Organizational Structure and Leadership

The IEA is led by the Board of Directors, of which two seats are held by members of the General Assembly.  The General Assembly is made up of two members from each Affiliate.  The General Assembly meets in-person once a year at the IEA Conference.  The IEA Board of Directors meets twice a year in-person at the location of the IEA Conference. 

Board of Directors


Mario Sikora: President, Accreditation

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mario Sikora is managing director of Awareness to Action International and co-author of the book "Awareness to Action: the Enneagram, Emotional Intelligence, and Change".¯ Awareness to Action International uses the Enneagram to help leaders in organizations of all types and sizes increase individual performance and team effectiveness. Mario has coached hundreds of leaders in large organizations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.


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Mari­a Jose Munita: Vice President, International Affairs

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Santiago, CHILE
Maria Jose Munita is a Chilean coach and accredited Enneagram teacher.  After many years working in Marketing, decided to follow her passion and became an ontological coach and Enneagram teacher. She now uses the Enneagram in her practice and facilitates Leadership, Team building and Enneagram workshops.  Mari­a Jose also uses the Enneagram for her own personal development.

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CJ Fitzsimons: Secretary

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Baden-Baden, Germany
CJ FItzsimons, Ph.D is a Leadership Sculptor and Managing Partner of metisleadership. After a career in research and business spanning Ireland, England and Switzerland, he settled in Germany in 1999. He uses the Enneagram to help leaders express their leadership authentically in a variety of settings including business, research, academia, non-profit and military. CJ is a certified teacher of the EPTP program.


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Gail Barber: Treasurer, Finance

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Birmingham, AL USA
Gail Barber, JD,  has had  a 30 - year career as  in-house counsel to Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial companies. She is a certified Enneagram Teacher of the EPTP program.  She consults with executives and small businesses in transition and teaches Enneagram trainings and workshops.
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Kathryn Grant: 2012 Conference Chair

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Sanger. CA USA
Kathryn is a certified and accredited Enneagram teacher, Spiritual Director, Life Coach and family constellation facilitator. She uses the Enneagram in private practice and leads retreats, workshops and study groups. She shares her enthusiasm for the Enneagram, by working with and supporting Chapters and as Chair of the Northern California Chapter of the IEA and is a founding member of the Southern California Chapter.

Peter McGaugh

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Montreal, Canada
Peter is a Certified Integral Coach and owner of Take5 Coaching & Engagement Solutions. After a 20 year corporate career in Marketing, he is now using the Enneagram as he pursues his passion of working with individuals and teams to help them discover, develop and embody all of their best inner qualities in order to live their lives in more fulfilling and meaningful ways, and in his quest to bring more humanness back into organizations.


Peter McNab: Nine Points Editor

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Rawtenstall, United Kingdom
Peter runs excellenceforall Ltd. He is an INLPTA Master Trainer who combines elements of The Enneagram, Clare Graves' Model and NLP in his corporate leadership programmes. He is the author of "Towards An Integral Vision" and the "NLP Practitioner Cards". If pressed, he will show a magic trick or two.


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Susanne Povelsen: Affiliates (EMEA)

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Copenhagen, DENMARK
Susanne is a Business- and Life coach in her own company, CoachSpirit. She helps people to attain their goals and get more balance in life by efficiently combining coaching methods with the Enneagram.  Her passion is to see people develop and grow, and to find the spirit in life. She has been a board member of the Danish Enneagram Association and has been the coordinator of two European Enneagram Conferences hosted in Denmark. In addition she has published a number of translated Enneagram books in Denmark. She has written several articles and a book called “Enneagrammet – kort og godt” (The Enneagram in short).


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Lynda Roberts: Affiliates (US/Canada), Knowledge Management

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Decatur, Georgia, USA
Lynda Roberts is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with a twenty-two year management career in Information Technology.  Since 2001, she has had her own leadership and management consulting business.  She is an Enneagram Institute certified teacher, teaches Riso-Hudson Authorized Workshops as well as her own Enneagram workshops, and is in training to become an Enneagram Institute faculty member. She is a Director of the Enneagram Institute of Georgia and is a student of the Ridhwan Diamond Approach.



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Isabel Salama: Affiliates (Spanish & Portuguese Speaking)

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Madrid , Spain

Isabel Salama has worked for many years as a clinical psychotherapist and a self-development teacher, using the Enneagram and specific techniques. One of the "different" techniques she uses the most is Psychotherapy supported by animals and nature. Above all, she is a researcher and a student of how human beings behave. She currently uses the Enneagram both in her clinical practice and in Enneagram workshops that she has developed over the years. She is also the current President of Aeneagrama the Spanish IEA Affiliate .


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