PORT ORCHARD — Maria Marsala of Poulsbo, a consultant and executive coach, will speak to business leaders at the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce on April 11 and the South Puget Sound Business and Professional Women’s chapter meeting in Fife on May 1.

Marsala (www.ActNowSeminars.com) is a former Wall Street trader who trained as a coach in 1998. In 2011, she was named one of the Top 30 International Coaching Gurus by Coaching Gurus International. She has been published in numerous business magazines and is the author of four workbooks, including, “Attracting Clients You Love Working With: How to Stop Working with Clients from Hell.”

Marsala’s presentation, “Marketing Smarter: 6 Steps to Sustainable Growth & A Profitable Client Base,” outlines a system for attracting more profitable clients with less effort.