Location: San Francisco, CA / Pacific Time

Experience/Qualifications: One of my favorite moments in coaching is when a leader realizes the answer was there all along. They just needed someone to help them uncover it. That’s how I approach every coaching engagement. I don’t believe my job is to give you advice or tell you what to do. Instead, I ask thoughtful questions that help you untangle complex situations, challenge assumptions, and gain confidence in your own judgment. I’ve found that the most meaningful breakthroughs rarely come from advice. They come from a conversation that helps someone see themselves, and their challenge, in a completely different way. My goal is for you to leave every conversation with greater clarity, practical next steps, and the confidence to tackle the next challenge on your own. I’ve spent more than 25 years developing leaders across retail, technology, and media organizations, culminating in my role as Vice President of Learning & Development at Paramount Global. Earlier in my career, I held leadership positions with VMware, Siebel Systems, and Williams Sonoma.

Area of Expertise: While I enjoy working with a variety of leaders, I particularly enjoy helping leaders navigate critical leadership transitions, such as stepping into a first management role, rebuilding trust after difficult feedback, leading organizational change, or preparing for the next level of leadership.

Coaching Philosophy: I don’t believe my job is to make your decisions easier. I believe my job is to help you become the kind of leader who can make difficult decisions with clarity, confidence, and integrity. Most leaders already possess far more wisdom than they realize. The challenge isn’t a lack of ability. The pressures of leadership can make it difficult to see situations clearly. Coaching creates the space to step back, think differently, and approach challenges with greater clarity and intention. When leaders strengthen the way they think, not just the decisions they make, they’re better prepared for every challenge that follows. That’s the kind of lasting growth I hope to foster through coaching.

How I Measure Success: We begin every coaching engagement by defining what success looks like for you. Throughout our work together, we’ll revisit those goals and look for evidence of progress—not only in outcomes, but in how you’re thinking, leading, communicating, and making decisions. My success isn’t measured by the advice I give, but by whether you leave our work together better equipped to handle the next leadership challenge on your own.

What I’m Known For As a Coach: Clients often tell me they leave our sessions with greater clarity, increased confidence, and a practical plan they can immediately put into action. They appreciate that I challenge their thinking without making them feel judged, making it easy to have honest conversations about difficult leadership situations—even the ones they’ve been avoiding.

Hobbies/Interests: When I am not working with managers and leaders, I play drums and sing in a rock band that performs around the San Francisco Bay Area. Leadership, like music, isn’t about perfection. It’s about listening, adapting, and knowing when to step forward and when to support others. I am also into gardening, cooking, playing pickleball, travel, watching movies/TV, and spending time with my husband and our black lab.