Executive Coach | Resilience & Leadership Development | Family Business Expert

Phillip Brooks is an executive coach and leadership development strategist with deep expertise in resilience, succession planning, and team transformation. As Founder of Fresh Potential LLC, he partners with social impact leaders and family business owners to create aligned, agile organizations that thrive in change without sacrificing purpose or well-being.

A seasoned former CEO with over 50 years of leadership experience in the fresh food industry, Phillip brings both real-world insight and advanced coaching credentials. He’s a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, a certified Hudson Institute Coach, and a Team Coaching Practitioner (GTCI). His approach blends systems thinking, emotional intelligence, and practical action planning.

At the Gratitude Network, Phillip coaches global social entrepreneurs and has supported the formation of the organization’s leadership team development framework. His coaching helps leaders scale their impact while sustaining team cohesion and personal clarity.

Phillip is widely recognized for his contributions to leadership and family business resilience and was named a Top 25 Produce Industry Leader by The Packer. He is also a frequent speaker on topics like resilience, adaptive leadership, and family business harmony.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Leaders and their families shouldn’t have to sacrifice their mental, emotional and physical well-being to be successful. You deserve to have a thriving organization, a happy family, and a coveted work/life balance. My goal is to walk with you on your specific, individualized journey and help you define your current situation and your inspired future. Together, we will create and implement a customized action plan to reach your goals. Considering things like the leadership roles and future challenges. You are the star of the show and I am behind the scenes supporting you in achieving the results you are striving for.

📍 Minnesota, USA

I support leaders working in fast-paced, complex and high-stakes environments. I guide members to get clear about their purpose and strategy; to break down limitations about themselves, their teams and their business; to develop and deepen inner poise; to
strengthen relationships; and to sustainably perform and thrive in their career.

My coaching is informed by two decades of experience in leadership roles in technology as well as my deep understanding of contemporary approaches to leadership, strategic thinking, communication methodologies, mindfulness, somatics and trauma work. I coach founders and senior leaders from small and large, for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

I have a PhD. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Upstate NY and an undergrad in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in India.

📍 California, USA

I’ve spent the last 35 years building and leading non profit organizations focused on education, health and social services and economic development. I’ve additionally worked as an organizer, program manager, policy advocate, grant writer, grant maker, and facilitator of multi-site collaborations at the intersection of the non profit, public and philanthropic sectors.

I bring the lived experience of leadership to my current work as a strategic thought partner and coach. At the end of 2025, I stepped down from 13 years leading an organization I founded, and which my team scaled to serve all 3.2M 6th-12th grade students in California’s public schools. I am particularly drawn to working with clients on systemic challenges and those that require collaboration across teams or organizations. I have recently been thinking a lot about public private partnerships, the inner work of leadership, and the importance of a trauma informed approach to collaboration and change.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My approach to coaching focuses on helping people to become the most authentic and effective versions of themselves. This includes working on the configurations of people, systems and resources needed to help them lead their organizations through these tumultuous times. I’m highly attuned to the needs of each client, enabling me to flex my support to both support their goals as articulated and offer perspective on how those goals may need to be refined when necessary.

📍 California, USA

Ashley Carson is a strategic HR executive consultant and certified coach with 20+ years of experience in organizational leadership, change management, and talent strategy.

Founder of Resiliency Theory and fractional Chief People Officer, partnering with leaders and organizations to build resilient leadership capabilities and scalable, people-centered operating models.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching style emphasizes presence, active listening, and powerful questioning. I create a space for honest exploration while helping leaders move through pivot points, align to their values, and drive meaningful change.

📍 Washington, USA

Jancy Castro is an Executive Coach and Senior Director, G&A and Site Leader, currently leading the scale of a multinational operation from inception to a multi-hundred employee organization.

With over 20 years of leadership experience across multinational environments, she has led teams ranging from early-stage operations to large-scale organizations of up to 1,600 employees.

She partners with senior leaders and emerging leaders to navigate growth, organizational complexity, and leadership transitions. Her work focuses on strengthening decision-making, expanding leadership impact, and enabling sustainable performance under pressure.

What differentiates Jancy is her real-time leadership context—she actively leads at scale while coaching leaders through similar challenges, bringing both practical insight and deep awareness to her work.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Jancy’s coaching is rooted in a deep belief that every person carries something uniquely theirs to bring into the world. She works with individuals to reconnect with that inner source—especially in moments of challenge, uncertainty, or transition—so they can move forward with greater clarity, courage, and self-trust.

Drawing from her experience leading and scaling organizations, she understands the complexity, pressure, and responsibility that leaders carry—and the importance of having space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. With a blend of genuine care and thoughtful challenge, she creates a space where people can be fully themselves, access what often remains unseen, and step more fully into their potential.

📍 Costa Rica

Jane Cha has more than 25 years of regional human capital management experience supporting multinational corporations in the banking and technology, consulting, media, oil and gas services sectors. Jane has a track record working with business stakeholders to develop people and organizational capabilities, build learning solutions and support talents in their career development.

Jane is a certified executive coach and global career development facilitator. She is a Leadership & Workplace Performance Coach with BetterUp International & various Executive Career coaching agencies. In the recent 5 years, she has helped numerous talents and aspiring leaders from Fortune500 companies (in various sectors) develop leadership and workplace effectiveness skills. She has also trained and coached professionals and mid-career individuals from diverse backgrounds in shifting their mindsets, progressing with their careers and enhancing employability. She is engaged by clients to deliver learning and coaching solutions in: Workplace performance, Career management, Employability and Agility, Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, Growth mindset, Shifting towards positive mindset, Improving workplace relationship, Time Management, Goal Setting, Performance Management, Leadership Effectiveness. She is known for her passion in strengthening resilience and growth mindset, positivity and sense of purpose, continuous improvement attitude, practical solutioning, fostering teamwork and collaboration.

