Stacia is a thoughtful and strategic leader who works closely with her clients and teams to deliver customized and outcome-focused services that meet client needs, on time and on budget. As the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Zelos, Stacia develops the strategy and ensures we have the resources to support our clients’ needs. She envisions and executes approaches, solutions, programs, and projects with professional and collaborative teams who have worked with Zelos for many years. 

In Stacia’s career, she’s been an individual contributor, a freelancer, a project manager, a supervisor, and a leader in many types of organizations, including government, higher education, not-for-profit, and for-profit and many fields, including law, economics, education, healthcare, research, information technology, management consulting, organizational development, and learning. Stacia is a lifelong learner with a Coach Approach to Leadership certificate from Coaching Out of the BoxⓇ, a Six Sigma black belt certification, a Master of Science in communication and information, and a bachelor’s degree in English.

Emily Groo is a Zelos Organizational Development and Learning Consultant and Coach. She is a skilled and motivating facilitator, trainer, and coach.

Emily Groo began coaching individuals one-on-one in her organization so that leaders could discover their strengths and overcome their blind spots to create healthier teams and organizational culture. Emily’s coaching style is supportive, motivating, and honest. She enjoys coaching clients who are at a change point in their career, who may have a choice or decision to make in their work or lives, and/or who have just been promoted into a new position and need help finding their way.

Emily holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and English. She is a certified coach from the International Coaching Federation at the ACC level and a team and leadership coach through Kickstart Your Edge. She is also a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator (MBTI, Myers & Briggs Foundation), 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team (Wiley Workplace Learning), Everything DiSC (Wiley Workplace Learning), change management (Prosci), and emotional intelligence (EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360, MHS Inc.).

Annie is an Organizational Development and Leadership Consultant.

She is passionate about assisting local governments and nonprofit organizations in achieving their outcomes. During her time at Zelos, Annie has completed an organizational assessment and analysis project, conducted specialized leadership training, provided coaching to a nonprofit executive, created a Customer Journey mapping toolkit, and facilitated leadership team sessions and team building retreats.

Before joining Zelos, Annie served as executive director of Food for Others in Fairfax County and as co-chair of the Fairfax Food Council. With over 25 years of experience, she excels in strategic leadership, management, problem solving, and teambuilding.

She is one of eight locals named Northern Virginian of the Year-Class of 2020 by Northern Virginia Magazine for outstanding leadership during the pandemic. Annie holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Five Behaviors® Certified Practitioner and an Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner.