SHELLEY SMITH
Managing Director, Leadership Practice & Executive Coach
Shelley joined LAK Group in 2019 with more than 20 years of experience in leadership, consulting with executives, and coaching and organizational development. Shelley’s passion is to help leaders and organizations focus on purpose and talent to help move individuals and organizations forward. Shelley’s areas of expertise include executive coaching, physician leadership coaching, leadership/talent development, change and succession management, and performance consulting. She is a certified facilitator of Situational Leadership and Leveraging Your Power to Influence from the Center for Leadership Studies, Leading Organizational Transitions from Linkage, Inc, based on William Bridges’ change and transition work, and is a Master Trainer for AchieveGlobal.
Before joining LAK Group, Shelley was part of the Talent and Organization Development team at Aurora Health Care, most recently serving in the Senior Director Leadership Development position. Her accomplishments include:
- The development of their Coaching Practice Center
- Receiving the National Center for Healthcare Leadership’s BOLD (Best Organizations in Leadership Development) Award
- Building out and starting a regional medical center campus
- Started multiple training programs and consulting initiatives focused on talent management, change management, physician leadership development, and organizational development
- Shelley also spent 16 years in the financial services industry in various roles that included leading the training and development function, the financial and regulatory turnaround of a branch office, and the oversight of multiple professional teams.
Shelley holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and a Master’s in Business Administration from Concordia University of Wisconsin. She is proudly passionate about the credibility of the coaching profession, is a faculty member of the Coach Academy International, an ICF certified coach, and is certified through The Physician Coaching Institute. Shelley is also a certified practitioner of the MBTI, the Hogan Assessment Suite, Clifton StrengthsFinder, KornFerry Voices 360, Lominger Leadership Architect, and Prosci Change Management. In addition, she will complete her certification in the Coaching Mindset Index early in 2020.
In her free time, Shelley enjoys spending time with her grandsons, her Mastiffs, and her husband on their Harley Davidson, seeing many beautiful local and national sights.
You can reach Shelley via her email: sbeaver@lak-group.com

Mike Milsted
PRESIDENT, MANAGING PARTNER

MICHAEL GRUBICH
PRESIDENT, MANAGING PARTNER

AIMEE LOUW
DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS

ANDY HILLIG
Director, Customer Solutions and Executive Coach

CHERI THOMKA
OFFICE MANAGER

COLETTE M. LUCKIE
MA, BCC

CORY COLTON
PCC, BCC

DONNA KARTZ
CLIENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR

GREG ZISSER
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

IVAN BENSON
PHR, ACC, BCC

JOAN H. EVANS
BS PT, MBA

JOHN D. RICE

KATHY OSWALD

KRISTA R. MORRISSEY
MAE-OD, PCC

LAURA K. DOLNIK
MA, PCC

LAURA PARRINO
SENIOR EXECUTIVE CAREER CONSULTANT

LAURIE KOEL
M.S., PCC

LORI LUTZE
MS

MARCELLA DE LA TORRE
EdD, ACC

MIKE TOUHEY
MBA, ACC

SHELLY Beaver
Senior Consultant

VERONICA ROLLANDI
ACC

YENGYEE LOR
MA, PCC