Pictured from left to right: Dr. Jessica Matthews, Melissa Talwar, Dr. Ruth Wolever, Dr. Karen Lawson, Dr. Micheal Arloski, Meg Root, Karen Woodmansee, Jay Petterson; not pictured Margaret Moore 

Dr. Karen Lawson is the founder and CEO of IHWC Productions, a consulting company that works with programs and individuals to advance and expand training in Integrative Health Coaching and Holistic Healthcare. She served as the founder and Director of Integrative Health Coaching at the University of Minnesota from 2005-2022. A physician—board-certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine—she is also a founding Diplomat of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine as well as Past-President (2004-2005) of the American Holistic Medical Association. Dr. Karen is a founding board member of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) and continues to serve the organization. A published author and researcher, she speaks nationally to diverse audiences on the power of holistic health care practices and integrative health coaching.

Dr. Ruth Wolever is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, with secondary appointments in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She leads the Vanderbilt Health Coaching Certificate Program through the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt. Dr. Wolever is a national board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC) and a clinical health psychologist with over 20 years of experience training and mentoring medical and allied health professionals in behavioral medicine, emotional health, and health coaching. A founding member of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) and president of the board of directors from January 2016 – February 2019 as well as an active board member to this day, Dr. Wolever is internationally-recognized for her expertise in health and wellness coaching, she has 25 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating behavior change programs for medical patients and those at risk for chronic disease. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Wolever has co-authored over 80 articles and academic chapters, and collaboratively given over 260 peer-reviewed or invited presentations. She also co-authored The Mindful Diet, released in 2015.

Margaret Moore— also known as Coach Meg— is a 17-year veteran of the biotechnology industry and in 2000 founded Wellcoaches Corporation, which has trained more than 14,000 health professionals as coaches in 50 countries. Margaret is co-founder and chair of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital as well as co-founder and current board member of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), in which she serves as Chair of the Healthcare Commission. Margaret is the co-author of the Coaching Psychology Manual as well as Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life and Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life. Additionally, she is an editor and chapter author of the AMA's Coaching in Medical Education.

Karen Woodmansee is the owner of Time For You Fitness, LLC., a company specializing in well-being, coaching, and program creation. As an industry leader in health and well-being for over 25 years as well as a national board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC), Karen serves as a subject matter expert and master coach for the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and has been involved in the creation and delivery of several National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC)-approved training and education programs, including at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. In sharing her passion for coaching with others, she provides mentorship to other health and wellness coaches at all stages of their careers. Additionally, Karen has served as an instructor for health coaching and behavior change courses for both ACE and East Carolina University, is an adjunct professor of nutrition at Three Rivers Community College, and also serves as a national presenter and media spokesperson in which she serves as a contributor for various wellness-related articles and publications.

Melissa Talwar is a national board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC) with specialized training in functional medicine as well as Executive Director for the Support Fibromyalgia Network— a national nonprofit organization. She splits her time as a functional medicine health coach in group medical visits with brain health and chronic pain groups, as well as passionately engages as a patient advocate for federal and state level legislation that seeks to improve healthcare and patients' rights. She is the instigator and organizer of Fibromyalgia Advocacy Hill Days and training, and partners with other organizations to pass bills like Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act.

After multiple concussions and a sports injury that resulted in chronic debilitating pain and led to over a decade of declining health, leaving her homebound and with no hope of addressing her fibromyalgia and "autoimmune something" diagnoses. However, using functional and integrative medicine principles, Melissa was able to reclaim her health and is now on a mission to empower patients to find wellness again through health coaching and patient advocacy to ensure no one ever has to fight alone.