She has a Master degree in Human Resource Management from the Temple University, Pennsylvania USA.

Language Proficiency: English, Chinese

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus:
-Adopts a strengths-based, solution-focused coaching style grounded in positive psychology, helping clients reframe limiting beliefs, build resilience, and develop a confident, growth-oriented mindset.
-Focuses on whole-person development by elevating self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and cognitive agility, enabling clients to navigate complexity and lead effectively in a VUCA environment.
-Emphasizes practical, results-driven outcomes through structured goal setting and actionable plans, supporting clients to enhance leadership presence, gain visibility, and achieve meaningful career progression.

📍 Singapore

Amy Chou is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and former senior tech executive with over 20 years of experience at companies including Google, TikTok, Cisco, and Intel. She led global marketing teams of 30+ and built a career at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and people development.

After choosing to step away from corporate leadership, Amy now works as a full-time leadership and career coach supporting high-achieving, mid-career professionals as they navigate leadership transitions, career pivots, and complex, competitive environments. Her approach blends deep corporate context with practical coaching, helping clients gain clarity, build confidence, and take intentional action.

As a woman of color, immigrant, working mother, former senior leader, and now business owner, Amy brings both lived experience and strategic insight to her work. She is the founder of Dream. Plan. Do. Live., a coaching practice grounded in the belief that clarity creates confidence, and intentional action creates momentum.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I bring my full self to coaching. As a woman of color, a mother of 2 girls (14&12), a wife, an immigrant, a senior leader in prominent tech companies, and now a business owner, these various identities all deeply influence how I show up, what I value, and how I coach.

📍 California, USA

Cornelia M. Flannery is a seasoned expert with over 25 years of experience helping organizations gain a competitive edge through human connection and emotional intelligence. Holding a BS in Marketing and an MA in Spiritual Psychology, she combines strategic insight with emotional depth to drive transformative change. As a sought-after speaker and business coach, Cornelia partners with executives to enhance team performance by fostering trust, communication, and collaboration. Through customized leadership coaching, dynamic team-building strategies, and innovative program design, she helps leaders discover purpose, elevate performance, and navigate the challenges of an increasingly AI-driven world.

Cornelia’s passion for making a positive impact began early in life, starting as a volunteer babysitter for neglected children. This commitment has grown into a distinguished career focused on delivering transformational education and empowerment to individuals, teams, and organizations globally. Her work has impacted heads of state, humanitarians, corporate founders, and celebrities, leaving a lasting imprint across industries and cultures.

Beyond her professional work, Cornelia finds joy and inspiration in quiet moments of solitude and in the laughter-filled moments shared with her husband and teenage daughter.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My approach is working on both the goal line and the soul line of an individual. What that means is while the client is taking action and moving toward achieving intended outer results, we also work with the inner aspects/experience to create alignment with what’s happening externally. This happens through deep listening, removing obstacles & fears and transforming mindset. When one in inwardly & outwardly congruent, miracles happen!

📍 Arizona, USA

Courtney K. Ford, ACC, CFRE is CEO of CKF Collective, a strategic advisory and executive coaching firm supporting nonprofit leaders through moments of transition, growth, and succession. As an interim executive, coach, and advisor, she partners with boards and senior leaders to strengthen governance, align teams, and navigate complex change with clarity and confidence.

Over the past two decades, Courtney has helped organizations raise more than $1 billion while advancing programmatic, operational, and leadership transformation. Prior to launching her firm, she held executive leadership roles at Cooper Union, Miami City Ballet, The Boys’ Club of New York, and New York Philharmonic.

Courtney serves as Board Chair of Broward Cultural Foundation, Board Member of Kaleidoscope Dreams Foundation, Advisory Board Member of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet, and on the Education Committee of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami Chapter. She’s currently conducting a national action research study on the conditions that support historically underrepresented leaders to thrive in top executive roles at the largest nonprofits in the U.S., and the role coaching plays in that process.

A first-generation college graduate from Appalachia, Courtney is committed to widening tables, opening doors, and redefining what leadership looks like. She lives in Miami Beach with her dog, Sasse.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I serve as a thought partner to leaders in moments that matter, especially during transition, growth, or complexity. My coaching blends strategy and execution, helping leaders cut through noise, build confidence, and take decisive action. I’m especially focused on supporting historically underrepresented leaders stepping into bigger roles.

📍 Florida, USA

Scott has been an executive coach for over 100 nonprofit and mission-driven startup leaders funded by: Draper Richards Kaplan, REDF, Emerson, Ford Foundation, Tipping Point, and Camelback Ventures. Scott has also chaired an 18-person nonprofit board for Juma Ventures, a national leader in youth workforce development. In his Tech career, Scott grew companies of all sizes and ran a $400MM business with 400 people, while always enjoying helping to develop leaders throughout his career. Scott’s life purpose now is to make the world better by helping nonprofit leaders grow their leadership skills and impact. You can find out more about Scott here.

