Denice’s mission to igniting passion and a sense of opportunity into nonprofit, public and for-profit workplaces.   As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with nearly 2000 hours of coaching experience and 20+ years of engaging meeting facilitation, Denice raises leader awareness about attitudes and behaviors that inspire high performance, meaningful results and more joy at work. As President of Managance Consulting & Coaching since 2000, Denice invigorates management and transforms organization performance with provocative strategic planning, and coaching leaders and leadership teams to success. The Managance Leveling Up Leadership System offers leaders the opportunity to connect with their guiding values and beliefs, energizing and motivating tools for engaging productive conversations, and exemplary leadership practices that support extraordinary results.  Denice supports leaders in sharpening and practicing leadership shifts at work and at home every day. Prior to consulting and coaching Denice had a successful career in nonprofit and public management in positions ranging from program associate to executive director. Denice earned an M.S. in Human Services from Nova Southeastern University and a PhD in Public Administration from Florida International University. She is a certified in Conversational Intelligence® and an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner. She is conversational in Spanish. Denice loves to make bead embroidered jewelry.  She and her husband, Larry, love marvel comics and motorcycle riding. They have 2 lovely daughters and 3 dogs. She now happily lives in Mission Viejo in Southern CA and coaches and consults nationally.