the ones that never break under pressure. They're the ones that know how to recover, reconnect, and rise stronger.

“You cannot always choose what breaks you. But you can choose what helps you become.”

You can learn more here

Brian Croft

Secretary and Brand Champion

Brian Croft has spent nearly four decades helping people communicate with greater clarity, impact, and memorability. As the creative force behind CroftCreates, he serves as the go-to presentation design partner for elite professional speakers, executives, and thought leaders who aspire to deliver extraordinary experiences on stage.

His work has appeared on some of the country's most prominent stages, including TEDx, SXSW, NSA Influence, and OutBound. Combining a background in communications strategy with cinematic visual storytelling, Brian helps transform compelling ideas into presentations audiences remember long after the applause.

Fascinated by what makes certain people, messages, and experiences unforgettable, Brian is developing The Memorability Project, a multi-faceted exploration of the art and science of making a lasting impression.

As Brand Champion & Secretary, Brian brings his passion for communication, creativity, and community to helping the Chapter strengthen its identity, elevate its visibility, and deliver exceptional value to its members.

Nancy Giere

Treasurer

Nancy Giere is a learning strategist, speaker, and Chief Learning Officer at SGA Natural Gas Association, with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations connect learning to business performance.

Throughout her career, Nancy has worked across technology, manufacturing, financial services, and energy, including engagements with ExxonMobil, PG&E, Johnson Controls, Harley-Davidson, and Xero.

Her approach begins with a simple question: What do people need to know and be able to do to succeed? She challenges organizations to look beyond courses, credentials, and learning technology to focus on what matters most: building the capabilities people need to perform.

Nancy holds a master’s degree in Instructional Design and Performance Improvement and brings both strategic insight and practical experience to her work. She is passionate about making complex ideas accessible, using storytelling to inspire change, and helping people see familiar challenges from a different perspective.

As a speaker, Nancy explores learning strategy, workforce capability, storytelling, and the human side of change. She believes meaningful change begins when people see what's possible and discover how to take the first step.

Gary McKinsey

Director of Membership

Working with you to avoid costly mistakes, so you can focus on attracting your ideal clients, accelerating the growth and profitability of your business. So you can live your life according to your vision for your life. 

Roderick Jefferson

Director of Business Transformation

Roderick Jefferson is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in sales, sales enablement, operations, and customer service. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and go-to-market strategist who helps businesses navigate complex growth moments, whether they are launching new products, expanding into new markets, or building high-performing revenue teams. Roderick understands how to create bridges between internal organizations, empowering sales to exceed expectations. Having given keynote presentations nationally and in 14 countries globally, he understands the power of sharing real-life strategies that work. He is also an acknowledged thought leader in the sales enablement space and the author of Sales Enablement 3.0: The Blueprint to Sales Enablement Excellence , an Amazon #1 New Release and Best-Selling book, and the Sales Enablement 3.0 Companion Workbook.

You can learn more here.

Elaine Lung

Director 

Ray Engan

Member at Large

Ray Engan was a shy little boy who avoided talking to strangers by walking inside the safety of his mom’s wrap around skirts.

Now he helps bold humans sell without turning into robots.

Ray founded Leadership Through Laughter and is the inventor of The Humor Algorithm, The 26 Second Email, and The Mad Dash for December Cash. He brings 15 years of stand up and 15 years of sales management mastery to one mission: Getting emails opened and creating comfortable conversations that create clients quickly.

Ray writes like a person. He teaches you to borrow your client’s exact words, turn them into subject lines that earn the click, and send invitations that make prospects feel, “You get me.” No pressure. No gimmicks. Just clarity, curiosity, and a clean next step.

His Mad Dash community has generated more than four hundred thirty thousand dollars in results by making selling feel fun again. 

His style is “acceptably unusual,” meaning you get high-converting messages that still feel like you on your best day. He teaches how to borrow the exact words your clients use, turn them into subject lines people can’t ignore, and write invitations that make prospects think, “You get me.”

He makes selling feel less like a performance… and more like fun.