Coaches

Chris’s coaching approach stems from his own life experience – his professional, relational and spiritual journey and his 15 years doing deep soul work with me which includes staffing over 100 Crucible weekends. Chris shared, “Awareness of my own life path and my woundedness helps me see the aspirations of others and how to support them in going after that.”

Chris is a husband of over 45 years, father of adult children doing their own good in the world and has relationships with seven grandchildren. He has always been a builder of organizations, enterprises, groups and people, which is where he gleaned much of his insight and wisdom.

Chris has built and run $100 Million+ fundraising organizations through marketing and fund development experience, and helped to guide the strategic growth of organizations and ministries with extensive experience in senior leadership in major organizations and operating business enterprises in a not-for-profit, yet very results oriented, settings. He served as a leadership volunteer in his church and on boards of organizations, ministries and associations with local, national and international focus. Chris led Crucible as the Executive Director 2015-2019. Over his career, he has established productive personal relationships with hundreds of colleagues, clients, and leaders. Chris is a certified Crucible Coach.

Andy Spell loves people and finds coaching others a pure joy. Through being personally coached by others, he has found it incredibly helpful to have someone walk alongside him to help him reach his goals and that experience developed a passion to help others. Andy’s goals as a coach are to establish a relationship, offer encouragement, help with creative solutions to problem spots, offer and gain perspective, and provide challenge to achieve goals.

Andy shares, “Soul work has helped me realize that at times there are blocks to what we want to achieve in our jobs, relationships, and in life. My goal is to help you set up the steps you need to make the difference you want in all areas of your life. My own personal journey of coaching helped me see the limits that I was putting on myself. Those things that I was allowing to keep me sidetracked. I realized that I had the ability and creativity to achieve goals if I put my mind and energy to it. Hard work does pay off!”

Andy has been a pastor since 1986 and currently serves as an Associate Pastor in his local church. He started his Soul Work through Crucible in April of 2010. He has been married to his Cheryl since 1990, is the proud dad of 5 (2 are in-laws), and a proud Pops to 2 grandsons and a granddaughter (his favorite role). His personal belief is that each day possesses possibilities for each of us, and he is eager to help you pursue all the possibilities for you. Andy is a certified coach through both Catalyze Coach Training and Crucible.

Kim Rush is a self-described “optimist, wrapped in a sceptic, wrapped in realist, wrapped in an optimist”. Her unique perspective has been forming along her life’s journey as a daughter, sister, learner, believer, missionary, social worker, wife, mom, contemplative, educator, and friend. Both sorrows and joys have shaped her. Kim values connection, adventure, working hard, playing, puzzling—and is happiest with a mix of all of it combined. Creative and analytical projects energize her. Though her heart is knit into many places, she resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma with Tim, her husband of 25 years. They have 3 grown children, 2 dogs, good friends and a garden. She is passionate about regenerating vibrancy in the world through personal, spiritual, and community growth.

Kim serves as a certified Crucible coach, group leader, and retreat leader. She also develops curriculum and transformational experiences as the founder of Well-Being ministries for soul-care.

Sharon is a Certified Crucible Coach, Certified Shadow Work Coach and International Coaching Federation (ICF) Coach based in Charlotte, NC. Sharon has spent over three decades in corporate America working with Fortune 50 clients as an agile change manager and coach. Since organizational change is all about changing at the individual level, Sharon seamlessly combines her business and life coaching experience with her Shadow Work knowledge to facilitate personal growth.

Sharon’s holistic approach brings clarity, direction, and positive support for her clients. Sharon helps clients live their best life by filling the gap between where they are now, and where they want to be. By identifying where growth is desired, setting goals and objectives, and holding accountability, clients will reach their highest goals and dreams.

Vickie started her healing journey in September of 2016. Over the years, she has staffed many Crucible weekends all over the world. She is training and serving in group and weekend leadership. She is certified as a weekend facilitator and a Crucible Coach. She has completed Basic and Advanced Facilitator training with another organization.

Vickie and her husband, Jordan, were married in January 2009 as a second marriage for both. They live in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago with their two cats, and Vickie loves creating by doing papercrafts, art journaling, and acrylic painting. Vickie also serves at her church volunteering in different areas and leading a small group bible study.

Bob has 14 years of experience facilitating growth and development work through leading Crucible groups and individual sessions. He is an experienced leader and facilitator, having led over 100 impactful workshops and retreats in four countries and online, and trained in several different “schools” of healing and growth facilitation, including Drama Therapy, Body-Centered Transformation, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Four Archetype of Maturity, Crucible Facilitation, and Consciousness/Awareness Shifting.

Bob is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) with training and certification through Coaches Institute International and as a Crucible Coach. He is also a certified Drama Therapy Session Facilitator and Trainer, and certified Crucible coach, group leader, and retreat leader.

Bill is a Certified Crucible Coache who recently retired from a long career in Cybersecurity. Optimistic and encouraging by nature, Bill’s personal mission statement is to "make the world a better place as I engage, coach, and create - connection, opportunity, and hope."

Bill He is a father, grandfather, and husband and is a former triathlon coach and current group leader and retreat leader for Crucible. His initial Crucible weekend in November 2009 and states his work “centered on becoming less of a ‘life's all about me’ kind of guy, and instead, becoming a tender and compassionate husband.”

Byron Myers is currently Crucible’s Men’s Ministry Leader and co-leads the Crucible Coaching Certification program.

Byron attended his initial weekend in October 2009 and has been leading in Crucible ever since. Byron became a retreat leader in 2014 and assumed the Leadership Development Director role in 2017. He is formerly a 30-year teacher, athletic coach and principal at Midland Christian School. He owns his own Coaching business developing leaders of all types.

Byron Earned his B.A. and M.A. in Human Communication from Abilene Christian University. He has been married to his wife Kathy since 1993. He and his wife of 30 years, Kathy, have 3 adult children a son and reside in Granbury, TX.

Lisa joined the staff of Crucible in early 2020 and serves as the Women’s Ministry Leader, which includes leadership development and community growth. She has been involved with women’s soul work since 2015, staffing and leading over 40 weekends. Lisa is passionate about providing safe space for women and men to find healing, support, and live out who God created them to be.

Before coming to Crucible, she owned a coaching business where she supported families through the year of pregnancy and birth as a childbirth educator, birth, and postpartum coach (doula). She has served in many areas at her church over the years, including the women’s ministry leader, small group leader, and worship team member.

Lisa and her husband Chris were married in 2005 and are raising their four children together in Buffalo Grove, IL. She loves playing the piano, gardening, traveling and hearing people’s stories.