Scott has supported the following organizations:

● Social Enterprises (Juma Ventures, Hopeworks, Peralta Svcs, Comm Kitchen Pittsburgh)
● Nonprofits/Foundations (Sequoia Climate, GiveWell, Freedom Reads, Simprints, AccesSos)
● Accelerators (REDF, Camelback Ventures, Black Ambition, Fast Forward, Digital Undivided)
● Start Ups (Sorfeo, Devpost, Gritly, Uptrust, Konekti, Uprooted Academy, Get Hovr)

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I sincerely care about you and enjoy building a genuine, trusting relationship together. I meet you where you are. I ask questions and question answers, and advise you by sharing insights from my experience. I balance listening and supporting you as needed, with challenging you to reach your full potential.

📍 California, USA

Partner at Management Associates, an international management consulting firm which he founded 39 years ago. Prior to that served as the Director of Artist Development for Capitol Records/EMI, developing such artists as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Band, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt.

Additionally, Howard was a venture partner with Outlook Ventures in San Francisco. He is a Board Director, investor, and strategic advisor to numerous technology start-ups. He was the Chairman of the Faculty of the Center for Management Design, a corporate university for senior executives. He received the “Breakthrough Award,” and “Leadership Award” from Transformational Technologies, his peers in the global consulting industry, in recognition for outstanding accomplishment.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus:
– Personal connection on how you and your organization can prosper now.
– Action focused issue resolution and performance coaching.
– Deep experience in “Choosing What Works”.

📍 California, USA

Shelley Goldstein is an executive communication strategist, coach, and author of the #1 international bestselling book, Remarkable Speaking: A Framework to Embody Your Voice and Your Vision. She equips leaders with her proprietary Remarkable Framework and Pressure Response Pathway to communicate boldly, lead decisively, and influence with gravitas, especially under pressure.

Through evidence-informed training, Shelley transforms how executives, entrepreneurs, and business owners show up so they can strengthen trust, maximize ROI, and drive measurable business results. Grounded in behavioral science, storytelling, and executive strategy, her work goes beyond skill-building to create lasting change at the leadership level.

She has trained more than 1,000 professionals across five continents, from global enterprises and Fortune 100 and 500 companies to SMBs and startups. She does not just refine how people speak. She challenges them to step into the voice their vision requires and become the leaders others trust.

Shelley partners with C-suite executives, senior officers, business owners, and entrepreneurs in high-risk, high-reward environments where effective communication is a competitive advantage. She works with CPAs, M&A advisors, IT officers, and VPs of sales and operations whose ability to influence decisions, lead with clarity, and communicate under pressure directly affects the bottom line. Whether presenting to stakeholders, leading through crisis, or building authority in the market, her clients gain the precision and power high-stakes leadership demands.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching style is grounded in deep listening, confidentiality, and humility. I help leaders move beyond surface-level presenting so they can think clearly, communicate with clarity and trust, and stay present in the conversations where decisions, opportunities, and reputations are shaped. My focus is not just on how someone speaks, but on helping them connect their communication to stronger outcomes, bigger vision, and long-term leadership impact.

📍 California, USA

Victoria Gonin is a strategic and highly collaborative leader with experience in corporate and higher education administration. As an innovative thinker, Victoria can inspire and create community, empower and mobilize teams, and build mutually beneficial partnerships to create lasting impact.

Victoria started her career in advertising, including stints at Young and Rubicam and BBDO. She pivoted into the publishing field, working for IDG publications, and then moved into consulting, where she was the managing director for the Boston office of RGP, a global consulting firm. Victoria moved to higher education in 2013 and served as the Deputy Director of Alumni Relations at Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth, Victoria led several strategic engagement initiatives including developing a global alumnae community and a volunteer service engagement effort to celebrate the College’s 250th anniversary. Her most recent role in higher education was as the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Volunteer Services at MIT. There, she managed a team of 25 professionals who executed events and programs to keep the alumni engaged with the Institute.

As a certified leadership coach through Co-Active Training Institute, Victoria is committed to supporting leadership development and growth for women leaders. She is particularly focused on creating women’s communities of leaders so that they can be collectively inspired to have a greater impact on their communities and the world. Victoria was the President and co-founder of one of the earliest women’s giving circles in Boston, Womenade Boston.

Currently, Victoria is on the board of Inspiring Girls USA a nonprofit organization with a mission to raise girls’ aspirations and break down gender stereotypes by introducing girls to incredible role models and engaging them in meaningful conversations about their future. She also serves on the board of Girl Rising, a girls’ education non-profit with a mission to use the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. Victoria also mentors a young Guatemalan college scholar with She-Can, an organization that is building female leadership through mentorship and the skills needed to change their nations and the world.

Victoria is an intrepid traveler who tries to use her knowledge of French and Spanish wherever possible. Victoria enjoys hiking, yoga, cross-country skiing, and her latest passion, e-biking, in her free time.

📍 New Mexico, USA

Molly Heekin is an accomplished leadership advisor, committed to fostering growth and driving meaningful change for individuals and organizations alike.

As a board member for the Desert Foothills Leadership Academy and Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park, Molly contributes to leadership development, environmental education, and community advancement. She has extensive experience in leadership coaching, mentoring nonprofit executives through the Gratitude Network, high-performing women in global corporations through Women Unlimited, and emerging product managers through her company’s talent development program.

Previously, Molly served as Senior Director of Global Product at Visa, where she led global technology initiatives. Her expertise includes strategic leadership, team development, product innovation, and digital transformation. She is also skilled in client engagement, sales presentations, and organizational change.

Having successfully navigated multiple career transitions herself, Molly is deeply committed to supporting others in charting their own growth opportunities. This marks her third year volunteering as a coach with the Gratitude Network.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Strategic and Supportive: I guide leaders in navigating transitions and complex decisions with clarity and confidence, informed by real-world leadership and product innovation expertise. Empowering and Insightful: I help clients uncover their own strengths and define their unique leadership style, drawing from a blend of corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial experience. Clarity-Driven and Growth-Focused: I help people see their path more clearly by combining structured guidance with a personalized, insightful approach.

