Welcome to the Human Potential Institute
Our MISSION
To create training programs that radically improve people’s lives.
The Human Potential Institute (HPI) is a global pioneer within the fields of Coach training and human potential development. Their vision is to empower and equip millions of people worldwide to realize their unlimited potential.
MEET THE FACULTY
Sherry Trebes, CHPC, PCC
Senior Coaching Faculty & Mentor Coach
Sherry Trebes brings over 15 years’ experience in life, mental and emotional wellness, and health coaching with an emphasis on meeting Clients where they are and partnering with them to create an authentic fulfilling life, live fully in the present, overcome obstacles and challenges, and build powerful loving self-care practices and relationships. She is certified as a Human Potential Coach, Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition, Enneagram in Business, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, American College of Sports Medicine, and Precision Nutrition Level 1.
Bijal Choksi, MA, CHPC, PCC
Coaching Faculty
Bijal Choksi is an organizational psychologist with 25+ years of experience as a consultant, facilitator, and Coach. She is fascinated by human and organizational behavior – and the challenges that often come up living complex, modern human lives. Bijal is an ICF-credentialed Coach who is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential. She holds a Master’s in Organizational Psychology from Columbia, undergraduate from Wharton, and certifications from HPI, plus StandOut Strengths, the Science of Happiness, and HeartMath. Bijal founded a non-profit to support the dreams of high-achieving high school students from low-income households, and has two teenage boys and a husband who think she’s a crazy biohacker.
Karin Reed, CHPC, ACC
Coaching Faculty & Upgrade Collective Coach
Karin is a member of the HPI Coaching Faculty and a Coach for Dave Asprey’s Upgrade Collective membership community. She is a Certified Human Potential Coach, Chemical Engineer with over 20 years of corporate leadership experience, mother and athlete. Always a curious scientist and passionate biohacker, she has spent most of her life studying and experimenting with the science and biology of upgrading body and mind. Now as a full time coach, she is committed to helping as many people as possible upgrade their own biology and realize their full potential.
Tony Gilotte, CHPC, ACC
Coaching Faculty
Tony Gilotte is a Coach, writer, and public speaker with over 30 years of experience in nonprofit and corporate leadership. He is passionate about helping others find the best version of themselves by inspiring people to pursue a life of fulfillment. He feels that we all have gifts that the world needs and that it is our life work to find those gifts and not settle for anything less than a life of living out our true purpose. He is an ordained progressive minister, a Certified Human Potential Coach, a Mental Health Coach and a Professional Leadership Coach.
Susan Alexander, CPCC, PCC
Mentor Coach
Susan loves helping Coaches learn and practice so they can develop an authentic coaching style that helps their Clients create real change. She specializes in Life, Career, Leadership, and Mentor Coaching using a values-based and strengths approach as it is very powerful in helping Coaches create their most fulfilling style. Her coaching is grounded in a successful career serving in a variety of learning and development roles. She has been in independent practice for almost 10 years and her passion for helping others learn the art and science of coaching burns strong. She stays close to coaching certification requirements and loves being a Mentor Coach for Coaches in certification or experienced Coaches that are working to up their game.
MEET THE STAFF
Karen Barrett
Manager of Operations
Karen oversees HPI’s core operations, ensuring all systems run smoothly. Her education and interest in the field of psychology led her to join HPI’s mission of living what we teach and helping people reach their highest potential. As a licensed attorney with extensive business experience, she loves managing the day-to-day logistics and interacting with both faculty and staff. In addition to establishing and maintaining systems within the company, Karen loves to oversee the student community and provide direct support across all of HPI’s programs and teams. In her down time, she loves to travel, play tennis and adventure with her Swiss Mountain Dog.
Nicole Petersen, CHPC, RD
Admissions Coach & Upgrade Collective Coach
Nicole is a certified Human Potential Coach and a registered dietitian with a bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science from the University of California, Berkeley. She is passionate about biohacking, science, and educating others on becoming the best versions of themselves. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys weightlifting, learning about the latest and greatest in health and fitness research, and creating healthy recipes.
Erica Moore, CHPC
Administrative Assistant
Erica is a Certified Human Potential Coach and drives weekly calls for our Coach Training Program. Guided by calling and personal interests, the unfolding path has been a continuously shifting role working in the service and support industry. From food and beverage service and hospitality to serving as elder caregiver for her centenarian Grandmother in Savannah, she brought the focus of service to a more personal and meaningful nature. Inspired by the importance of human development from this perspective, and a lifelong interest in wellness, the journey to Human Potential Coaching began. Erica offers a compassionate space for transformation including forest-guided coaching sessions, and raises awareness on alternate states of consciousness and healing modalities. Erica loves snowboarding in the mountains, wandering in forests, practicing mindfulness meditation, exploring, music, writing, art-collaging, and reading soulful poetry. She chooses to live magically in the historic and forest-like environment of Savannah, Georgia.
