Faculty - Coach Masters Academy The Americas

Meet the Coach Masters Academy USA Faculty

Master Certified Coach

Maribel Descallar, MCC, Training Director

Maribel is a credentialed Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and serves as the Program & Training Director for the USA.
With over 25 years as a Senior Leader in People Management, International Training and Development, she believes in the transformative power of coaching and mentorship to humanize workplaces and communities.
Maribel specializes in change management, employee engagement, and performance management, collaborating with business and civic leaders.

Maribel Descallar, Master Certified Coach by The International Coaching Federation

Azadeh Entezami, PCC, part of team Coach Masters Academy USA

Professional Certified Coach

Azadeh Entezami, PCC

Azadeh is a multilingual Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation fluent in English, German, and Farsi.

With over 4 years of experience, she specializes in coaching executives, leaders, and individuals for professional and personal development.

As an active faculty member at Coach Masters Academy (CMA), Azadeh delivers the Core and Advanced Coach Training, Supervision, and Mentoring Programs, supporting students in their certification and credentialing journeys.

Her passion lies in collaborating with executives, leaders, teams, and individuals to enhance career prospects and personal growth. Azadeh creates a focused space for clients to explore their goals, tapping into innate strengths and resources for achievement.

Master Certified Coach

Lina Cherry, MCC, Training Director

Lina is also a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and started her career in coaching by working with many private and corporate clients. She is the regional Training Director for the Middle East and the Gulf.

During this journey she worked with clients of all facets of life, partnering with them to enable them to experience powerful shifts in their thinking and inspire them to use their innate capacity to reach their goals.

She specializes in working with women, helping them to lead healthy relationships and over come old negative patterns, by strengthening and raising their self-confidence and self-value. She also works with adolescents and young adults on resolving challenges related to self-esteem, goal setting, growth, and development.

Lina Cherri, PCC, part of team Coach Masters Academy The Americas

Magda Tepoi, MCC, part of team Coach Masters Academy USA

Professional Certified Coach

Magda Tepoi, PCC, Training Director

Magda Tepoi, a PCC – ICF (Professional Certified Coach) and the Training Director for Romania, brings over 20 years of international relations experience. Notably, in 2002, she established the first Regional Chamber of Commerce in Romania and served as the permanent representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania to the European Institutions in Brussels for six years.

With a Ph.D. in International Economics Relations, Magda has merged her extensive experience with academia since 2000. She lectures on subjects like intercultural management, public speaking, international trade, negotiations, and entrepreneurial coaching.

Magda has been a sought-after speaker at international conferences and has conducted seminars for prestigious institutions such as the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht, Netherlands, and the Advancia Negocia Master in Entrepreneurship at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Paris, France. She has also shared her expertise with JADE – the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises and various universities in Romania, Turkey, and the Republic of Moldova, offering insights to business organizations and multinational companies globally.
Her clientele includes Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola, Eon, Saint-Gobain, Euler Hermes, Alliance Healthcare, Telekom, Accenture, Bitdefender, and more.

Dr. Ben Koh, MCC

Master Certified Coach

Founder of Coach Masters Academy Dr. Ben ranks among the most influential thought leaders in transformative coaching, aligning potential with performance. He is a much sought-after international C-Suite Coach, with over 20 years of Leadership Effectiveness.

Coach Masters Academy has a global presence across 5 continents and Dr. Ben pioneers what has become CMA’s proprietary coaching framework; Awareness-Clarity-Choice Conversation™.

Ben is a certified Master Coach and Mentor Coach – the highest accreditation for professional coaching awarded by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

He believes that there is no greater reward than to help others realize their potential and live fuller lives. He is also firmly committed to advancing the art, science, and practice of professional coaching and helping many others become certified Coaches.

We are so excited to share that Dr Ben Koh, our Founder, has been selected for the inaugural #Coaches50 list, which highlights the top 50 coaches in 2024 by Thinkers50 and is supported by coaching.com!

It celebrates the influence and contributions of coaches who make a meaningful impact on leadership, management, and organisations worldwide.

Dr. Ben Koh is a certified Master Coach and Mentor Coach – the highest accreditation for professional coaching awarded by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)

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