📍 Arizona, USA

Alexandra Jimenez was born and raised in Costa Rica and has lived in the US, Germany and Switzerland. She has +24 years of experience in for-profit and non-profit multicultural organizations in the logistics industry, adult learning, and project management. She thrives in stakeholder engagement, designing and facilitating training, supporting career choice and transitions, coaching and mentoring, and supporting community initiatives related to education empowering children in social risk.

She is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) from the International Coach Academy (ICA), RUOK mental health corporate ambassador, and holds a degree in Business Management, a Master’s in International Trade, and a Diploma in Professional Training.

Core competencies: Coaching |Project Management | Leadership/Workforce Development | Learning and Development specialist | Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence.

Languages: Spanish (Native) | English (Native-level) | German (Professional Working Proficiency) | French (Limited Working Proficiency)

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I am passionate about the healing power of coaching. My coaching focus is on partnering with clients on a transformation journey. My superpower is unlocking your thoughts, enabling you to reconnect with your innate creative capacities so you can be who you truly are and decide where you want to go next. I want you to feel empowered to take the driver’s seat in both your personal and professional life. I want you to think clearly about your strengths and embrace your personal power. I want you to set your actions and achieve them on your terms.

📍 Switzerland

Charlotte has over 20 years’ experience coaching and developing executives and managers in diverse leadership roles and across many industries. Her coaching has helped clients make the transition from Manager to Leader – developing Leadership Presence.  She has addressed challenges such as increasing leadership influence and agility, developing new workplace cultures, fostering team / peer collaboration, and improving communication skills. Adept in process facilitation, she helps clients build on their business expertise and focus on developing processes and relationships to meet both personal and professional goals.

Charlotte spent 20 years with the Creative Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo, NY. She taught in their Facilitating Creative Leadership Program for 11 years using the Osborn Parnes Creative Problem Solving model and other tools and techniques that encourage creative thinking and the skills to create high performance, innovative teams.  

Charlotte holds a B.S. in Education and English from the University of Michigan and Master’s Degrees in both Education and Business from the University of Michigan and Lesley College.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Be a thought partner to address specific business projects, professional goals, and team challenges while focusing on the client’s personal and leadership development. Maintain focus on the client’s agenda and their vision when other distractions interfere with their initial intention. Facilitate success in achieving goals using values clarification, brainstorming, identifying plans of action, examining modes of operation in life, asking clarifying question, and making empowering requests.

📍 California, USA

Hamira Latif is an executive and team coach who partners with leaders and organisations to build stronger relationships, navigate complexity, and create sustainable performance. With more than a decade of experience working with leaders across sectors including healthcare, energy, and global corporates, she supports individuals and teams to strengthen self-awareness, deepen collaboration, and lead with clarity and impact.

Hamira’s coaching focuses on developing executive presence, improving communication, and enabling leaders to work more effectively with their teams and stakeholders. She is particularly interested in helping leaders handle conflict constructively, make thoughtful decisions in complex environments, and foster cultures where people and performance can thrive together.

Her work draws on systems thinking and relational leadership, supporting leaders to see beyond individual perspectives and engage with the broader dynamics within teams and organisations. Hamira brings a calm, insightful presence to her coaching and creates spaces where honest reflection, learning, and meaningful change can take place.

She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, and holds certifications including CPCC (Co-Active Training Institute) and ORSCC (CRR Global – Organisation and Relationship Systems Coaching). Hamira works internationally with senior leaders, executives, and leadership teams who want to lead with greater awareness, alignment, and effectiveness.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching focuses on strengthening leadership presence, improving communication, and supporting leaders to work more effectively with their teams and stakeholders.

📍 United Arab Emirates

Executive and Career Coach with 25+ years of global experience across HR, Global Mobility, Finance, and Procurement in Fortune 500 environments, Johanna brings a deep understanding of the challenges professionals face in today’s evolving workplace. Her mission is to help leaders and mid-career professionals navigate meaningful career transitions with clarity, confidence, and purpose—particularly within the tech sector.

As a Certified Executive and Career Coach, she combines business expertise with a human-centered approach grounded in Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and IKIGAI. This integrated methodology supports clients in reconnecting with their strengths, building resilience, and aligning their careers with what truly matters.

Through her independent practice, she offers executive coaching and leadership development programs designed to unlock potential and drive sustainable growth. She has partnered with diverse professionals across industries to help them gain direction, reignite motivation, and step into their next chapter with intention.

I am a proud member of the Association for Coaching (AC) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF), committed to the highest standards of coaching excellence.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Her coaching style is holistic and strengths-based, focused on empowering individuals to lead authentically, unlock their potential, and thrive both professionally and personally. Her coaching blends strategic insight with human-centered practices.

📍 Costa Rica

Athena Mak is a seasoned leader and ICF-certified coach who specializes in empowering individuals and organizations to achieve their goals while staying aligned with their values and purpose.

With nearly 20 years of experience spanning the private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors in the U.S. and internationally, Athena brings a wealth of experience in leadership development, organizational strategy, and change management. Whether helping clients navigate leadership transitions or tackle strategic challenges, Athena partners with individuals to create a roadmap that resonates with who they are and what matters most to them.

