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2026 COATD LearnFest
We are excited to bring you a mini-conference with maximum impact.
⭐ Upskill and network all before lunchtime.
⭐ Two workshops AND a keynote speaker!
Workshop #1
Topic: Responsible AI Use
Facilitator: Megan Hysell
Session description coming soon!
About Megan:
Megan Hysell has over 20 years of experience in healthcare as a human resources professional and behavioral health administrative director. While she loved leading people, Megan sorely missed the creativity and connection of her education roots. She made a mid-career shift and now provides career coaching and facilitates trainings & team discussions with leading healthcare professionals at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, one of Forbes 2026 best large employers. Megan helps individuals and employers evaluate their practices through a sociological lens that considers how we can create a better world around us.
Workshop #2
Topic: Building Culture to Achieve Results
Facilitators: Andy Aichele & Sarah Blackford
Session description coming soon!
About Andy:
Andy Aichele is the co-founder of Culture Always Partners LLC, developing and delivering services in learning & development, leadership coaching and culture transformation. He believes culture is what we do, and engagement is what we think about that. The connector is our behaviors and the choices we make every moment of every day. Andy’s coaching and facilitation style aims to help leaders make those consistent behavior choices to achieve a culture of ALWAYS.
Andy served as Vice President of Education at COSI, leading and supporting a transformative education ecosystem that empowered learning in lives and communities locally and globally through hands-on, accessible, fun and engaging experiences. He provided strategic vision and facilitation for COSI University, an organization-wide professional development portfolio focused on leadership development, career development, onboarding, and team infrastructure and engagement. Andy led the Organizational Learning & Development functions at NetJets Services, Inc. and at the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Ohio Museums Association recognized Andy as the Museum Professional of the Year for 2022. Andy serves on the State of Ohio STEM Committee, served as Chapter President and VP of Programs for Central Ohio chapter of Association of Talent Development (ATD), and was a co-leader of the Learning Leaders Forum. He also served four times as TEDxYouth@Columbus organizer and curator.
Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in business administration, with a focus on organizational behavior, from Capital University.
About Sarah:
Sarah Blackford is the co-founder of Culture Always Partners LLC, guiding organizations toward sustainable success through culture transformation, leadership coaching, and L&D initiatives. Her philosophy is centered on empowering individuals and teams to make the conscious choices that build a culture of ALWAYS.
With a human-centered and service-oriented career, Sarah's work is defined by her tenure in leadership roles such as Manager, People Development and Delivery. In the aviation sector (British Airways), she was a transformative leader, responsible for reimagining and delivering a global service culture change that impacted how customers were served. Built around five core pillars, her expertise lies in bridging operational rigor with service excellence, designing holistic onboarding, leadership development, and instructional design programs, and creating clear, repeatable systems that ensure consistent performance and clarify how every role—from the front lines to the back office—shapes the customer experience across primary care, aviation, education, and nonprofit environments. She is a certified trainer for the Crucial Learning Suite (Crucial Conversations, Crucial Influencer, Getting Things Done (GTD)), and InsideOut Coaching.
Closing Keynote
Leadership reDEFYned: Infusing Authenticity to Maximize Culture
by Tami Chapek, WeInspireWe
Studies demonstrate that authenticity is the best pathway to success and leads to greater outcomes. Yet, we continue to see leaders that look, talk, act, and lead alike. This consistency leads to status quo approaches and average results. Rather than continue this path of adequacy, we must reDEFYne leadership and the pathways to get there.
We know that the best leaders are authentic and lean into their strengths and gifts, offering what they have versus focusing on what they don’t. But these leaders are few and far between. Leadership reDEFYned approaches leadership development through a new lens, empowering great leadership at all levels, for all team members, creating a ripple effect of positivity, innovation, and lasting engagement.
In Leadership reDEFYned program, individuals will:
- Understand how to reDEFYne leadership to unleash potential in themselves and others
- Deepen self-awareness and connection to strengths and gifts
- Tap into authenticity to empower self with a personal leadership vision
- Walk away with inspiration to create transformational change organizationally
About Tami:
Tami Chapek is the Founder and CEO of WeInspireWe, an award-winning leadership and performance coach, author of Leadership reDEFYned, and a dynamic speaker known for her transformative approach to leadership. As a Forbes contributor and credentialed coach (PCC, CPC, ELI-MP), she focuses on "reDEFYning Leadership" to inspire positive change in organizations and individuals. Tami's speaking engagements cover a range of topics centered on leadership, personal development, and performance, empowering her audience to lead with authenticity and impact.
Tami Chapek has been professionally speaking throughout the bulk of her over 25 year career - across marketing and advertising and now leadership development circles. Tami has presented to groups large and small - and incorporates a dynamic presentation style that is engaging and informative. Tami has provided speaking and training programs across a multitude of industries and has partnered with large institutions like Google, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Charles Schwab, Guidehouse, Chief, Ellevate, and more.
