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Join BioMedSA for Cross-Generational Wisdom: Co-Mentoring for the Next Era of Leadership featuring Founder and CEO of Greene & Associates Inc., Barbara A.F. Greene, and Founder of Lykability LLC, Lyka Ferry. Explore how co-mentoring across generations can strengthen leadership, spark innovation, and foster shared growth in today’s evolving workplace.

Speakers: Barbara A.F. Greene and Lyka Ferry

Session Title: Cross-Generational Wisdom: Co-Mentoring for the Next Era of Leadership

Location: 2040 Babcock Road, Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78229

Date: July 17, 2026

Time: Program: 9:00am - 10:30am CST (Arrival Time: 8:30am)

First-Gen Students to Executives

Same playbook, higher stakes

Here's something most people don't realize: the skills that got you through college as a first-generation student are basically the same skills that show up in first-generation executives. Different stakes, different rooms, same muscle memory.

First-generation professionals are people who enter white-collar careers without a parent or close family member who's been there before. A 2021 Boston Consulting Group report found that roughly one in three U.S. professionals fits that description. So if this feels familiar, you've probably been training for this longer than you think.



The Same Skills, Two Different Rooms

Here's a side-by-side look at how the same core qualities show up at very different points in the journey.

Look at that table again and notice what doesn't change: the row labels. Figuring it out alone, proving you belong, reading the room, doing more with less are qualities that don't get replaced as you move up. What changes is the room, the stakes, and the audience watching.

Not smooth. Not handed to you, but built one step at a time. The ingenuity that got you through your first semester is the same ingenuity now sitting at the head of the table. That's not coincidence but it is your life’s work. 

As a first-generation college graduate and executive, our company strives to help companies accelerate these leaders.

Learn more by contacting Barbara @ 210-602-5969 or
barbara.greene@greeneandassociates.com

Celebrating 250 Years

Every year I pause on the Fourth of July for what it actually marks. Two hundred and fifty years is long enough to deserve a real look back at what was attempted, what it cost, and why it still matters.

Benjamin Franklin is one of the founder's that I recall. He was 70 when he signed the Declaration, having built his entire life from scratch as the son of a candle maker to a scientist, diplomat, and statesman. When asked what kind of government the Convention had produced, he replied: "A republic, if you can keep it." That wasn't a celebration. It was a reminder that what gets built can also be lost if no one tends to it.

I think about that in the context of careers. Building something meaningful like a body of work, a leadership reputation, a professional life you're proud of, doesn't happen by accident, and it doesn't maintain itself. It requires the same things Franklin's republic required: clarity of purpose, the willingness to do hard things, and the self-awareness to keep course-correcting.

The leaders and professionals I work with are engaged in exactly that kind of building for themselves, their families, and the communities they support. On this 250th anniversary, take a quiet moment alongside the celebration. Remember what was risked so that our quality of life could exist, and carry that same seriousness of purpose into the work you're building.

Happy Fourth of July

Sincerely,

Barbara A. F. Greene

Scholarships Applications being accepted now through October 31, 2026!

ICF-SA Coaches & Friends

I am excited to announce the application link is now live and we are accepting applications for the 2026 awards of the

The Dr. Maria F.G. Wallace Coaching Catalyst Scholarship

The scholarship is named in honor and celebration of Dr. Maria F.G. Wallace, sponsored by Ms. Barbara A.F. Greene (MCC) (Greene & Associates, Inc.), and is exclusively for ICF-SA members.

This year we will award up to three scholarships of up to $1,000 each to support the development of our coaching professionals.

To review scholarship guidelines, please visit the ICF San Antonio home page and click on “Scholarship Application”. On that page you will find the complete scholarship policies, a link to the online application, and background information on Dr. Wallace, the scholarship’s namesake.

Applications are due no later than October 31, 2026. We will announce the winners at the ICF-SA Holiday Party on December 8th.

June's Survey Results
How Confident do you feel in your leadership decisions right now?
Very Confident - 12.5% | Mostly Confident - 37.5% | Confident, but stretched thin - 50%
Second-guessing myself more than usual - 0% | Feeling stuck or overwhelmed - 0%

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