Our Presentation Team

Our uniquely qualified Wooden's Wisdom Presentation Team will work with you to bring the best possible Coach Wooden presentation to meet your goals. All of our presentations are at least 30% Coach Wooden video clip content. Coach Wooden will be teaching your team directly himself with us assisting.

If you use our Zoom Webinar Presentation Series (one 30-45 minute call a month) each participant will receive a 20-30 page playbook for each call, a one year subscription to our weekly Wooden's Wisdom and if requested a recording of the session.

We deliver a product that has great built in sustainment tools your teams can continue use in a practical application manner for years to come.

Ron Yee

Ron Yee brings team-building experience from decades of Information Technology leadership at a Fortune 500 insurance company. Ron used the Pyramid of Success to build agile and innovative teams to develop customer-focused tools to provide competitive advantages to the organization.

Background in Education - Ron co-founded the Bathgate Elementary School Foundation to construct a technology lab. He served as an officer on numerous PTA boards from elementary through high school. During those years, his wife and he also managed multiple teams in Destination Imagination, a program to teach teamwork and innovation to youth. Most recently Ron served 11 years on UCLA's Parents' Council, culminating as Co-Chair with his wife, where he shared Wooden's Wisdom with the organization's leadership.

Current Interests - The chairman of the Mission Viejo Community of Character Committee, Ron, along with other adult volunteers, teaches teen members leadership skills as they develop and execute programs that promote each of the city's 12 monthly character traits and the Pyramid of Success. Ron and his partner, Craig Impelman, have shared Wooden's Wisdom with Mission Viejo on several occasions. He recently joined Mission Viejo's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force.

UCLA Connections - Ron still serves on several UCLA groups: Parents' Council Emeriti, President of the Alumni Association Orange County Network, and Volunteer Board of Orange County Chancellor's Society. He's also an avid sports fanatic, holding season tickets for decades in football and basketball. More recently Peggy and he became gymnastics season ticket holders. Ron attends many of the Olympic sports as well.

Maria Kutscher, CFA®, CFP®, CPWA®, CRPC®, CEPA®

In addition to being a dynamic presenter of Wooden Content, Maria is our point person in working with us and our clients to make sure our presentations include specific take away content our participants can use the next "Monday Morning" to improve their work performance and quality of their personal lives.

Maria has worked in the financial services industry for over 25 years. Her roles have included financial advisor, branch manager, national accounts, division sales manager, CEO/CIO of her own RIA. She has also represented some of the largest asset management companies in the world to individuals, families, and institutions. She currently works with UBS Financial Services, Inc. as a Financial Advisor delivering holistic wealth management services to clients and coaches her team based on Wooden's Wisdom. Outside of work, you can find her actively engaged in the local nonprofit community, teaching investments and spending quality time with family and friends.

Maria is the Point Person for our "John Wooden's Playbook for Team Culture".

Larry Farmer

There is not a more authentic, sincere, and insightful presenter of Coach Wooden Content than UCLA Hall of Famer Larry Farmer. Coach Farmer brings the unique perspective of playing for Coach Wooden and spending the last year of Coach Wooden's career on his staff at UCLA. When we combine Coach Wooden's video clips on Leading, Coaching and Teaching with Coach Farmer's insight you are receiving the most authentic Coach Wooden content available straight from Coach Wooden's Locker Room to your Board Room.

Coach Farmer played for John Wooden at UCLA where they won three straight National Championships in his three years of varsity eligibility from 1970-1973 (he was a starter on two of those teams). The 89-1 record which those teams compiled while he competed for the Bruins ranks as the best all-time winning percentage for an individual in NCAA Division I history.

Following his career at UCLA, he was drafted by the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers and the ABA Denver Nuggets, before continuing his playing career competing in professional basketball in Germany. After one year there, he transitioned to the sidelines as a coach, eventually becoming the head coach at his alma mater, UCLA, and later at Weber State, in Kuwait as the national coach, then finally at Loyola University of Chicago. Additionally, he has been an assistant coach on the collegiate level at UCLA, at The University of Hawaii, at North Carolina State, and at Western Michigan, as well as an assistant coach for the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

Coach Farmer's forty plus years of experience makes him the ideal Point Person for our "John Wooden's Playbook for Leading, Coaching and Teaching".

