Mark Rayner PCC
Founder/ Instructor 

Mark Rayner PCC

"Authentic", "dynamic" and "genuine"  are the words most used to describe Mark Rayner, founder of the Rayner Institute. 

With over 120,000 hours of Executive Coach instruction experience, 35 years of research with hands-on work in human behavioral sciences, Mark’s vision of creating a place where people can come to learn the skills to be successful in life is now a reality. Students of the Rayner Institute are taught how to leave behind their past conditioning, embrace their authentic self and learn how to coach others to do the same.

Mark's guiding principle of "You can't get where you want to go holding onto your past" is evident in his life. His genuine approach to his clients creates a high degree of  trust  with  personal  insights that result in lasting change. More...

Carol Vickers PCC
Senior Instructor 

Carol Vickers PCC Senior Instructor

Carol has a deep passion for people, for discovering their strengths and uncovering their vision produces remarkable results. By listening at a profound and deep level, Carol assists students to realize their intentions and take actions to fulfill their ambitions. 

Carol is an experienced Executive Business Coach, guiding her clients through a process that creates self-reflection and deeper understanding.  From there, the clients can get to what matters most to them.  She realizes that it is important to recognize and develop a plan to address the obstacles in the way and focus on the actions required.  More...

Christal Earle ACC
Instructor 

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Christal Earle ACC

Christal Earle has seen many dreams and ideas come to fruition. She is a professional speaker and published author, a social entrepreneur and a certified executive coach. 

"As a graduate of the Rayner Institute, I am excited to be part of helping to make change and vision possible for all of our students. Self Actualized executive coaching is more than just a coaching model - it's about changing the way you think about yourself and the possibilities of the future you are creating. Because of this, I am excited for our students to discover what coaching can do for them and what they want to create in the world!"

Christal loves great parties and conversations, ethically traded dark chocolate with red wine, yoga, running barefoot on the beach outside her home, and most of all, her daughter Widlene. She lives between Cabarete, Dominican Republic and Toronto, Canada. 

Kyle Kinser ACC
Instructor

Kyle Kinser ACC

Kyle is a Veteran of the United States Coast Guard and graduate of the Rayner Institute. He specializes in Military Transformation Coach Training where he empowers his students to make lasting changes to restore life balance and well-being. He teaches his clients to tap into their value and explore new perspectives where they discover more about themselves and new possibilities that await them.

Kyle is a man of a difficult past that has lead him to this point at the Rayner Institute where he can teach others how to climb out of their past to create their future. 

Patti Paccagnan BN ACC
Instructor

Patti Paccagnan BN ACC

Patti is a graduate of the Rayner Institute. She specializes in Integrative Health Coaching where she empowers people to make lasting changes to restore life balance and well-being. She coaches her clients to tap into their intuition and explore new perspectives where they discover more about themselves and new possibilities that await them.

Motivated by her inquisitive mind and passion for truth, Patti brings over 20 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in the fields of Mental Health, Spirituality, Integrative Medicine and Clinical Research. She was part of a team of leading psychiatrists and researchers who developed one of the world’s first evidence-based, e-health tools and was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction’s True Imagination Award (2014). She has been a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s e-Mental Health Steering Committee. She is on the Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation, Calgary Chapter.

Patti enthusiastically approaches her work as a facilitator with the Rayner Institute. She is constantly in awe of the courage and vulnerability she sees in the students as they apply the concepts to their own lives and then into their coaching sessions. She feels honored to be a part of this deep work and have the opportunity to share how the teachings have transformed her own life.

Patti was born and raised in Calgary where she resides with her husband and two children. She loves to travel with her family and enjoys hot yoga, inspirational books, cooking, gatherings with close friends and spending time in nature. 

International Division

Balázs Dobay ACC
International Instructor 
Balázs Dobay ACC – RaynerInstitute.hu
Responsible for Hungarian language education
(Hungary, International  - Hungarian, English)
 
He got his coach certifications at Rayner Institute and LarTCo Consulting. He has BSc in economy, member of several professional and social organizations, founder of D-LAB Consulting.

After more than a decade experience in leadership roles and a rising career in management positions he realized, that the potentials within him could be much better used for supporting others, then leading them. He realized, that the knowledge he accumulated during working in the governmental and private sector in the fields of IT, taxation, finance, controlling, HR, accounting and of course education makes it possible to build a self-employed career on with having the “flow” in coaching activities.
As he says, he occupies himself with road-block termination even in life or business matters. His activities are in symbiosis with one another: coaching and mentoring, business consulting, corporate trainings, self-knowledge, inspiration, communication and life quality improvement trainings are all on the palette his company offers.
 
Lives together with his wife and two daughters in Hungary in a rural environment, but travelling a lot to fulfill his destiny. Working on his MA in HR consultancy at the moment.
 
His motto is a quote from Frank Herbert: “Instead, tend to the wolf within your fences. The packs ranging outside may not even exist.”