Athena is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation and trained with the Hudson Institute of Coaching. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and a M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and has been engaged with organizations such as Education Pioneers, Leadership Tomorrow Seattle, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP), and Women’s Impact Alliance.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Athena’s coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that thoughtful leadership is rooted in awareness and intention. Together, we’ll look holistically at what’s in front of you, examine hidden assumptions and behavior patterns, connect to what matters most, and determine a path forward that aligns with your goals and values. The process is practical, collaborative, and always in service of you and your goals.

📍 Washington, USA

AMY MOORE is an MCC and ACTC with the International Coach Federation, and a certified coaching supervisor through Oxford Brookes. She runs her own coaching practice, and is adjunct faculty and professional associate at GIBS business school in Johannesburg, South Africa. Amy has worked globally in the field of leadership development for the last 25 years. She also trains and supervises new coaches.

Passionate also about storytelling, and storytelling as a leadership competence, Amy has co-authored 35 teaching cases and writes directly for Harvard Business Publishing Education.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I believe in partnering with clients to understand their systemic challenges and how their perspective and behaviours impact the work that they do. Drawing on her experience at Bain & Company, in coaching she helps leaders identify the patterns and systems that they are in, and the behaviours and actions they would like to live for impact. She is known for her systemic approach, and strong listening and questioning skills (with additional tools) that prompt reflection and leadership insight to help maximise effectiveness.

📍 South Africa

Lucy is a certified coach, mentor and trainer. She began her profession as an audit apprentice and has over 20 years + track record in Financial Management, having worked up the ladder to head the finance department of one of the top ten Financial Institutions in Kenya. It was while she was working for the financial institution that she developed a passion for governance.

She runs Business Deepening Hub, governance consultancy firm, which is one of the SNDBX experts and provides audit, training and implementation of governance principles to businesses so that they can achieve sustainable success.

She is a Fellow Certified Public Accountant , Certified Public Secretary with a Master of Business Administration from Maastrict School of Management /Eastern Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI).

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My focus is on leadership development, creating governance structures especially for enterprises looking to scale and sustainability.

📍 Kenya

Sonia has been working in human rights and social change for over twenty years as an activist, educator, fundraiser and CEO. She is passionate about change-makers and offers coaching and consultancy expertise to people leading and working to make an impact in the world. She has travelled extensively and worked in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She is multi-lingual, loves immersing herself in different cultures and working with international teams. Her travels in India introduced her to the practice of mindfulness which she imbeds into her working, coaching and personal life. She is a strong believer that the path of inner change is an essential component for anyone who wants to change the world and institutions around her. She is inspired by the many incredible everyday heros who work for change, and loves to dedicate her time and energy to building the capacity of teams and their leaders so they can find harmonious, skilful ways of working. Despite the often serious challenges of change-work, she can’t help but inject joy and passion into her interactions. As a coach, she is focussed on the discovery of authenticity, self-care and reigniting the passion and energy for the vital work of social transformation.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: 1. Strong believer that the path of inner change is an essential component for global change. 2. Focuses on the importance of self-care in order to sustain energy, motivation and joy in change-work. Can guide you to re-discover your work-life balance, authentic voice and creativity. 3. Has a strong experience to share in human rights, international development, monitoring and evaluation, gender programming, fundraising and digital communications

📍 Sweden

📍 Uganda

I’m Nora Paxton—an executive coach, organizational development strategist, and best-selling author dedicated to transforming high-performing leaders into visionary catalysts. With over 20 years in corporate leadership roles, I understand the complexities of executive challenges. My coaching methodology blends cognitive behavioral techniques with strategic frameworks to help leaders overcome internal barriers and achieve sustainable growth. I focus on aligning personal identity with professional goals, fostering self-awareness, and enhancing emotional intelligence. Beyond coaching, I lead Paxton Publishing Group, empowering thought leaders to share their insights authentically. As a mentor with the Gratitude Network, I support social entrepreneurs driving global change.​ My mission is to help leaders not just succeed but leave a lasting legacy.​

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I take a strategic, grounded, and growth-driven approach to coaching, helping executives elevate their leadership by aligning logic, psychology, and ethical influence to drive real results. My style is practical yet transformational—I meet leaders where they are, challenge their thinking, and equip them with tools and frameworks that create both immediate traction and lasting change. I focus on building composure, clarity, and catalytic influence, so my clients can lead with calm authority, even in high-pressure environments.

📍 Washington, USA

Maritza Reverón is the President and Founder of The Imaginista Collective, Inc. a certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise that works with Fortune 500 companies like Google, McDonald’s, Morgan Stanley, and Coca-Cola to uplevel senior leaders and help operationalize DE&I in their organizations. Her background blends over 20 years of bringing ideas to life in business settings via strategic communications, brand management, and leadership development. Her experience in the corporate, agency, startup and government spaces allowed her to become skilled at business development, leadership development and training, and identifying solutions to business challenges.

📍 Pennsylvania, USA

For over 30 years, Marianne has been helping leaders to realize their full potential. She has been a trusted partner to hundreds of leaders across the development spectrum; from emerging leaders to CEOs. Marianne is known for her ability to blend extensive knowledge and insight with creativity and compassion and a deep commitment to the success of each client’s
journey.

Marianne begins each client relationship by helping them explore their identity, clarify their leadership vision, and identify any challenges to overcome. With this foundation, she expertly guides her clients using strengths-based methods to develop robust capabilities and achieve outstanding results consistently.

Marianne’s leadership coaching is informed by her deep experience as an organization development consultant. Marianne brings a breadth of industry experience including healthcare, biotech, medical devices, technology, financial services, manufacturing, and agriculture across the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Additionally, Marianne has worked with individuals, teams, and
organizations in Asia, Europe, South Africa, and North America.

