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10th Dot Collaborators

Vonda Vaden Bates
CEO
Vonda heads up 10th Dot Transformations using its collaborative methodologies to advance all 10th Dot endeavors. She collaborates with clients, investors, partners, staff, and vendors in ways that exhibit the models and leads endeavors that bring the 10th Dot vision to life; "You at your best; your endeavors thriving."
For over 30 years Vonda's creative approach has influenced major market shifts in television, retail, banking, technology, education, and health care. She has been an executive and understands what it takes to lead in times of significant change.

Yogiraj Charles Bates
Founder
1942-2012
Yogiraj Charles created a lifetime of learning before his death in 2012. 10th Dot collaborations continue to be inspired by his extraordinary authorship of individual and organizational methodologies.
Yogiraj Charles presented a rare combination of services to humanity. He was a yogi-adept with 40 years of study and an executive with 45 years utilizing specialty training in Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Neuro-linguistic Programming and other organizational development methodologies.
Nikki Silvestri
Nikki Silvestri is the Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a coaching and consulting firm bringing social and environmental entrepreneurs more impact in their work and joy in their lives. Her career has taken Nikki from presenting at the White House and conducting negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to producing intimate workshops with local businesses and small retail organizing.