The Canopy was born from our own experience. The three of us were working from home, building meaningful work we cared deeply about, yet doing it largely alone. We wanted more of a sense of belonging, shared learning, and real connection. We wanted a space to grow alongside others, to talk things through, and to feel less alone while doing work that mattered. The Canopy is our way of creating that space, for ourselves, and for others who are seeking the same.
Sara Couppas is a project and strategic planning consultant and ACC ICF-certified coach of leaders, teams, and individuals. She brings people together to solve multi-sectoral challenges that improve health and well-being for communities, families, and individuals. She creates innovative programs and identifies significant opportunities for increased impact for organizations such as American College Health Association, NJ Dept of Health, The Food Trust, Share Our Strength, Clinton Foundation, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Winter Park Health Foundation, and others. She lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her family.Lauren Puzen's (MSW, MPH), motivational leadership style empowers leaders to see possibilities for more innovative and dynamic futures for their organizations. Lauren’s passion for non-profit leadership and organizational management began early in her career when she saw the direct impact an organization's goals had on individuals. After her formative experience in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps working with teens experiencing homelessness, Lauren has dedicated her career to addressing adversity in the fields of social services, public health, education, and youth development. With a goal of developing systemic approaches, she studied non-profit management and planning, and public health programming and evaluation, while completing her Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health at Temple University. Lauren then spent nearly 15 years building the capacity of professionals and their systems, as well as strategically transforming the organizations she worked in to create cross-sector regional and national partnerships and strategies to develop and promote whole child health and education. Lauren’s strategic and futuristic attitude and vision fills her days with possibility for a world where all people have the opportunity to live healthy and happy lives. She lives in New York with her wife and two sons. Jill Resnick, LMSW, ACC, is an ICF-certified coach of leaders, teams, and individuals. She brings warmth, humor and a systems lens to her work helping leaders and teams name what’s real, surface what matters most, and move towards it aligned to their values and goals. Her superpowers are deep listening, curious questioning, and on-point synthesizing. Jill chooses this work because she believes that transforming the world starts with our relationship with ourselves and each other.
