Advanced Leadership

Regina Barr, MBA, MA is a former banking and financial services marketing executive and Founder and CEO of Red Ladder, Inc., and the Women at the Top® Network. Regina helps organizations manage transitions, complete major projects, build strong teams and develop leadership talent. She is a well-known consultant, coach, trainer and professional speaker with over two decades of leadership experience. Regina has traveled the United States extensively, educating and inspiring men and women to “dream big, take action and make things happen.”

A writer and media commentator who holds master’s degrees in business administration (MBA) and human development (MA), her work has appeared in several magazines and her leadership column has been read in more than seven countries. Regina currently resides in Inver Grove Heights, MN, with her husband and a lively, fun-loving rescue dog, Sam.

• Grew up on a hog and dairy farm in southern Minnesota and began public speaking at the age of 9 in a 4-H public speaking contest.
• At age 21 he purchased his first manufacturing company and by age 26 served as C.E.O. and Chairman of the Board of 3 manufacturing companies in 3 states.
• Has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Communication, Business Administration and Political Science.
• Received a Masters Degree in Speech Communication and Business Administration.
• In 1991, Kit started Welchlin Communication Strategies and Seminars On Stress, providing speeches and seminars, to private and public organizations.
• Kit taught part-time for 26 years for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, where he received the Teaching Excellence Award and had been repeatedly nominated as Outstanding Faculty.
• He is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association and has earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation. In 2014, Kit was inducted into the Minnesota Speakers Association Hall of Fame.
• Recently Kit earned the Certified Virtual Presenter designation from eSpeakers.
• He has delivered more than 3,500 speeches and seminars to more than 500,000 people.

ActionCOACH MN is a passionate team of experienced professionals who believe business should be fun!

We maximize business potential through life-long learning to achieve excellence with both creative and systematic problem-solving techniques.

Our proven process creates measurable results, which is based on open communication and commitment to action.

We work with business owners, CEOs, executives, key directors, and their teams from all types of industries who want to:

BECOME a better leader, GROW strong and steady, ENJOY more time, MAKE more money, and BUILD a better team.

Tim Wilson is the founder and president of Acuity Leadership Group, a coaching and training company based in the Twin Cities. He spent most of his career in public education beginning as a high school science teacher and finishing as the CTO of one of the largest school districts in MN. He was the 2011 national winner of the Frank Withrow Award for his work on improving K–12 learning through the use of technology.

Tim founded Acuity Leadership Group in 2019 to focus on leadership coaching and helping leaders and organizations discover, embrace, and thrive in a world of new possibilities.

In additional to his coaching and leadership development work, Tim is a professional archer and certified archery coach. He lives in Blaine, MN with his wife and a black standard poodle named Charlie.

Sheila Dokken is a licensed attorney with over 20 years of experience litigating discrimination and harassment claims. Her experience in handling issues of racial, gender, sexual orientation and other forms of discrimination led her to a passion for preventive work. In addition to litigation, Sheila trained corporations and organizations on diversity issues and has been a restorative practices mediator for 20 years. Sheila accepted a position as an Equity Specialist with ISD 728 back in 2013 and has been developing SEL and mental health programming and curriculum for classrooms, speaking on resilience and mental wellbeing for staff, training staff and administration on bullying and interrupting bias, and more. She received intensive training on conducting restorative circles in June of 2018 and has been actively implementing and instituting this practice in her district. She accepted the position of Coordinator of Prevention & Safety in July 2019.