Sharon Hoover newest Board Member

In the coming months we will spotlight members of the More to Life board members. Today we meet Sharon Hoover of Knoxville TN, one of the newer members and recently elected Vice President.

The beginnings of Sharon’s involvement with the MTL program is somewhat legend. She attended the More to Life weekend somewhat reluctantly, “my husband (psychologist John Hoover) attended the weekend in 1983 and I wanted to keep up with him and what he was learning.”

A year later the Hoovers were among the founding members of the Knoxville Community Center and hosted meetings in the early years around their dining room table in our family room. They have been Mastery Teachers since 1986.

Sharon is a Profession Certified Coach in private practice in executive leadership coaching for small business owners. She uses the core skills learned in the MTLW with her clients guiding them through corporate and personal belief structures that inhibit creativity and productivity.


Q: After all these years, why did you join the Board now?

“Well,…because they asked me,” Sharon said with a smile in her voice. And, I see places I can make a meaningful contribution to the program. It is also a way to give back although it seems inadequate to what I’ve received.”


Q: What legacy would you like to leave?

“In life, in work, and with the program I want to ask the hard questions. Are we willing to look at our scared cows and underlying assumptions that inform our decisions? Are we willing to change what no longer serves us as a person, a business, our world? As an organization, are we willing to change in order to be more sustainable? How will we respond to internal and external factors so we are lighter on our feet and well positioned in the current environment as well as the future?”


Q: What would you like everyone to know about the Board?

“The program is in the strong and capable hands of the Board, the trainers, and the staff. We will do all it takes to keep growing the program, growing enrollment and growing the program in the world. You can count on that. Communication is the name of the game: talking, sharing, exploring together. There is room for creativity and opportunity, and it is ours (the stakeholders) for the taking.”

The Kairos More To Life Foundation Board of Directors are:

Jack Palma, President
Sharon Hoover, Vice President
Chris Kendall, Treasurer
Diana Makens, Secretary
Pascale Ascher
Briggy Kiddle
Peter Kiss
Anu Pillay
Rhonda Schlatter
W. Roy Whitten - Emeritus
Anne Brown - Emeritus


Which Board member would you like to know more about next?


Carolyn Baehr