Meet the team
Natural synergy, deepening professional relationships and friendships, aligned values, and complementary skill sets inspired us to create Path Collective with a shared passion to elevate the effectiveness of purpose-driven individuals, teams, and organizations. We are known to hold business meetings while on bikes or skis, and we also rock business casual. We can match your style – whatever it is.
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CO-OWNERS
Brooke Moran, Ph.D.
Co-Owner and Principal
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For over 20 years, Brooke has been helping elevate organization and supporting leaders to develop their skills and find purpose through:
Talent management strategy consulting
Coaching, culture curation and leadership development programs
She has worked with executives from companies like PwC, Microsoft, Hasbro, John Deere, UPS, Ericsson, Fidelity, Schneider Electric. She also works with purpose-driven non-profits and government agencies.
For many years, Brooke has served as adjunct faculty at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Brooke's areas of expertise include talent management, sustainability employee engagement, culture curation, professional/executive coaching, thought leadership, and program design and facilitation.
In addition to being Co-Owner at Path Collective, she's an emeritus professor at Western Colorado University, where she still advises in the Outdoor Industry MBA program.
She authored Organizational Heartbeats (Routledge, 2020) and as well asThe Business of Purpose:
A Workbook to Elevate Employee Engagement & Organizational ResultsBrooke's Education & Certifications
Ed.M. and Ph.D. in Experiential Education, Harvard and UNH
Certificate in Innovating for Sustainability, Harvard Business School
Certified Professional Coach (ICF)
Certified Leadership Circle Practitioner
Brooke enjoys traveling, good food, and outdoor adventures with her family, friend and dog.
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Brooke is passionate about helping purpose-driven people work toward their potentials. She meets coaching clients where they are in their professional and/or personal leadership journeys and is a staunch believer that all employees can be leaders, from wherever they sit in the organization, provided that they have the requisite tools, support, and courage. Brooke creates a supportive, fun, and challenging coaching relationship wherein people are encouraged to be authentic and step out of their comfort zones in pursuit of evolution. Brooke poses challenging questions in the co-creative relationship, offers observations, and celebrates brave steps, successes and the learnings that derive from missteps. Brooke often employs Leadership Circle Profile, a 360-degree assessment that investigates 29 task and relationship dimensions of leadership. She coaches via phone and virtual platforms, as well as in person, when geographically possible.
She is an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach and has studied emotional intelligence, positive intelligence, and self-efficacy, among other topics, which she incorporates into her coaching practice.
Paul Tame
Co-Owner and Managing Director
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Paul has built cultural dexterity throughout his diverse career, excelling in various fields while adapting to different cultural contexts. His experiences include:
Executive coach, Insights Discovery certified facilitation, leadership development expert
Traveling the world, conducting outdoor education risk management audits, as well as designing and facilitating risk management and leadership development programs with diverse audiences
Educational basecamp director, Australian Army service member, high school teacher, and higher education senior instructor
His approachable style, emotional intelligence, and knack for building trust (including convincing people to try Vegemite) have earned him respect in all these settings.
Professional Highlights:
Certified coach (CTA)
Experience in over eight countries, from urban centers to wilderness environments
Specializes in connecting people to their personal missions and career objectives through experiential learning frameworks
Paul has worked with organizations including: Singapore Airlines, Outward Bound International, PwC, Telstra Australia, Australian Federal Police, Commonwealth Bank, Singapore Department of Education, Indonesia Post, and local non-profits and governmental agencies.
Education:
Dip.Ed., University of Armidale
Ph.D. coursework in Sustainability Leadership, Prescott College
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Paul’s professional experiences serve to focus his coaching style on connecting people to their personal mission and career objectives through participant-centered, experiential frameworks and constructive, insightful questioning. Paul is a certified professional coach with the Coach Training Alliance, has worked in over eight countries, and he has robust experience working with corporate, NGO and governmental organizations. He has an approachable style that enables him to connect with diverse clients. He brings extensive leadership expertise to his practice, and he is dedicated to collaborative, solution-based learning for each client.
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STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Heather Hughes
Professional Actor, Arts Educator & Public Speaking Coach
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Heather is an actor, director and teaching artist. Heather has over 20 years of audition and public-speaking coaching experience as well as extensive experience working with executives on how to lean into their authenticity in the workplace. Heather's years in theatre have taught her that what she identifies as the core tenets of acting; being present, being honest, trusting yourself and listening, are beneficial focuses to ANYONE in any field. When we practice these tenets we become better at communicating, which makes us better managers, co-workers and people in the world. While living in NYC, Heather worked as a Teaching Artist with multiple theatres including The New Victory Theatre, Disney, ENACT, and The Lincoln Center, and worked as an Executive Coach with Gurumaker, founded by New York Times bestselling author on executive presence, Harrison Monarth. Clients included General Electric, Dunkin' Donuts, and the U.S. Army. Heather is currently on faculty in the education department at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and in 2021 was named Western Colorado University's first ever Artist-in-Residence.
Gretchen Reid
Founder & Chief Leadership Architect
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Gretchen is passionate about helping you bring your vision to life through effective leadership and influence skills. You know your business. Gretchen specializes in helping you build your teams and organization in such a way that ensures your success. She brings more than 30 years of experience coaching leaders, creating spaces for transformational conversations, and building customized, award-winning Leadership and Talent Development Programs in the fields of healthcare, wellness, outdoor industry, hospitality, and public service. Her expertise has directly contributed to awards, including Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Forbes America’s Best Employers List, Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, and ASTD BEST. Gretchen is a professor of HR Change Management, Leading a Culture of Innovation, and Leadership Development for DU | University College Strategic HR Masters Program.
ADVISORY BOARD
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Maki Pombo
Owner, Peak Business Consultants, Volcanic Ash Hot Sauce Creator, Dog Lover, Outdoor Adventurist, Bilingual
Diego Plata
Corporate Sustainability Specialist at Stantec, Super Dad, Endurance Athlete, City of Gunnison Mayor, Bilingual, Marketing Pro
Jermaine Rodney
Owner, Jermaine’s Café & Sportsman’s Liquor, Instructional Technology Wiz, Community Convener, Chef, Kickass Human
Mallory Logan
Owner of RoShamBo Marketing + Creative, Designer & Illustrator, Super Mom, Ultrarunner, Former City of Gunnison Mayor Pro Tem, Adventurer
