Meet the People Who Will Walk With YouÂ
We come from different backgrounds and life experiences, but we share a common calling - to help people discover clarity, live with alignment, and build momentum where it matters most.
At Clarivol, you’re not handed a framework and sent on your way. You’re met by real people who listen deeply, ask thoughtful questions, and walk with you as insight becomes lived change.
Together with you, we believe meaningful lives create a ripple effect of good - in families, organizations, and communities.Â
Every Clarivol Guide is trained not just in strategy, but in presence - because real change happens in relationship.
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Adiel Brasov
Co-Founder and Guide  Â
Adiel helps individuals, couples, and leaders wrestle honestly with questions of purpose, significance, and impact - and turn insight into meaningful action. He is known for combining thoughtful inquiry with practical strategy and a grounded presence.
Adiel’s professional journey has included teaching philosophy, working in commercial real estate and wealth management, and guiding organizations through strategic planning. He earned his MBA from the University of Colorado and brings a deep respect for proven processes paired with genuine curiosity.
At the heart of Adiel’s work is a desire to help people align who they are with how they live and lead. Clients often describe Adiel as calm, curious, and deeply present — someone who listens carefully and helps them see patterns they hadn’t noticed before.
Outside of Clarivol, he enjoys learning, traveling, and laughing with friends - often around a fire with a good cold beer.
Laura Brasov
Laura brings warmth, optimism, and strategic insight to every conversation. She helps individuals and couples clarify what matters most, navigate change with confidence, and build lives marked by purpose and forward momentum.
After graduating from USC and leading high-performing sales teams within a Fortune 500 company, Laura’s life took a profound turn when she faced - and overcame - cancer. That season reshaped her understanding of success, meaning, and alignment, deepening the way she now walks with others through seasons of change.
Since 2009, Laura has guided more than 1,000 individuals and couples through life transitions, career pivots, and moments of realignment as a Life Strategist.
When she’s not working with clients, Laura can be found hiking or skiing Colorado’s mountains, leading masterminds, or adventuring with her Romanian husband and their three boys.
Duke Dillard
Duke helps people understand who they are, what they’re created for, and how to live with fulfillment and intention. His thoughtfulness is shaped by experience across cultures and seasons of life.Â
Those who work with Duke often describe him as a steady presence - someone who listens carefully and helps them make sense of complex seasons with clarity and calm.
Duke earned his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University before teaching with Teach For America in inner-city Long Beach. His journey later took his family overseas to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkey, where he completed his MBA at Bilkent University in Ankara. A certified life coach, Duke draws from his global experience to help clients navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.
He now lives in Texas with his wife and several of their seven children, continuing to invest deeply in family, community, and meaningful work.
Kim Swindall
Guide
Kim brings clarity, steadiness, and thoughtful structure to complex situations. She helps individuals and leaders bring order to what feels overwhelming so they can move forward with confidence and intention.
For more than a decade, Kim has worked alongside business owners and organizational leaders, helping them build healthy systems that value both people and results. Her experience in the corporate world is matched by a deep commitment to family life, having devoted herself to raising five daughters and honoring each of their unique strengths.
Based in Oklahoma, Kim loves creating calm out of chaos and enjoys spontaneous travel with just enough planning to stay grounded.Â
Michelle Sosa
Guide
Michelle brings compassion, curiosity, and joy into every conversation. She helps people reconnect with their stories and create lives grounded in purpose, meaning, and authenticity.
Michelle holds certifications in mental health coaching, Shadow Work, and life coaching, bringing 20+ years of experience in nonprofit leadership and youth mentoring.Â
A devoted mom of three, a bonus mom to one, and a new grandmother, Michelle deeply values family, meaningful connection, and a good laugh. Whether she is exploring Colorado trails or embracing the joyful rhythms of everyday life, she is rooted in her own journey of creating a life she loves while helping others do the same.
Joan Adams
Guide
Joan brings steadiness, wisdom, and thoughtful curiosity to her work as a guide. She helps people reflect on their stories, clarify what matters most, and move forward with intention.
Joan holds a degree in Business Education and a master’s degree in Counseling. Her career has included teaching high school business courses, directing strategic operations, and counseling clients through seasons of change.
Joan believes every story holds potential for transformation and enjoys helping clients explore their experiences and aspirations with care. Outside of her professional work, she loves traveling with her husband of thirty six years, cheering on her adult children, and being JoJo to her four grandchildren.
