The Power of IQ-Compounding: The RKE Team
Dr. Chip Roper
Managing Partner
Chip is poised to take you and your team to new depths of clarity and effectiveness as he draws on 30+ years of leadership experience along with comprehensive training in coaching, counseling, and leadership. Corporate execs and senior leaders find in Chip a trusted member of their team.
Ken Kinard
Founding Partner
Ken's passion is creativity. Let him get you and your team unstuck by engaging their full capacities to solve old problems and seize new opportunities. Ken has used his creative and coaching skills to enhance bottom line impact as well as drive business success.
Sarah Evers
Founding Partner
Sarah is ready to take your leadership to the next level. Execs lean on her strengths-based insights to galvanize teams towards key goals. With 25+ years developing senior and emerging leaders, she coaches clients to make their greatest contribution while leading high performing teams.
Consultants
Ka Cotter
Brandon Addison
Brandon Addison
Senior Consultant
An original employee and executive team member, Ka Cotter helped grow The Staubach Company to a $500 million multinational commercial real estate services firm that successfully merged with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in July of 2008. Ka’s expertise extends to corporate real estate, sales, growth strategies, customer service, and nonprofit development.
Brandon Addison
Brandon Addison
Brandon Addison
Consultant
Brandon Addison has decades of experience working with executive and organizational leadership, including working with New York Times bestselling authors, consulting with top-tier government officials, coaching Fortune 500 organizations, and leading various clients through transformative change.
Liz Sastre
Brandon Addison
Liz Sastre
Consultant
Liz Sastre has thousands of hours of experience helping leaders gain the confidence and tools needed to pursue their goals. Liz is committed to guiding leaders overcome internal and external challenges and move them toward a clear and values-based path forward.
Advisory
David Ridley
Senior Business Advisor
RKE Partners with David Ridley to deliver business growth advisory services.
Imagine consistently growing your business, year over year, for decades. David Ridley didn't just imagine it, he did it. Dave founded Invesco's Real Estate business and led it to market prominence over his 32 year run. He is an expert at building the kind of team that can keep winning business over the long haul.
Content Experts
Jeanne Stewart
Yeathus Johnson
Yeathus Johnson
HR Compliance Expert
We know you want to take great care of your team and obey the law. Jeanne is the expert who can help you build the kind of healthy culture that produces consistent results and is a great place to work. Her broad knowledge of HR issues makes her an asset to business client
Yeathus Johnson
Yeathus Johnson
Yeathus Johnson
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Expert
We know that diverse teams are stronger and more successful than less diverse teams. We also know that there's a lot to learn when it comes to listening well and honoring colleagues so that unconscious biases don't derail potential. Yeathus is an expert in Cultural Intelligence. His dissertation is on Developing Cultural Intelligence in Executive Leaders.