About Us
My name is
Jackie Lowe Stevenson
I have been privileged to follow my professional interest and passion for engaging people in personal discovery and development for almost forty years. For the last 20 years I have fully integrated into my coaching and consulting work my personal respect and passion for nature, horses, the intelligence of our bodies and experiential learning.
I bring this approach to my work and the work of my clients at a time when we struggle with the changes brought by a highly evolved technological culture and a less evolved relational culture.
My clients include a diverse population drawn from individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. I have worked with kids from the inner city, parents and children, family businesses, professional men and women embarking on their careers, individuals challenged with demanding leadership responsibilities, teams struggling to succeed, CEO’s questioning “for the sake of what do I go to work each day."
The service I provide is unique to each client and innovative in approach, grounded in well accepted practices and based on a strength based “what’s working” and “what needs to change” perspective.
Work is important. We all struggle with day to day challenges trying to earn a living and do productive work while living our dreams and destinies. We seek meaning and identity in our work and strive for purpose in our endeavors. Being physically, emotionally and mindfully present provides the well spring for meaningful relationships in work and the courage and creative energy to inspire greatness in individuals and their organizations.
My commitment is to provide the context and professional service to empower the client to achieve their best purpose and to enjoy well being in service of the whole.
Jackie Lowe Stevenson
Our Team
Jackie Lowe-Stevenson, MSSA
Jackie Lowe Stevenson is a consultant, coach, therapist and educator. She is the is past Director of the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland and past Clinical Center Director of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. She teaches and lectures within the U.S. and in Turkey, Israel and Mexico. She is an adjunct professor at the Mandel School of Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and on the faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. Jackie’s professional practice includes Equine Guided Coaching and Experiential Learning and natural horsemanship methods. She is a pioneer in this work and has trained and collaborated in developing this cutting edge organizational development modality through out the United States and in Europe She works with individuals, groups and organizations. She is the founder of “Wolf Creek”; a wilderness based leadership and personal development training program for women. Over 100 women have participated in this year long training program exploring the teachings of nature and the power of personal presence and the what is possible when creating community.
Esther Gates FLMT, CYT
Esther is an accomplished sky diver, horsewoman, yoga teacher, massage practitioner, an avid mountain biker. From her 300 sky-dives Esther has become an expert at small group dynamics at terminal velocity. She is an award-winning equestrienne in dressage, cross-country and stadium jumping, and has thereby learned to empower creatures outweighing her ten to one. For the last several years Esther has been partnering with horses in support people in their leadership and human development. She particularly brings embodied awareness in her work with people and horses. Esther has been studying Yoga and Massage for over 10 years. She is a Florida Licensed Massage Therapist, 200 hour Certified Yoga Teacher and Thai Yoga Practitioner. She is currently teaching private and group yoga classes and gives Thai Yoga Bodywork sessions. In her body oriented work and in her horse work Esther is committed to a providing a supportive environment for change exploring new awareness of body and mind.
Lisa Roll Kayser, BA
Lisa Roll Kayser BA, founder and President of Butterfly Ridge Properties LLC.,has over 20 years experience in Marketing/Sales and in training business professionals for Eastman Kodak, Walgreens, and L’Oreal. She is a graduate of The Gestalt Institute Program, May 2008. She is committed to expanded methods of self and business development through hands on work with horses and nature based programs. She has a strong belief that all life experiences provide opportunity to grow and learn. Her welcoming presence and strength based approach deepens the experience and reminds us that learning can be inspiring and fun.
Herb Stevenson, MA
Herb Stevenson is President/CEO of the Cleveland Consulting Group, Inc., where he focuses on organizations that recognize that business is not a problem to be solved. He employs the use of dialogic techniques such as focused conversations, critical incidents, and public conversations to enable communications that have meaning and lead to awareness and decisions with depth and breadth. Herb has been a management consultant for over twenty years and a business executive for over 25 years. For 15 years, he was Executive Vice President with Young & Associates, Inc., Kent, Ohio, a management consulting firm employing approximately 25 professional and staff personnel. During his tenure within banking, he specialized in business start-up and rapid growth. He specializes in executive and board support through coaching or consulting, and diversity training. He supports executives and board members in strategic issues related to long term planning processes as well as in day-to-day operating procedures. Herb is the founder of the Medicine of Men program that is a one year program that explores male maturity in today’s world.
Julianna Spoth, PhD
Julianna is the principle and owner of Spoth and Associates. She has 28 years of experience in consulting and coaching working with both small family business and fortune 100 companies. She teaches at CWRU. Julianna’s focus is on leadership development, work with executives and managers at risk.
The Horse / Herd Team
Rojo, Thunderheart, Be, Spirit, J.R. and Raven
Pebble Ledge Ranch, Jackie's home and work facility, is a place dedicated to personal development and professional growth and to a thriving and healthy environment for all. Jackie and her husband Herb live on the ranch with a Canadian Timber wolf-dog, two dogs and six horses. Their home is lively place with three grown sons and friends coming and going, as well as a place for community celebrations.
Welcome to Pebble Ledge Ranch
Pebble Ledge Ranch is a wonderful choice for your individual, group or organizations retreat, seminar, or training program.
Pebble Ledge Ranch is situated on eighty acres of private conservancy protected land and is surrounded by 500 acres of Geauga County Park forest, rookery and wetlands.
The ranch is conveniently located within an hour drive of downtown Cleveland, Ohio the popular University Circle cultural center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Hopkins airport, while quietly nestled in the heart of the pastoral Great Western Reserve of northeast Ohio.
Several ecosystems thrive on this land. Rolling pasture and grass land, a mature woods, ancient hemlock forest, rocks and river invite, observation, hiking and exploration on Pebble Ledge Ranch. The beautiful Chagrin River borders the east boundary, the Canadian Glacier Rock Ledges filled with quartz pebbles border the south boundary, a primorial bog of birds and water creatures extends along the north boarder. Fox, deer, hawk and heron are among the wildlife that are often seen and make this their home.
Pebble Ledge Ranch has several structures including a pre civil war bank barn, a yurt (mongolian tent) a guest cottage and farm house which can be made available for activities and meeting space. The horse facility is home to a gentle herd of five horses with a dry sand paddock work space and picturesque rolling pasture.
Give us a call or better yet come for a visit to explore how we might serve you in planning and delivering an experience that will make a difference in your work and life.