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What I'm all about...

  • Transforming from the Inside Out for You to Shine as Your True Self
  • Tuning into the Wisdom of Your Whole Being: Head, Heart, & Gut.
  • Strengthening Relationships, Presence, Compassion, and Trust.
  • Cultivating Authentic, Inspiring, Confident Leaders and Teams.
  • Amplifying Individual & Collective Aspirations, Aligned Choices, and Courageous Actions.
  • Doing Work that Matters through Connecting with Others.

A Relational Approach to Leadership & Team Development

 True leadership isn’t just about tasks and deliverables—it’s about building trust, navigating complexity together, and fostering relationships that drive the results. It’s about showing up with curiosity, clarity, authenticity, and connection—and inspiring others to do the same.​ Relational Leadership is the missing link for many leaders, teams, and cultures to transform and thrive while supporting both individual growth and collective success.
 
Relational Leadership is leading so others want to follow—not because they have to, but because they trust you. Relationally effective leaders lead with consistency and dependability from a grounded place of maturity, authenticity, and connection. This involves leading with both structure and kindness, developing emotional and relational intelligence, and balancing tasks and relationships. This also requires true presence and attunement to the wisdom of your whole being: emotions, sensations, energy, instincts, and intuition as well as your intellect.

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My passion is developing authentic, audacious, and relational leaders and teams that inspire, influence, and drive collective, meaningful impact. I do this by creating transformative coaching experiences tailored to each client’s unique challenges and aspirations.

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In today’s rapidly changing world, leaders need to...
  • Clarify their vision routinely and amplify their leadership voice and visibility.

  • Make decisions quickly, despite uncertainty and limited information.

  • Bring curiosity and connection to creatively and collaboratively problem-solve and innovate.

  • Navigate polarity tensions and broad perspective-taking to help their businesses thrive.

  • Develop their leadership presence and energetics to lead with accountability, inspiration, compassion, and confidence.

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When leaders connect deeply, communicate clearly, and lead with authenticity, they elevate performance, drive innovation, and create organizations where both people and business thrive.

Experience & Credentials

I help clients across industries navigate the complexity of their unique situations by guiding them through transformative coaching experiences. With 15 years of corporate leadership experience, over a decade partnering with executives, leaders, entrepreneurs, and teams, and advanced certifications in leadership coaching, team development, facilitation, and human behavior, I bring an extraordinary blend of leadership expertise, analytical insight, human-centered coaching, interactive facilitation, and entrepreneurial energy to every engagement.

​✔ Coaching clients include Executives, Leaders, Entrepreneurs, & Teams in pharma, biotech, IT, healthcare, construction, non-profits, government, STEM, military, and small businesses.​

✔ Speaker and Facilitator who custom designs interactive workshops, experiences, and events for individuals, teams, groups, businesses, and conferences.
✔ As a certified team coach, I focus on what it takes for teams to improve HOW they work together to ACHIEVE their business success.

✔ Internationally Recognized Certifications in leadership and team coaching:

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation

  • Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University

  • Certificate in Facilitation, Georgetown University

  • Team Coaching Certificate, Corentus Inc.

  • Certified IEQ9 Enneagram Practitioner – Leadership & Team Transformation

  • Certified Gestalt Equine Coach, Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies 

  • Certified in The Leadership Circle Profile™ 360º, Team Management Profile (TMP), and Leadership & Human Key Polarity Indicator™

✔ Former Associate Research Fellow, Ph.D. at Pfizer, leading multi-disciplinary teams

✔ Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley

✔ B.S. Chemistry, Bates College

A few fun facts:

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FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:

“All we are doing is putting love out in the world.” 

George Lange, Photographer

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BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED:

Trust yourself! Listen to your heart whispers! Get out of your head and live your life!

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NEVER EVER DID I THINK I WOULD:

Work with horses and become a certified Gestalt Equine Coach.

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NEW HOBBY & CURRENT PROJECT:

Making a large collaborative stone and smalti (Italian colored glass) mosaic

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FAVORITE PAST TIMES:

Laughing with others, travel adventures, and beach walks

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BOOK YOUR Free
COMPLIMENTARY CALL TODAY!

If you’re ready to elevate your leadership, strengthen your teams, or explore the right coaching path for you, let’s connect.

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