Marianne holds an MEd from Boston University, an MSc from Southern New Hampshire University, and a BBA from Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland’s Organization and Systems Development program and serves as leadership development faculty and an executive coach at the Gestalt International Study Center. She holds the International Coaches Federation’s Professional Coach Certification (PCC).

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching is focused on taking a valued client from where they are to where they want to be. My style is strengths based. I have a passion for helping my coaching clients learn, grow and be the best they can be. There are 4 phases to my process:
1) Assessment/Goal Setting
2) Co-creating a development plan
3) Executing the plan
4) Integrating what has been learned/achieved and thinking about ways to support the gain and continue the journey.

📍 New Hampshire, USA

Carol is known for her warm, insightful, and direct approach which enables her clients to get clear on what they want, and what they can do to enhance their leadership brand, their influence and produce impressive results. With over 20 years of leadership development experience, Carol has deeply honed her coaching expertise.

Carol’s previous line management and extensive management consulting background enables her to bring a deep understanding of organizational and business dynamics to her coaching work. She has coached hundreds of leaders at different stages of their leadership evolution. Her clients are in knowledge-based industries – life sciences, health care, technology, financial services, higher education, professional services, and not-for-profit organizations. She is certified to use the best-in-class leadership assessment instruments. Her deep toolkit enables her clients to discover their underlying motivations, beliefs and patterns that go unnoticed, yet have an impact on the choices they see. She makes the “invisible” drivers – visible, thereby expanding their range of options and behaviors. Her coaching includes the most cutting edge thinking in neuroscience, emotional intelligence and executive presence.

Carol serves as a Master Coach Supervisor in the Graduate College of Executive Coaching at William James College. She also serves as an Executive Coach in various executive education programs at Harvard Business School and other major institutions. She serves on the Board of the International Coach Federation – New England chapter. Carol earned an MBA with a concentration in Organizational Behavior from Boston University and a BA in Psychology from Simmons College. She completed professional her coaching certification with New Ventures West and is certified as Neuro-Transformational Coach (CNTC). She earned the Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation, a designation held by less 5% of coaches globally.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I bring a warm, insightful, and direct approach that helps leaders gain clarity about what they want, overcome obstacles that may be holding them back, and strengthen their effectiveness and fulfillment as a leader.

📍 Maine, USA

I’m Michelle Sarti, an enthusiastic advocate for living your absolute best life with intention and purpose.

I grew up the youngest of six kids, constantly surrounded by lively conversation, passionate opinions and big expectations to go into the world and work hard. I’m a former attorney who never loved practicing law. I spent ten years on and off studying Counseling Psychology. I have many wild stories about service on school and non-profit boards that challenged me with everything from bear attacks to criminal embezzlement. And of course, like any mom, I have the parenting war stories that come from raising three now almost-adult children. Throw in the existential crises of surviving breast cancer, the pandemic, and 18 days hiking on the John Muir Trail, and, well, I gained clarity about a few important themes in my life: 1) Helping others is what I was meant to do, 2) We are all striving to feel useful and live a life of meaning, 3) Fear, combined with self limiting thoughts, perspectives and behaviors, is the death of dreams and moving forward

I’m now a dedicated Co-Active Coach and I excel at helping others move from a place of feeling restless, stuck or unclear to a place of inspiration and action. I have found profound happiness and purpose in Life and Executive coaching and know that you too, can find what you are seeking to change in your life. When I’m not coaching clients, you can find me hiking and running on the trails of Marin or planning a crazy wilderness adventure.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching approach is rooted in empathy, active listening, and a deep commitment to your growth.
We will partner together and dive into your values, perspectives and how you spend your time. I will ask questions, lots of questions, and together we will clarify what matters most to you and design your life the way you want it to be.

📍 California, USA

Sara Scurfield partners with ambitious leaders to help them define, embrace and amplify their unique leadership style. With nearly 20 years experience navigating the fast-paced landscapes of tech and retail across global markets (UK, Canada, USA), Sara brings a curious, warm, pragmatic and results-oriented approach to coaching. Her 13-year tenure at Google, where she led Sales and Partnerships Marketing teams, provided her with firsthand experience in building high-performing, inclusive cultures. Importantly, she invested over 100 hours in formal coaching training (Co-Active Training Institute) and directly coached over 100 leaders within Google as part of a leadership coaching program.

In 2023, Sara embraced her calling full-time, dedicating her practice to helping leaders unlock their unique potential and build inclusive, high performing teams. Her commitment extends beyond individual coaching; she’s actively involved in cultivating the next wave of women leaders in tech and equipping sales professionals with essential storytelling skills through workshops.

If you’re ready to own your leadership with confidence and clarity, explore Sara’s offerings further by signing up for her educational emails or visiting www.sarascurfield.com.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Sara Scurfield partners with ambitious leaders to define, embrace, and amplify their unique leadership style with clarity and confidence. Grounded in 20 years of global tech and retail experience—her warm, pragmatic, and results-driven coaching is shaped by real-world leadership and over 100 hours of formal coach training.

📍 Toronto, Canada

With 20 plus years of experience, Henna is known for her relationship building skills and mindful presence. She has clocked in more than 1000 hours of coaching and transformed more than hundred thousand lives in the past few years through varied engagements like Individual/Group Coaching sessions, Workshops/Webinars and keynote speeches for marquee brands.

Recognized by the industry experts as “𝐓𝐨𝐩 51 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫” and “100 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬” by the World HRD Congress, a recipient of the “𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” award from the Women Leadership Forum and honoured with the “𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 2023” by the HR Association of India, her contributions to happiness and well-being are widely acclaimed.

