About Us

We provide exceptional leadership speaking, training, and coaching services to youth and adult learners who strive to experience lifelong personal and professional growth.

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A Message from Our Founder

In conversation, I often come across individuals who immediately state that they aren’t a leader because they do not have a team to lead. I understand that perspective, because I didn’t see myself as a leader for the first ten years of my career. I felt like I needed to have a degree in Administrative Leadership and be running a school or entire school system to call myself a leader in education. Little did I know, I had it all wrong.

When I first read John C. Maxwell’s definition of a leader, it seemed so simple, yet it blew my mind. He said, “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” I began questioning at what point in my life I truly started influencing others. I quickly realized that I had been a leader long before I even had a high school diploma. We all influence others in our lives which makes us all leaders. What we must focus on is how we can continue to intentionally develop our abilities to positively influence those around us.

I coined the term “learnership” to describe the need for leaders to participate in continuous development and commit to being a lifelong learner. Sierra Learnership Collaborative brings to life my belief that effective leadership skills and lifelong learning are critical to success. Growth, leading, and learning are all collaborative processes. Whether working with you individually, as a small group, or as an organization, together we can collaborate to achieve your goals as a more effective leader.

Meet The Team

SLC’s Core Values:

Passion
Collaboration
Commitment

Sierra’s Core Values:

Faith
Family
Growth

Vision:

Sierra Learnership Collaborative’s vision is to create a community of effective leaders and lifelong learners that positively influence the lives of others.

Mission:

Sierra Learnership Collaborative provides exceptional leadership speaking, training, and coaching services to youth and adult learners who strive to experience lifelong personal and professional growth.

The SLC Core Team

Sierra Collins

Sierra Collins is the Founder of Sierra Learnership Collaborative, where she is a Certified Leadership Development Coach, Speaker, & Trainer for both youth and adults. Sierra spent many years thinking about her purpose and the areas in which she felt she could have the greatest impact. She found hers, and now she has the ability to help you discover yours. Her purpose is to share her passion for growth with you so you can be inspired to become an effective leader and lifelong learner who is always striving for personal and professional growth.

Her qualifications include:

Coaching for Respect | Certified Expert Coach: Facilitator

Maxwell Leadership Certified Team Member

Certified DISC Behavioral Analysis Consultant

Full Focus Planner Certified Pro

Masters in the Arts of Elementary Education – West Virginia University

Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies – West Virginia University

Coursework in Educational Leadership – James Madison University

Professional Teaching License - VA

Certified Maxwell Leadership Youth Guide

1,500+ Hours of Continued Education

Jocelyne Melton

Jocelyne Melton is a Growth Cultivator at Sierra Learnership Collaborative and a Rooted Focus Facilitator, playing a key role in supporting the delivery of SLC programs and ensuring a thoughtful, organized, and aligned experience for clients. In this role, she provides essential behind the scenes support that helps SLC offerings run smoothly and consistently. Beyond being a key member of the SLC team, Jocelyne also supports clients as a Collaborative Partner. Drawing on her background as a certified coach in self directed neuroplasticity, along with decades of leadership, community building, and mentoring, she helps people build resilience, grounded self trust, and meaningful momentum.

Isabella Graves

Isabella Graves is a Leadership Intern at Sierra Learnership Collaborative and a student at Shenandoah University, majoring in exercise science and minoring in psychology, biology, and physiology through the early assurance physical therapy program. She joined the SLC team to support the organization’s mission while gaining hands-on experience in leadership development, operations, and client engagement. Isabella is passionate about learning how values driven organizations function and hopes to apply these experiences as she works toward becoming a business owner in the future. Outside of SLC, she enjoys reading mystery and thriller novels, watching true crime documentaries, and spending time outdoors.

Collaborative Partners

Sierra Learnership Collaborative is proud to partner with the following professionals to provide thoughtful, integrated solutions that address a wide range of organizational challenges. This collaborative was intentionally built to support organizations in recruiting, developing, and retaining talent by bringing together trusted experts who complement SLC’s leadership and growth offerings. Rather than navigating multiple vendors, clients are supported through a connected network designed to meet real pain points, strengthen people and teams, and help organizations grow with clarity, alignment, and purpose.

ADAM CALLI

Adam has 25 years of comprehensive experience in all aspects of progressive human resource management, in such diverse environments as government contracting, television production, commercial banking, hospitality, and multi-client outsourced HR support. As an HR professional, Adam has overseen all aspects of talent development and evaluation processes, targeted employee recruitment, orientation, retention and training systems, job classification, benchmarking, HR business and strategic planning, and compensation, benefits administration and compliance.

Donna Webb

Donna Webb, a seasoned executive with 40 years in insurance and finance, excels in strategic planning, marketing, budgeting, disaster preparedness, and business ownership. With experience coaching 110 agency owners, she prioritizes empathy and active listening. Donna holds a BA in Criminal Law from the University of South Florida and is a Financial Services Certified Professional.

Jay Foreman

Jay Foreman is a John Maxwell-certified leadership trainer with a Master degree in Executive Leadership. He is also an accomplished public speaker and a past professional member of the National Speakers Association. His clients have included business leaders, associations, non-profits, schools, and churches. Jay has authored sixteen books, including three best sellers and works part-time as an adjunct instructor at Laurel Ridge Community College, teaching leadership courses. He has been featured on TV, radio, and magazines. More information about Jay may be found at jaywforeman.com

SLC is proud to partner with Dawn and Mark Shuler, co-creators of the Company Climate Inventory, a comprehensive organizational assessment that helps leaders uncover hidden challenges, strengthen alignment, and take informed action to improve workplace culture, communication, and performance.

Dawn Shuler

Dawn Shuler is a seasoned leadership and communication professional with decades of experience helping individuals and organizations improve communication, collaboration, and culture. Her background spans education, executive leadership, and operations, including leading day to day operations for a virtual training university and supporting large, complex teams. Dawn has logged thousands of hours coaching and training leaders and employees across corporate, nonprofit, and small business environments. She is a certified Strengths Performance Coach and is deeply committed to helping people recognize and fully utilize their natural gifts.

Mark Shuler

Mark Shuler is an experienced trainer and consultant with a master’s degree in clinical psychology and extensive experience coaching and training across multiple industries. His diverse background includes teaching, psychotherapy, training, and work with high stakes team environments, giving him a strong understanding of human behavior and group dynamics. Mark has supported organizations and law enforcement with communication, problem solving, and de escalation skills. Today, his work focuses on helping individuals and teams strengthen relationships, communicate effectively, and work together toward shared goals.

Larry Moss

Larry Moss is a highly experienced Executive Coach & Trainer with a Masters in Organizational Development. Larry brings his passion and knowledge of leadership development to leaders at all organizational levels to catapult already accomplished leaders and teams to the next level of personal and professional growth. Larry served as a Counterintelligence Agent in the United States Army. He is also an ICF Certified Coach, CultureWise Consultant, and DoD Certified Trainer with training from John Maxwell Leadership, Team Coaching Facilitation, and Stephen Covey Leadership. Larry resides in Virginia and enjoys serving nonprofit organizations.

Randy Wilson

Randy Wilson is an accomplished Leadership Teacher, Speaker, and Team Builder with over 30 years of real-world application in the U.S. Air Force and corporate world. He has a deep passion for helping professionals, across many spectrums, reach their personal and professional goals. Randy is a strong proponent of self-understanding, and he focuses on bringing these key lessons to others to help them create the life they desire. When not working, he loves to be with his wife, Mineca and their rescue dachshund, Copper.