About Us
A Community for Enneagram Learning and Connection Across Texas
IEA Texas is a statewide community dedicated to expanding access to the wisdom and practice of the Enneagram. As an official affiliate of the International Enneagram Association (IEA), we bring together students, practitioners, teachers, and enthusiasts from across Texas who share a passion for personal growth, meaningful dialogue, and the transformative power of the Enneagram.
Our mission is simple:
IEA Texas introduces, deepens, engages, and expands access to the Enneagram across Texas by fostering learning, community, and collaboration among practitioners, students, and the wider public.
Whether you are just discovering the Enneagram or have been studying it for years, IEA Texas exists to support your journey.
Our Board
The IEA Texas board reflects the diversity of the Enneagram community across the state. Our leadership includes coaches, educators, clergy, consultants, and organizational leaders who integrate the Enneagram into a wide range of professional contexts.
Together, we are committed to building a collaborative, ethical, and inclusive Enneagram community that supports learners, practitioners, and teachers throughout Texas.
Joanna Douglas
President
DallasJoanna Douglas is a conscious leadership coach who works with accomplished professionals who look successful on paper but feel depleted behind the scenes. An International Coaching Federation certified coach at the ACC level and a certified Enneagram teacher through the Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy, Joanna specializes in the intersection of emotional intelligence and executive performance through the customized lens of the Enneagram.
A former corporate leader, she combines practical leadership strategy with deep self-awareness work to help leaders regulate reactivity, strengthen communication, and lead with greater confidence and authenticity. Joanna is the creator of the Depletion to Fulfillment™ model and founder of Enneagram Ensight.
andrew Bowles
Vice President / Secretary
DallasAndrew Bowles (he/him) is a Certified Narrative Enneagram Teacher, board-certified chaplain, and founder of Paths to Presence, an Enneagram-informed coaching and teaching practice based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Andrew was introduced to the Enneagram in 2011 and has been integrating its wisdom into his life and work ever since. Through his work in healthcare settings, faith communities, workshops, and other group learning environments, he is especially interested in using the Enneagram to help people recognize automatic patterns, deepen self-awareness, and engage life with greater presence and intention.
Find Andrew at www.pathstopresence.com
tisha Dodge
Board Member / Legal
Ft. WorthTish Dodge serves as the legal counsel to IEA Texas. Her love of the Enneagram started in 2012, and she made it official as a Certified Professional by the IEA, Georgia Chapter and the Atlanta Center for Wellness in 2020. Tish is a Texas attorney with 30 years of legal experience and a trailblazing social entrepreneur as the founder of the first Texas Social Purpose Corporate Law Firm and the first Texas Public Benefit Corporation. She also serves in the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at Texas A&M University School of Law, providing free legal services to underserved communities while training and mentoring the next generation of lawyers. Tish also lectures on how the Enneagram can help lawyers be self-aware and foster their relationships with their clients and fellow lawyers.
Carrie Lutter
Treasurer
DallasCarrie Lutter, LCSW, RDN, is a licensed psychotherapist, nutrition therapist, and Certified Enneagram Practitioner who has been in private practice since 2000. She specializes in helping adolescents, adults and families with young children build healthier relationships with eating, movement, and body image through an integrated non-diet approach to emotional and physical well-being.
Since 2017, Carrie has incorporated the Enneagram into her personal, clinical, and educational work. As a Type 2 (SP/SX/SO) on the growth path, she has expanded her work as a speaker and presenter at community
events, conferences, Enneagram trainings. More recently the her enneagram work led her to a business development role in mental health.
Find Carrie at www.carrielutter.com
Aaron Manes
Board Member / Communications
DallasAaron Manes (he/him) is a coach, a trained spiritual director, a somatically-informed Enneagram teacher and an inner work healing practitioner. Aaron is the Executive Director at The Retreat House Spiritual Center, a non-profit contemplative community. He holds Enneagram certifications with the Somatic Enneagram and Awareness To Action Enneagram. He is a contributing writer for The Enneagram Monthly, is an IEA Accredited Professional, and is an adjunct faculty member with SMU Perkins School of Theology’s Certificate in Spiritual Direction program.
Through one-on-one accompaniment, workshops, and group facilitation, Aaron creates grounded, compassionate spaces for people doing the brave work of reconnecting with themselves and learning how to live with greater presence, clarity, and integrity in an ever-changing world.
Find Aaron at www.aaronmanes.com
John Marshall
Board Member / Membership
HoustonJohn Marshall, MS, PCC, NBC-HWC, is an executive coach, speaker, and coach educator whose work integrates the Enneagram, iEQ9, mindfulness, positive psychology, and leadership development. He is the founder of Humessence, an iEQ9 Accredited Practitioner, and a board member and Membership Director for the founding board of IEA Texas. John is also an instructor for Life Purpose Institute’s Life Coach Certification Program, a Mentor Coach for Wellcoaches, an executive coach for Skillsoft, host of The Present Professional Podcast, and a meditation and mindfulness teacher on Insight Timer. He helps people grow in self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and more intentional ways of living and leading.
Jon Singletary
Board Member / Programming
WacoDr. Jon E. Singletary is a Professor of Social Work at Baylor University and former Dean of the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work. Jon is the author of Leadership by the Number: Using the Enneagram to Strengthen Educational Leadership. His scholarship explores how the Enneagram’s pathways of thinking, feeling, and doing can deepen self-awareness, support holistic growth, and strengthen leadership in helping professions.
His involvement with IEA Texas reflects a deep commitment to expanding access to the Enneagram as a tool for personal transformation and meaningful connection across diverse communities.