She has also been acknowledged by LinkedIn as “The Top Voice” and featured in Newsletters and famous publications. Her ability to engage the audience and connect with diversity has been appreciated by some prestigious universities and successful organisations across the world. Having lived in Japan, India and USA, she has excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
Henna is an ICF certified Mentor Coach, a 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 (𝐏𝐂𝐂) specializing in “𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬”and 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡. With an unyielding passion for learning and coaching, she is fervently pursuing her next milestone of Master Coach Certification (MCC).

She balances her work and life with travel, reading and meditation. Her mission is to build happy workplaces through coaching while providing hope through her philanthropical work with visually impaired children.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: As a PCC-certified coach (Preparing for MCC) with specialized training in Positive Psychology and Neurolinguistic Programming, Henna has supported individuals across Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and global organizations to unlock their potential, navigate changes, and create sustainable impact on their communities. Her facilitation style is co-creative, client-centric, and holistic. It focuses on bringing awareness and evoking clarity in those she has the opportunity to work with.

📍 India

L. Jani Sheppard is the President and Founder of ljs.LeadershipSolutions with over 30 years of experience in leadership development, DEI, and organizational growth. She serves as Director of Equity and Growth at Rowe Policy Media and is a Partner and facilitator at JAIDE. A Saint Joseph’s University graduate and PONO and Weinberg Fellow, Jani specializes in trauma-informed, DEI-centered leadership with a focus on NPOs/NGOs. Her work empowers historically marginalized communities and vulnerable populations. Her expertise in organizational development focuses on strengthening leadership capacity, emerging leaders, and promoting High-Performing Organizations (HPOs). Known for her compassionate, honest, supportive, and engaging facilitation style, Jani creates impactful coaching and development experiences that drive lasting change and inclusive leadership.

📍 California, USA

Richard is an accredited executive coach, helping individuals to have profoundly better days at work and to support a step change in their own thinking and actions. Richard specialises in helping those in leadership positions who are focused on systemic change or have yet to find their ‘fit’. He works with those who want to be a different leader to those that came before, using both challenge and curiosity to examine their goals, help to remove barriers and allow coachees to focus on what really matters to them. Your ability to really grow, lead and fundamentally shift your thinking needs a prioritised space and singular focus – both challenge and support.

Richard brings a wealth of experience to his coaching practice from 18 years of designing and running leadership and L&D programmes across the private sector, public sector, education and not-for-profit. Richard specialises in deeper, systemic change – working with individuals to understand and leverage their core motivations, and examine their established patterns and narrative. Richard is also a System Leadership specialist working with the NHS, large corporate and not-for-profits to help build the capacity for change in complex adaptive systems.

Richard proactively works with a diverse set of clients. He is highly experienced in working with three specific client groups – senior public sector leaders (predominantly NHS & Education), Not-for-profit leaders and start-up/scale-up leaders – all of which deal with highly dynamic environments and balancing competing strategic demands. Richard has over 400hrs of coaching experience, alongside 1,000hrs facilitating team and leadership development.

Richard can offer a wide cultural view having worked in Kuwait, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Norway, Hungary, the Caribbean, Kenya and Australia.

Richard is an ILM qualified coach, an accredited Executive Coach with the Association for Coaching and a certified Action Learning Coach with WIAL. He is certified and experienced delivering Gestalt Coaching, Transactional Analysis and the IEQ9 Enneagram profile.

Originally from London, Richard lives in Cardiff with his wife and 2 children. He is a qualified skipper and canoe coach. He co-runs a not-for-profit creating ethical leadership programmes for young people seeking a career with purpose.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Coaching is often at its best when it gives you something you don’t get in your normal routine – challenge, space, reflection, open exploration. I work with individuals on both practical immediate change and deeper fundamental change.

📍 United Kingdom

Katsuko Sugiyama is an independent Leadership Coach, Intercultural Business Consultant and Bilingual (J/E) Facilitator specialized in global leadership and cultural competences development for the executives, next-generation leaders, associates, and the team members to maximize their effectiveness as global leaders.

Katsuko brings over 25 years of experience in international business in Japan and the U.S. She has worked as an internal business partner, external consultant, and coach in the areas of product development, operations, and project management in a wide range of industries, including Biotech/Pharma, Financial Services, Information Technology, Management Consulting, and Education.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My approach of coaching is to see my client as a whole person and to help develop their mind (cognitive), heart (emotional intelligence) and body (body wisdom) in balance in order to come up with their own solutions.

📍 Massachusetts, USA

Bill assists start-ups, small and medium size businesses in developing and executing early, mid and late stage business, engineering and operational strategies, plans and procedures in a business and technical capacity. He enjoys challenging problems and taking businesses to the next level. He has worked world-wide.

• 50+ years in management, enterprise architecture, technical and product development, business consulting, sales and customer support;
• 20+ years working with start-up companies with leading edge ideas and technologies;
• Extensive knowledge and world-wide experience in the high technology, business intelligence, telecommunications, networking, and financial services industries;
• Developed more than dozen products and services, written more than a million lines of code, developed numerous business plans, papers, articles, manuals and patents; and
• Developed a number of company and product specific call/contact centers, web sites and business processes that helped reposition organizations to better communicate and serve their customers.

