Dr. Deborah Teplow is CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Wellness Education. She developed the competencies and training curriculum that became the basis for US Department of Labor’s approvals in 2012 of wellness coaching as a new US occupation and a Registered Apprenticeship Program. Previously, she was founder and CEO of Health Focus, a medical publishing company that produced continuing medical education for a national audience of physicians and other clinical professionals. She has served on an expert panel for the US Department of Health and Human Services, as a director on the board for the Global Alliance for Medical Education, and a subcommittee chair for the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education.