Corene Grillo

Corene Grillo is a SEL Coach at Navigate 360. She leads with 20 plus years of professional education experience with in-person & EdTech virtual instruction, Title I-A Intervention, curriculum development, and academic leadership. Her positive energy and warm heart guide a strong passion & dedication in seeking and implementing social-emotional learning best practices for all to thrive upon. Corene’s relatable “teacher” identity welcome opportunities to listen and understand educator perspectives while expanding a growth mindset and navigating success. She, her husband, 2 teenagers, and 2 dogs live in Metro Detroit, Michigan.

Jessica Kent

Jessica is a SEL coach at Navigate 360. She has more than a decade of experience in K-12 education, including teaching, curriculum leadership and EdTech. She is currently managing SEL curriculum in the K-12 market. Jessica is also the Co-founder of Brick by Brick Educational Consultants, an organization that helps teachers build effective relationships with at-risk students and parents to improve academic outcomes. Jessica’s passion is supporting educators and parents in empowering their students with a holistic education and cultivating academic and personal development.

Macy Lane

Macy Lane is an SEL coach and lifelong learner. With almost 20 years of experience in education, she is most proud of the relationships she created with students and colleagues. Presently, as an IB Coordinator, she collaborates with teachers to create engaging curricula, as well as provide professional development throughout the year. Her current passion is exploring the connection between SEL and inquiry-based learning.

Paige Marie Phelps

Paige has been in education for over 20 years working with adolescent youth and their families as a social and emotional learning specialist, mindfulness coordinator, prevention coach, guidance counselor and teacher. Paige is also the CEO and Co-founder of IM Mindful, an organization that provides social and emotional wellness courses for students, families and educators. In addition, Paige is a certified yoga teacher (200 RYT) and wellness, SEL and trauma-informed yoga teacher (200 RYT). Paige’s passion is supporting youth, families and educators with their wellness needs and empowering them to draw on their strengths, skills and values to unearth their purpose to fuel their passion and bring out the best version of themselves.

Tracy Weingartz

Tracy comes from a family of educators and has been volunteering and working in classrooms since a young age. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Michigan State University before completing her Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Grand Valley University. Tracy previously taught for eight years in kindergarten and first grade. She served on many district teams, including the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports team, where she discovered her passion for Social-Emotional Learning. She enjoys spending time outside with her husband and her dog.

Adam Efird

Adam joins us from the great state of North Carolina, where he grew up in a small farming community. From an early age, his experience as a tutor for friends and family created a passion for helping others. As a first-generation college student, he found himself drawn to teaching. He began his teaching career at a school that was launching a PBIS initiative, an atmosphere that fit well with his belief that all people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

It didn’t take long for his school and district to notice Adam’s enthusiasm, optimism and energy when it came to promoting PBIS. He worked tirelessly toward improving PBIS practices and encouraged his fellow staff members to join in the excitement of developing PBIS expectations and procedures. Thanks to his passion for PBIS, Adam has presented at several schools in his district and has helped many across the state in developing their PBIS initiatives.

Adam holds degrees in music education, counselor education and school administration. After a decade of using these degrees at the school and district levels, Adam was ready to expand his reach. As a professional development educator with PBIS Rewards, he now trains schools all over the world!

Anna Michaels

Growing up in a family of teachers, Anna knew early on that education would be in her future. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a degree in Elementary Education, she started her classroom career with 6th graders as a science and social studies teacher. Her career path led her to become an assistant principal and allowed her to help students and teachers be successful each day. Her passion for working with students, teachers and others continued to grow as she found new opportunities with Motivating Systems.

Anna is a native Texan, through and through. She knows where to find the best chicken fried steak and says that word ‘y’all’ often! She is sadly lacking in cowgirl skills but will happily chat with you about the Dallas Cowboys any day (especially after a winning game). When Anna isn’t working, she loves to travel, see movies and spend time with friends.

Nickey Nichols

Nickey comes to us from the “Natural State” (aka Arkansas), where she grew up in a rural area outside of North Little Rock. As one of five children, Nickey began her education during a time of desegregation in her hometown. Instead of attending the school in her neighborhood, she was assigned to another school across town! Nickey’s parents instilled in her a passion for learning and her teachers encouraged and guided her along the way. As a first-generation college student, she attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She began her teaching career in Pulaski County in the same district in which she once was a student.

Nickey holds a degree and certificate in elementary education, social work and special education. She worked with teachers and students in Arkansas and Texas for 15 years as both a teacher and/or instructional coach. She’s also been a district-level RTI/PBIS coordinator with more than 10 years of experience working with schools in implementing PBIS. She understands PBIS in the classroom as well as at the district level.

India Williams

India Williams is a native of Evansville, IN. Her love for reading, learning, diversity, community, travel and fun began at an early age. Every Friday, her mother would take her and her little brother to the public library to “travel” to a new country and learn about different cultures through books, crafts and conversations. India was inspired by her mother’s use of creativity to not let limited resources keep her family from having enriching experiences.

Those weekly experiences inspired India to become a teacher. She attended Indiana University on a full academic scholarship. She later obtained a masters degree in education from Indiana Wesleyan University. India taught at public, parochial and independent schools in Evansville and Indianapolis. She has a long, rich history of building up, educating and developing youth. India has been a diversity director for preschool through 8th grade students, has started youth ministries in various organizations and founded a women’s ministry that is still going strong after 20 years. After years of teaching students, India now works with teachers as a professional development educator at PBIS Rewards.

In her spare time, India still enjoys reading, learning, traveling, building community and having fun with diverse people. One of her most meaningful accomplishments is being able to continue the tradition her mother started by taking her own two children to the public library to enjoy books, crafts and conversations every Friday.

Kara Yates

Kara has always had an eye for detail and thrives on organization and processes. It makes sense that for more than 14 years, Kara spent time as an English teacher in the secondary setting. As her career in education grew, she found a love for technology and the doors it opened for her students. She has served as an eLearning coach, coordinator for the Indiana Department of Education and director of instructional technology. Kara finally left the school setting to become an EdTech consultant for districts all over the state of Indiana and a national trainer for Google. She is beyond thrilled to be back in her hometown working for a company that puts students’ needs first and has a passion for education.

Kara is a proud Evansville native. She now resides in Warrick County with her family. Kara can be found at home cooking with her three boys who seem to never have enough to eat. She is a pop culture junkie and will challenge anyone to some 80’s and 90’s trivia. Her family is constantly begging her to turn down the radio and stop singing so loudly. The next road trip is constant in conversation as Kara loves creating adventures with her boys and husband.

Kara’s perfect day would include Hallmark movies, being surrounded by water, Doritos, and peanut M &M’s and laughing with her friends!