Moira Kelley
Virtual Assistant, Communication Specialist
Moira is the Peak-Careers Virtual Assistant handling registrations, and supporting Jim in the Learning Management System, website, and more. She also manages all social media posts for Peak Careers. She has taken several of Peak-Careers’ online seminars and has done in-person workshops with founder, Jim Peacock.
As a Wisconsin Career Development Association (WCDA) board member, she was instrumental in bringing Jim to Wisconsin for a WCDA event. Moira’s career has evolved over her 25+ years with the Adult Career and Special Student Services office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. With training and experience as a career and education counselor working with returning adult and nontraditional students, she initially provided career counseling and academic advising for the office. Over time, she began taking on communications-related roles beginning with managing the office website. Currently, she is the office’s full-time communications manager. With retirement in the not-so-distant future, she recently completed a copyediting certificate through UC San Diego. Her goal is to work as a freelance editor after retiring from the university.
Moira lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her son, a standard poodle, and two cats. She loves to read, do word and jigsaw puzzles, walk, bike, travel, and ski.
Mark Danaher
Instructor: Retirement Coaching, Career Advising Using Happenstance, Understanding Holland Interest Theory
Mark is the founder of Mark Danaher Training and Coaching. He helps professionals make career changes from work they hate to work they will love.
He has been a career counselor and coach for over 25 years, helping professionals connect the dots to reduce stress, regain balance, and thrive in their life and career.
Through his private coaching practice, Mark presents workshops and training for career professionals, universities, businesses, and organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally. His commitment is to help people find the work and live they love and deserve. He has a passion for helping people reinvent themselves to be ready for their next adventure. Mark has been awarded the NCDA Fellows award based on his work in career development.
Hannah Morgan
Instructor: LinkedIn: Advancing Your Skills
Hannah Morgan is a trainer and job search strategist. She has worked in outplacement services, a graduate school center, a Department of Labor one-stop, and as a recruiter/HR generalist. She is a nationally recognized author and speaker on job search trends and was previously a LinkedIn Top Voice in job search and careers.
She founded CareerSherpa to combine her career expertise with her love of writing, speaking, and social media. Hannah is a regular contributor to U.S. News & World Report. She has been quoted by media outlets including Kiplinger, Forbes, and Money Magazine. She is the author of The Infographic Resume and co-author of Social Networking for Business Success. She is active across various social media platforms.
Bret Anderson
Instructor: Career Readiness for Justice-Involved Citizens: Factors, Methods, and Insights
Bret Anderson, Ph.D. is the President and principle instructor of h2 Communication, LLC, which is a veteran-owned small business that provides career development and leadership training and education services for a variety of industries. Dr. Anderson is a certified Offender Workforce Development Specialist and Offender Employment Retention Specialist. He has worked with incarcerated veterans since 2004. Full Bio
Edythe Richards
Instructor: EQ at Work
Edythe Richards is a career counselor and trainer who has helped thousands of people locate and sustain meaningful employment. She is the founder of A Top Career, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm that empowers people to clarify values, resolve stressors, and balance personal priorities with professional pursuits. She is also the creator and host of several podcast series, including Myers-Briggs Question Corner, and EQ at Work.
Edythe is a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), Myers-Briggs Master Practitioner, certified Gallup Strengths Coach, and a certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and Trainer with a Master’s in Counseling. Connect with Edythe on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter.
Michelle Tullier
Instructor: Anxiety and Career Development
Dr. Michelle Tullier has contributed to the career development profession for more than thirty years as a career counselor, instructor, trainer, and author. She received the NCDA Outstanding Career Practitioner Award in 2023. In full-time private practice since 2019 with her national firm Careers Uncomplicated, Michelle’s prior career counseling affiliations include Barnard College and New York University. She served as executive director of the career center at Georgia Tech and on the Honors Program faculty teaching interdisciplinary perspectives on the psychology of work, with a focus on purposeful work.
Michelle taught career development theory and approaches to career assessment to hundreds of continuing education students as adjunct faculty for seven years in an NYU certificate program in adult career development. During thirteen years with the global outplacement firm Right Management, Michelle held regional leadership roles in which she supervised and mentored 100+ career consultants.
A former associate editor of NCDA’s Career Convergence magazine, Michelle is also the author of nine books published by Penguin, Wiley, JIST, and The Princeton Review. She is a former board member and current member of the Georgia Career Development Association, as well as an active member and conference presenter with the Maine Career Development Association.
Michelle’s scholarly interests include the convergence of mental health and career development, with a special interest in anxiety disorders. Her practice specialty is helping young adults out of the ‘failure to launch’ rut. She holds a BA from Wellesley College and a PhD in counseling psychology from UCLA.
Tullier is pronounced “too-lee-yay,” but she’ll answer to anything remotely close.
Ann Nakaska
Instructor: Career Trends of the Future — So Much More than AI and Robots
Ann Nakaska BA, M. Ed., CDF has specialized in career decision making and career planning for over 15 years and has over 30 years experience in personal and professional development. She has a background in business, accounting, psychology, education, and career development.
Ann has always been interested in labor market information and became fascinated in the future workplace when reading William Bridge’s book Jobshift. She is very concerned about the future workplace and the replacement of people by robots, the starting point of her research on career opportunities of the future and work trends.
Her work is guided by Parson’s work on knowing industry and William Bridges work on transitions and his book Jobshift. Her research into the fourth industrial revolution technologies and career opportunities of the future is recognized and shared by career practitioners all over the world.
She has given numerous presentations on the topic of future career opportunities, the fourth industrial revolution, and work trends at career development conferences in Canada and at NCDA conferences in the US. Her presentations can be best described as Labor Market Information with Lipstick. Her passion is to “show” practitioners what future work will look like not just site statistics.
She is optimistic and excited about the future of work, has written articles and delivered many presentations on the fourth industrial revolution and offers hope for the future. She has also guest-edited a special journal on How We Will Work in the Future.
Linda Sollars 
Instructor: Facilitating Career Development (FCD)
Linda is one of Denver’s most well-known job-seeking consultants and provides an inspiring, heartfelt and
common-sense approach to job development and career development training. She has transformed the
focus of individuals, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and businesses.
As President of Creating Purpose LLC, a coaching and consulting firm in Golden, Colorado, she works with
individuals and businesses, aligning their strengths with a solid foundation of purpose, motivation,
quality and success. She has also provided Facilitating Career Development (FCD) training for the past 17
years, leading to credentialing nationally and internationally.
Linda spent 20 years in senior level marketing positions before transitioning into career coaching and training
and has been a featured panelist on CBS, Channel 4, a featured expert on ABC, Channel 9, and several
national forums. Her workshops and keynotes extend to government, education, non-profit and private
business regionally and nationally.
She holds master’s degrees in both adult development and creative writing, and is an affiliate professor in
psychology, social psychology, positive psychology, and career development at Regis University in
Denver. She holds advanced certifications in organizational training and development and strategic leadership and
coaching, and carries the Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor (GCDFi) credential as well as
the Certified Master of Career Services (CMCS) credential from NCDA.
Linda is the recipient of the Rich Feller Award for the outstanding career development practitioner in
Colorado and has been selected to the national Leadership Academy for the National Career
Development Association.
