David Giwerc – Founder

David is a Master Certified Coach, MCC, with the International Coach Federation  the governing body for the coaching profession. He has been coaching adults with ADHD for a decade, with a specific focus on entrepreneurs with ADHD and mentors some of the world’s leading coaches. David is the Founder and President of the ADD Coach Academy, founded in 1998, (ADDCA,) the premier comprehensive, long-distance ADD*(also refers to AD/HD) coach training program. The program is designed to teach the essential skills necessary to powerfully coach individuals with ADD.

 David Giwerc is also the immediate past President (2003-2006) of ADDA, (Attention Deficit Disorder Association), the world’s leading adult AD/HD organization and continues to serve on the executive committee in a variety of important ADDA roles. As a veteran board member he served in the capacity of Vice-President/Marketing, and Marketing Committee Chair with ADDA.  He was a key committee member involved in the development of ADDA’s current “Guiding Principles for Coaching Individuals with AD/HD” in addition to authoring and directing ADDA’s 2002, 2003, 2004 strategic plans. David was a catalyst for ADDA’s United States Senate resolution that was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate on July 6, 2004. The resolution declared September 7, 2004, National AD/HD Awareness Day.

David also leads ICF’s only SIG, Special Interest Group, a monthly teleconference for ADD coaches. This monthly tele-conference class, sponsored by the International Coach Federation, is designed to provide a platform for ICF coaches to learn more about ADD coaching and share successful strategies.

He was also the producer and co-director of the well-received ADD Coaching video, “Me, My ADD Coach & I”. He has had published articles for CHADD, ADDA and both he and the Academy have been featured in the New York Times, New York Times magazine, Fortune, Inc. Magazine, ADDitude a magazine, Attention and other well- known periodicals.

David is a graduate (1978), Cum Laude, of Syracuse University’s, Newhouse School of Communications. He is also a graduate of both Coach University (1997) and the Optimal Functioning Institute (1996). David was a former President of the Optimal Functioning Institute and conducted tele-conference classes at Coach University.

Prior to coaching, David helped develop and direct the marketing/strategic plans on behalf of one of the world's largest advertising agencies (Young & Rubicam). Major responsibilities included: Director of Marketing on the Miller Brewing Account, development of all sports marketing plans (NBA, NFL and major league baseball), retail marketing and sales promotion for their 600 + distributors. Additional clients included Champion Products, Inc., Pizza Hut, PepsiCo, Jiffy Lube and AT&T.

David, who has been interviewed on various radio and television programs, has also been a featured speaker at ADDA, CHADD, and the International Coach Federation conferences. He has a busy coaching practice dedicated to AD/HD entrepreneurs and the mentoring of AD/HD coaches.

He and his wife, Marla (ADDCA’s Director of Operations & Professional Services) and their two children live in the suburbs of Albany, NY.  In his previous life, David played Division one college basketball, currently holds a Black Belt (Shodan) in Budokai Karate and enjoys working out daily, writing, creating coach training programs and learning more about self-development, spirituality and the science of the brain.

Presentation Experience:

12th  Annual ADDA Conference
May 2006
Orlando, Florida
Keynote Presentation: The Science, Spirit & Source of the ADD Being

6th Annual Michael Golds Memorial AD/HD Conference
September 30, 2005
Oakland Community College, The Michael Golds Foundation and CHADD chapters in Michigan
Keynote Presentation:  Permission to Proceed the ADHD Way: Uniquely, Unconventionally & Unbridled
Recipient: CHADD of Michigan, 2005, Distinguished Service of the Year Award

11th Annual ADDA Conference
May 2005
Tucson, Arizona
Keynote Presentation: The Power of the ADHD Mind: Your Unique you

10th Annual ADDA Conference
May 2004
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation: Coaching the Battle of the ADHD Mind. To be or not to Be, That Really is the Question

Annual Certified Contractors Network Conference
January 2005
Key West, Florida
Presentation:  ADHD and the Unique Brain Wiring of Contractors who Create & Catalyze

8th Annual International Coach Federation Conference
November 2003
Denver, Colorado
Presentation: Educating, Energizing, and Empowering Excellence through the ADD Coaching Process

9th Annual ADDA Conference
May 2003
Portsmouth, Virginia
Presentation:  Positioning your ADD Coaching Practice

1st International ADD Coaching Conference
March 2003
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keynote Presentation: The Power of AD/HD Coaching

3rd Annual Michael Gold Memorial AD/HD Conference
October 2002
Detroit, Michigan
Presentation: Coaching the AD/HD Entrepreneur: Strategies and Systems for Success

6th Annual National ADDA Conference
May 2002
Chicago, Illinois
Presentation: The Partnership of Coaching
Coaching the AD/HD Entrepreneur

13th Annual CHADD International Conference
October 2001
Anaheim, California
Presentation: ADD Coaching Success Stories

5th Annual National ADDA Conference
May 2001
Seattle, Washington
Presentation: Coaching The Entrepreneur with ADD
2nd Annual Michael Gold Memorial AD/HD Conference

April 2001
Detroit, Michigan
Presentation: The ABC’s of ADD Coach Training
1st Annual Michael Gold Memorial AD/HD Conference

April 2000
Detroit, Michigan
Co-Presentation: The ADD Coaching foundation and Essential Tools for Success
Premier: Me, My ADD Coach and I video

4th Annual National ADDA Conference
May 1999
Washington, DC.
Presentation: ADD Coaching Success Stories

3rd Annual International Coach Federation Conference
September 1998
Phoenix, Arizona
Presentation:  The Uniqueness of the ADD Coaching Niche & ADD Coaching principles