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Congratulations to the first GrowthWheel Certified Professional Advisors in 2022!

At the beginning of 2022 we launched a new ‘Continued Education Program’ for GrowthWheel Certified Business Advisors to continue their professional development at no additional cost.

Now we are happy to announce that the first advisors have completed their higher-level certification. Here they are:

Andrea Williams
Jamaica Business Development Corporation

Bc Clark
Nebrska Enterprise Fund

Safura Atan
StratNaviGO Consulting

Vern Richberg
Youngstown Business Incubator/Ohio MBAC

William Eric Linzey
19Seventeen, LLC

Eric Clock
Business Foundations Inc

Marcos Reyes
TruFund Financial Services

Edgardo Rodriguez
Meda/MBDA Minneapolis

Nicolas Mayerhoeffer
Arkansas Small Business and Technology Dev. Center

Steve Bob
​UIC CBA Entrepreneurial Support Program

Cleesia Martin
CUL-MSBRI

Carlos Mendoza
Oregon SBDC

Cheryl Tucker
Roanoke Regional SBDC

Jill Hathaway
Missouri SBDC at University of Missouri-Kansas City

Jeisy Castillo
East Colorado SBDC

Wescar Eliscar
KLAD Consulting & Services (KCS)

Lissette Galloza
Delaware SBDC

April Williams
Mississippi SBDC


To obtain the new Professional Certification, advisors must complete three qualifying “Continued Education Workshops” (2 hours ea) along with an annual Re-certification (4 hours) and also have been a GrowthWheel Certified Advisors for at least a year. 

We are looking forward to welcoming more advisors in the months to come as GrowthWheel Certified Professional Advisors! Certified Advisors can sign up here:


The Certified Professional Workshops successfully completed were the followings:

Workshop 1: Your Personal Advisory Style

Advisors learned:

  • How to pick the right advisory style for different clients and situations

  • How to use GrowthWheel tools as an advisor, coach or facilitator

  • How to use coaching principles to empower clients to take ownership


Workshop 2: Engaging Client Companies

Advisors learned:

  • How to make clients realize their needs and the value of having an advisor

  • How to engage both clients head and hearts

  • How to overcome circumstances that stop your clients from engaging


Workshop 3: Growth Plans with Impact

Advisors learned:

  • How to help clients define their true ambitions and describe them

  • How to make GrowthPlans as a better alternative to traditional business plans.

  • How to track progress in ways that create value for both client and advisor