KL WELLS
FOUNDER & ceo
KL Wells helps inspired executives turn their most intense challenges into transformative skill sets that transcend their circumstances and reclaim their own power to create extraordinary human impact.
For more than twenty years, she collaborated with hundreds of non-profit organizations, effectively leading initiatives with CEOs, senior executives, board directors, trustees and philanthropists that have attracted hundreds of millions of dollars to ignite organizational and community-wide change.
Since landing in Eugene 10 years ago, KL’s passion for helping CEOs and business owners led her to training and consulting on business strategies, strategic networking, revenue generation and executive leadership development. Today she spends hundreds of hours annually, facilitating powerful productive conversations, that help her clients grow as powerful leaders creating successful companies.
Additionally and more recently, KL’s mission for helping families and parents of addicted loved ones has inspired her to launch VoicesInCourage, which is an emerging community that provides instrumental resources for individuals who need to heal, connect and grow during some of the most challenging times in their lives. Her desire to elevate those courageous voices will be a big part of her professional evolution in 2021.
KL is a community leader, influential speaker and mother. She was raised both in the Washington, D.C. area and on a 20,000 acre Montana cattle ranch just north of Yellowstone National Park. As the daughter of an Episcopalian minister, she grew up surrounded by three generations of successful entrepreneurs, and cowboys.
TUCKER STINE
Vice president - brand strategy
Tucker is a results-driven connector, personal and organizational brand architect, leadership coach and public speaker. He has over 25 years of success in building personal and professional brands, developing experiential marketing strategies, constructing strategic communications programs, advising emerging entrepreneurs and coaching keynote speakers, conscious-driven businesses and thought leaders through impactful storytelling built on the foundation of brand architecture.
He thrives as an entrepreneur, core team leader, industry mentor and catalyst for generational movements that ignite societal change through the power of voice. He has helped 250+ speakers and thought leaders take the stage and share their global ideas for change, including the highly sought after TED platform. His clients have been featured on TED, Goalcast, Upworthy, The Today Show, the Sundance Film Festival and hundreds of podcasts with over 100 million views and counting. With one goal in mind… to share a courageous, vulnerable voice and have a powerful seat at the table of global conversation, every opportunity they can.
Tucker believes in the power of human connection, radical authenticity, and human impact through speaking, storytelling and thought leadership brand architecture. He inspires his clients to follow that same path through their own words. One story at a time. This is the passion he brings to Voices InCourage as Vice President of Brand Strategy.
Family is one of the most important pillars of Tucker’s life. When he is not helping conscious leaders impact their world, he can be found traveling the Hawaiian islands, climbing the Eastern Sierras or exploring new places with his amazing wife of over 20 years and their two teenage kids.
JENN STINE
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY development
Jennifer Stine is a community leader who is a coach, mentor, speaker, and writer. For almost a decade, she has helped hundreds of people discover their inner strength to become the best version of themselves.
Jennifer began her professional career as a third grade teacher, and later taught Kindergarten. After many years as a private school teacher, she became a stay at home mom after giving birth to two children. During this time, she discovered a passion for fitness, and pursued a career in the health and wellness industry. She became Head Coach and Manager at a local studio in San Diego, and also served as Sales Manager and Director of Community Relations. She enjoys mentoring clients and bringing communities together to live their best lives possible.
Jennifer attended Bo Eason’s Mastermind Program, where she began her speaking career. As a speaker and coach, she has spoken to elementary schools and battered women’s groups. She further developed her skills working intensively one on one with an Emotional Intelligence program for over 18 months. Her passion lies in helping families who have a loved one struggling with addiction. She is currently pursuing this passion as Vice President of Community Development with Voices InCourage, where she is a content writer and blog contributor.
A graduate of Boston College and Bostonian at heart, she moved to San Diego after marrying her college sweetheart, where they still reside with their two teenage children.
STEVE CARY
Vice president - DIGITAL strategy
Steve has spent the majority of his career in technology: IT, broadband communication infrastructure, Internet of Things and Robotics where he helped launch new generations of robotic arms for unmanned ground vehicles.
Most recently, Steve served as the Sales & Marketing Executive for Eugene, OR based wireless technology firm Feeney Wireless. He oversaw sales and marketing, serving as Vice President throughout this time and leading to company growth from 30 people to over 120 staff before it was acquired by publicly traded Novatel Wireless - now Inseego (NASDAQ: INSG).
Steve's focus now is on strategy consulting - helping businesses leverage digital marketing to grow their business online. He also mentors other entrepreneurs by teaching them how to implement digital marketing technology to improve their online presence.
Steve is a husband of 20+ years and father to two teenage kids who he's helping to create entrepreneurs at an early age.
Steve's passion is being an athlete for life so he can pursue martial arts and outdoor sports like trail running and mountain biking.