Craig Impelman

"The Wooden's Wisdom Positive Attitude Success Program" and "Coach Wooden's Playbook for Life and Peak Performance" are customized professional, personal and team development zoom webinar and onsite events based on the philosophy I learned over thirty three years from my Grandfather in Law, John Wooden, twelve years of coaching college basketball, twenty years of leadership in the private business sector, thirty years of coaching youth basketball and seven years of research as the Author of Wooden's Wisdom. Over the last twenty five years thousands of individuals from elementary school students to senior executives and a wide range of clients have benefited from my keynotes and/or onsite workshops. The length of the presentation is adjusted to your needs and capacity ranging from 45 minutes to multi weekly workshops and everything in between. I present practical specific habits you and your team can immediately apply.

My key question is "What would you like to accomplish as a result of me speaking to and working with your group?"

Our program will: Establish a solid foundation of core values. Improve personal and professional success by providing practical application modules. Develop specific methods to achieve extraordinary team and leadership performance. Ignite success by getting people excited about getting a little better every day and make it a reality by providing a self-paced follow up hard copy and electronic workbook that aligns with our weekly Wooden's Wisdom and is a viable follow up tool for continued improvement for years after the speech is over.

This fantastic built in follow up program provides a lasting take away not just a great speech.

I would love to discuss your goals. Craig Impelman: 310 347 8148 or cimpleman@earthlink.net

Commentary on Craig Impelman from the daughter and son of John Wooden:

Nobody in our family has a better understanding of the ideas and philosophy of my father than Craig Impelman. - Nan Wooden

Craig---You're the best . I've always said that you were the one to pass on Dad's teaching, you know Dad's Pyramid better than anyone . You have that quality & spirit that makes people of all ages listen. So glad that you want to do this because you are the one that should. You are a TEACHER. - Jim Wooden

Comments from attendees of Craig Impelman's recent John Woodens Presentations.

Thank you very much for coming out and speaking with our students.

We cannot reinforce the Wooden traits enough. You were able to capture the student's attention and keep them engaged for a long time (which is hard with the little ones). I overheard teachers talking about how surprised they were that you were able to elicit responses from the students and how involved they were.

Again, thank you for coming out and making a difference in so many students' lives! - Jacque Galitski

Love the course and wish it was longer. Always great to get an inside peak to great minds and learn from them. - Meghan Pyle

The information was outstanding and very informative. - Amanda Goodwin

Coach Wooden is full of wisdom and what he has done and what he has to say are helpful for you personally as well as others you come into contact with. - Alexia Agamata

Very informational and educational and very, very encouraging and motivational. - John MacArthur

Provides an in depth look at one of the greatest teachers of our time. - Nick Law

Learned so much. It was amazing to get ideas from one of the best coaches of all time. - Juliet Casillas

Great way to learn to lead and affect others. - Collin Cusack

He gave us a lot of information to use in everyday life. - Callie Payetta

It's extremely useful material for everyone and anyone. - Kim Hill

Learned a lot from the course. It was very informational. - Lorne Jackson

Very motivational and applicable to daily life. - Isabel Oropeza

It was a great course that taught us a lot about Coach Wooden and how to lead a happy and successful life. - Brian McIlhenny

Interesting, intriguing, good and informational. - Caitlin Racich

I learned a lot of valuable information for life, not just coaching. Thank you for your time. - Allen Stevens

You learn a lot about yourself as well as learning a lot about how to coach. - Eric Karch

Valuable points to expand on and good quotes to help guide life. - Jordan Smith

The depth of content and explanation of each leadership principal is needed for people to hear. - Ron Brewer

One of the best seminars I've taken in years. - Cynthia Rypolf

Awesome! - Jill Cheviron

Fabulous, life changing - I will tell everybody how amazing it was. - Brooke Buzard

The wisdom is incredible. - Spryl Leonard

Mr. Impelman was very engaging. You can see that John Wooden's philosophies are truly instilled in his life. Learning the different aspects of the course allows you to re-evaluate yourself in all areas of your life - personal and professional. - Leslee Roper

Wish we had a full day - wonderful and inspirational. - D'Ann Keller

Such wonderful inspiration! Wish we could've had a whole day training! - Kristin Fasbender

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