The GPS Team
Tom Northrop
As the Founder and Principal of Gimel Professional Services (GPS) Tom brings more than 20 years of Human Resources experience to the company.
Tom, as an adjunct professor, has taught courses in Cultural Geography & Human Resources at Mary Baldwin College, James Madison University, Currently, Tom is the Vice President of Membership for WTPF, which is a Business Forum for HR Professionals in the Greater Washington, DC Metro Area.
Tom is a former Officer in the US Army and was:
1) a Magistrate for the 25th Judicial District in the Commonwealth of Virginia
2) a past State Vice-Chairman of the Virginia Employer Advisory Committee
3)a past Vice President of the Waynesboro/Augusta County Leaders for Tomorrow.
Tom holds certification as a:
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) from the Human Resource Certification Institute
Clients have included DuPont, Merck, Coors, Cargill, Tenneco, and the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Matt Huffman
Matt Huffman is a systems strategist and AI technologist with a focus on digital enablement for professional services teams. He brings a blended background in law enforcement, health and fitness leadership, and automation architecture to his consulting practice.
Matt has developed expertise in motivational interviewing, team development, and high-touch service delivery—skills that translate directly into his work supporting coaches, consultants, and HR professionals.
Matt is the Founder of MultiplAI Growth Systems, LLC, a consulting studio that helps coaching firms, HR professionals, and executive consultants scale their work through automation, AI-assisted tools, and digital delivery infrastructure. His work complements mission-driven experts by building the systems that make their work repeatable, scalable, and accessible to broader audiences.
He specializes in:
- Automating outreach, proposal, and client on-boarding systems
- Creating branded materials, speaker profiles, and client-ready content to support coaching and advisory work
- Developing training materials and curriculum frameworks for scalable program delivery
- Repurposing expert content into reusable formats to expand reach and efficiency
- Delivering functional prototypes during scoping to accelerate alignment and confidence
Matt’s systems help experts focus on insight and connection—while the backend runs itself.
Susie Tatum-Young
Susie is a Certified Professional Life Coach, (ICF), a Certified Human Behavior Consultant, and an expert in Positive Intelligence, (P-IQ).
Susie graduated from an ICF Certified Coaching school in 2012 and is a Certified:
John Maxwell Coach
DISC Assessment Human Behavior Consultant
Susie trained in:
Adler Leadership
Christian Coach Institute Group Coaching
Conversational Intelligence
In 2020 Susie Co-founded Coach Collab, LLC, a community of highly trained and professional coaches with a robust community of over 850, mostly ICF certified, coaches.
Lorraine Richmond
Lorraine enjoyed two decades of service in both the public and the private school system. Lorraine contributed her expertise in key leadership roles, workshop facilitation, leadership mentoring, directing, and leadership consulting and served both as the President and the Founder of several community programs , as well as representative on provincial boards.
Lorraine holds and is certified:
Associate Certified Coach designation with the International Coach Federation
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence 360
Group Coaching
Lorraine is also the world’s first Certified Partner of the Values Blueprint Assessment.
Vicki Escude'
Vicki is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, earned a Master’s Degree from the University of West Florida in Psychology and Counseling, has attended the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and received additional post-graduate training in assessments.
Vicki, Master Certified Coach and Board Certified Coach is:
Owner of Executive Leadership Coaching, LLC
An international pioneer in the coaching profession
Recognized as a successful executive coach in national publications
Among the first coach educators for University of Texas-Dallas and Success Unlimited Network
Principal-Founder of Strategic Executive Coaching Alliancee
Co-Founder of Advanced Coach Mentoring International.
Vicki has authored of several coaching books including:
Transformational Leadership with Humility and Grace (2013)
Create Your Day with Intention (translated into English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Getting Everything You Want and Going for More, and Fast-Track Leader: First, Master Yourself!
is a featured author in:
The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching (Wiley, 2008)
The Pfeiffer Annual for Consultants (Wiley, 2006)
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