NECS Bios

Natalia Ortiz-Mena

Natalia Ortiz Mena, MA, PCC is founder of Coaching y Desarrollo, an executive coaching firm based in Mexico City since 2002, specialized in executive coaching for leadership, personal and professional development, as well as effective transitioning.  Located in Mexico City, Natalia specializes in the leadership development and executive coaching. She holds an MA in Human and Organizational development and a BA in Psychology

Linda J. Page

Dr. Page earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology (ASPP) in Chicago, Illinois after earning her Ph.D. at Princeton University. Most of her courses were delivered in Toronto at what was then called the Alfred Adler Institute of Ontario. After a three-year internship at the Rudolf Dreikurs Centre for Counselling and Education under the supervision of Larry Nisan, M.Ed., and Evelyn Wolff, M.D., she opened her own practice as a psychotherapist in 1981. She co-founded the Psychotherapy Institute of Toronto with Susan Rosenthal, M.D., in 1987 to train M.A. students and physicians in Adlerian psychotherapy. Because of her academic and graduate teaching background, she was invited to direct Chicago’s M.A. program in Toronto, which she did from 1989 to 2006. During part of that time, she commuted to Chicago to teach as a member of ASPP’s doctoral core faculty and to direct the Adler Centre for Gender and Cultural Studies. She founded Adler’s Professional Coaching Certificate Program in 1998, an initiative that now has representatives in the United States, Europe and Central Asia.

Marc Pitman

Concord Leadership Group founder Marc A. Pitman, CSP® helps leaders lead their teams with more effectiveness and less stress. His latest book is The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be. He’s also the author of Ask Without Fear!® – which has been translated into Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Mandarin. Marc’s expertise and enthusiasm engages audiences around the world both in person and with online presentations. And has caught the attention of media organizations as diverse as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Al Jazeera, Fox News, SUCCESS magazine, and Real Simple.