Gaby Ortiz
Guide
Gaby brings warmth, encouragement, and clarity to the people she guides. She helps individuals discover their strengths and move forward with confidence, purpose, and direction.
After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Gaby worked for years as a bilingual elementary educator and Spanish teacher. She later pivoted careers to become a trained counselor, deeply committed to supporting women and young adults as they navigate personal and professional growth with compassion and care. She is passionate about helping them grow beyond their current limitations to be all that they can be.
When she is not studying or working, Gaby enjoys spending time with her husband and her two young adult children in Colorado.Â
Jeff Jewett
Guide
Jeff helps people recognize their potential and step into lives marked by purpose and courage. His guiding style is encouraging, curious, and rooted in a deep belief in human growth.
He graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a degree in psychology before working in community development with organizations in the Houston area. Jeff later co-founded Spring Back Utah Mattress Recycling, a social enterprise in Salt Lake City focused on both environmental impact and opportunity creation. Jeff is a certified Maxwell Leadership Coach and is passionate about helping people move beyond limitations and live with clarity and freedom.
Jeff and his wife are raising two young children. He enjoys hiking, mountain biking, skiing, baseball,and roasting good coffee.
Jenny Jewett
Guide
Jenny brings calm, compassion, and forward momentum to the people she guides. Jenny is a big dreamer with a strong bias toward action, and she finds deep purpose in helping others live with intention and clarity.
After earning her degree in Nursing, Jenny worked as a critical care and cardiac catheterization nurse across the United States, from Boston to Alaska. With her husband Jeff, she later co-founded Spring Back Utah Mattress Recycling, a social enterprise that diverts mattresses from landfills while creating meaningful employment opportunities.
Based in Utah, Jenny loves spending time in the mountains and red rock canyons, traveling with her husband and two children, and sharing good coffee and thoughtful conversation around a fire.
Kristen Berger
Guide
Kristen brings encouragement, insight, and steady care to the people she guides. She helps individuals reconnect with their strengths and move toward lives marked by health, purpose, and fulfillment.
Kristen earned her degree in Nutrition from Florida State University and later completed her master’s degree at Georgia State University. She spent more than a decade working as a registered dietitian before shifting her focus toward family life and community leadership. Along the way, she created women’s groups, led within her church, and taught group fitness, deepening her passion for helping people flourish.
A Tampa native, Kristen now divides her time between Colorado and Alaska. She loves camping, skiing, exploring new places, and cheering on her favorite sports teams, but her favorite role is supporting her four children in the lives they are growing into.
Kevin Hughes
Guide
Kevin brings wisdom, perspective, and thoughtful guidance shaped by decades of walking with people through meaningful life transitions. He helps individuals clarify their direction and build plans that honor who they are and how they are designed.
A native Coloradan, Kevin studied history at the University of Northern Colorado and later earned his Master of Divinity from Talbot. His background includes teaching in secondary education, college ministry, and more than twenty five years serving as a pastor in California and Missouri. These experiences have given him a deep appreciation for the shaping of the human story.
Kevin has been married for over 40 years and enjoys life with his three children and five grandchildren. He also serves as a faculty member with the Pastoral Leadership Institute of Anse A Galet in Haiti and as a chaplain with the St. Louis County Police.
Chrissi Nappe
Executive Administrator
Chrissi brings care, organization, and deep empathy to her work with both clients and the Clarivol team.Â
After attending Arizona State University, Chrissi began her career in the travel industry, where she developed a love for people, systems, and learning from diverse cultures. She later devoted herself to raising her four children before returning to professional work, where she now supports Clarivol through thoughtful administration and process development.
Chrissi is a also coach who particularly enjoys working with women coming out of divorce, helping them to rebuild confidence, rediscover purpose, and create lives rooted in hope and forward momentum.
Chrissi enjoys running, hiking, and spending time on the water under the Colorado and Texas sun.
Heather Johnson
Finance Manager
Heather brings care, precision, and steady support to Clarivol’s financial life. She helps ensure that the systems behind the scenes are clear, trustworthy, and well tended.
Heather graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and has spent her career working with numbers both in the classroom and as a bookkeeper. She has a genuine love for math and enjoys bringing clarity and order to complex financial details so the team can focus fully on its work.
Heather lives in sunny Arizona where she serves her local community through her church, enjoys traveling to warm and beautiful places, and cheers on her three grown sons.
