Carrie Stack, M.Ed. is a Certified Life Coach, author and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience providing people with skills and tools to make positive changes in their lives. Founder of the Say Yes Institute (SYI), a company focused on building emotional intelligence skills through training and coaching, Carrie has provided services to leaders, managers, and staff at more than 50 nonprofit agencies. In her trainings she has shared her “people skills” strategies with thousands of people looking to build more positive and powerful relationships, both at home and at work. Carrie brings a range of experiences in to her training and coaching, from the classroom to the conference room, as she has been a teacher, counselor, trainer and program director. In her roles she has worked with children, teens and families dealing with many challenges in life and has had privilege of witnessing people (of all ages!) grow and evolve in ways that both inspire and awe. Carrie is the author of, The Dream Boss (released Oct 2012), Conversations with the Future, and a featured columnist for Achiever magazine. She was named in “101 Women to Watch” by WE Magazine and featured on 7-NEWS, FOX 25, Boston Globe, Boston Literary Magazine, The Lynn Item and North Shore Sunday. She is also founder of the nonprofit Courage2Know, co-creator of EO Your Life.