Some key clients: 3Com, Adobe, Airtouch, Aspect Telecommunications, BancOne, BofA, Cadence Design Systems, Candle, Cisco, CSAA, Deluxe Checks, General Electric, GNA, IBM, Kaiser Permanente, NASA, Neckermann (Belgium, Netherlands, France), Pacific Bell, PBA, PeopleSoft, PG&E, ProBusiness, Progress Software, Raychem, Siemens (US & Germany), Sun Microsystems, Unisource, Wells Fargo.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I help you, your team and your organization achieve your goals and be successful. I adapt what I do to what you need on an ongoing basis. Your success is my success.

📍 California, USA

Brittany spent 15+ years leading teams at high-profile tech companies spanning start-ups to well-established corporations. In 2022 she shifted her career focus to follow her passion in two ways: she embarked on an opportunity to pursue her International Coaching Federation (ICF) accreditation and she began leading a start-up SaaS business with family members.

She has seen first-hand the power of coaching, particularly with emerging leaders and those facing personal and professional transitions. Brittany has led and coached team members, sales leaders, executives and fellow coaches. She is passionate about shining light on other’s strengths and partnering with them to create a meaningful professional journey.

She lives in Denver, CO and enjoys tennis, hiking, and spending time with her husband and two small children.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I’m a co-active coach that focused on client-led coaching. I get to know each coachee that I work with, and then tailor our approach to fit their needs at any given time. I’m direct but use humor and fun to approach most topics!

📍 Colorado, USA

Jill Talvensaari, MCC, MBA
Ajillity CEO and Co-Active Coach

Jill Talvensaari is an inclusive workplace advocate and transformation catalyst who helps leaders thrive, lead with confidence, and create lasting impact. As an Executive Leadership Coach, advisor, and speaker with over two decades of experience in technology and renewable energy, she has guided thousands of professionals through meaningful, purpose-driven change.

Founder of Ajillity since 2005, Jill brings entrepreneurial insight and a global perspective from her time living and working in Silicon Valley and the UK. A Master Certified Coach with a strong Silicon Valley network, she blends strategic clarity with deep compassion in her coaching.

Now focused on giving back, Jill works with executive directors of global nonprofits serving children, helping them sustain vision, prevent burnout, and build resilient teams. She serves on the board of the Gratitude Network and has held board leadership roles in education and community governance. Jill holds an MBA from Seattle University and dual degrees in Cognitive Science and Quantitative Economics from UC San Diego. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Transformative Leadership and enjoys hiking, yoga, travel, and coastal life in California.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I am very focused on providing a safe space for my coaching clients to explore where they are and how they want to show up moving forward for themselves, their family, and their organization. I help people see their strengths, what is possible, and make their goals manifest. My style is direct, compassionate and trauma informed using a combination of consultative and coaching approaches depending what is needed.

📍 California, USA

Dr. Archana Yemeshvary Ashok Upadhyay is a highly accomplished CXO Coach and a seasoned HR leader, currently serving as the CHRO at Hindustan Colas. With over three decades of experience, she is a dynamic force in organizational transformation, renowned for her ability to cultivate high-performance cultures, develop impactful leaders, and empower individuals to reach their zenith.

Globally recognized for her coaching prowess, Dr. Archana holds the prestigious ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential and has been honored as a ‘Global 200 Women Power Leader’ and among Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 100 Coaches. Her extensive certifications, including Certified Corporate Director, Senior Certified Professional (SHRM), and numerous coaching specializations like Brain Focused Coaching and NLP, underscore her deep commitment to professional excellence.

Dr. Archana’s global impact is evident in her coaching of leaders across diverse regions, from the USA and Australia to London and the Philippines. Her expertise extends to training bureaucrats and coaching CEOs, founders, C-suite executives, and military personnel. As an ICF Prism Awards jury member and a coach with Gratitude Network USA, she actively contributes to fostering positive change and individual empowerment.

Languages: English and Hindi

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Experience coaching that blends deep intuition with a holistic approach, creating a secure space for profound self-discovery, aligning your core with your actions, and igniting your conscious leadership potential. Expect insightful questions, unwavering support, and a transformative journey towards lasting change.

📍 Mumbai, India

I am a seasoned leader, driven by the profound motivation to leverage my extensive experience for the creation of an inclusive, beautiful, and sustainable planet that caters to the well-being of all beings.

My journey has been shaped by a multifaceted background, blending my innate passion as a biologist with roles in the profit and non-profit sectors as a senior fundraising leader, marketer, sales professional, traveler, empathetic counselor, and a social entrepreneur in Uganda. However, I’ve always remained a generalist, thrive on diverse knowledge and possess a holistic perspective, allowing me to understand developments and challenges from a comprehensive standpoint.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: As a compassionate leader and coach my focus lies on listening to people, ask clarifying and yet also thought-provoking questions. I am not telling my what to do but rather take them on an exciting journey with me to find the solutions together.

📍 Greece / Nomad

Rajiv Vij is a Life and Executive Coach, Author and Speaker. A Master Certified Coach (MCC), he works with leaders in business, public service and the social sector, based across Asia-Pacific, to help them discover and fulfil their potential. He has authored two books, including his latest release, ‘Inside-Out Leadership: 16 radical insights successful leaders wish they had discovered sooner’. Prior to finding his calling and starting his coaching practice in 2006, he served as Managing Director (Asia, Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe) for Franklin Templeton Investments.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: Wholistic approach to coaching founded in the belief that inner self-work and personal mastery is the pathway to leadership mastery.

📍 Singapore

Anh is a Chief People Officer who doesn’t just lead—she transforms. With a global edge and a knack for turning big ideas into reality, she’s the spark plug behind cultures where people thrive, teams excel, and businesses go beyond expectations. Rooted in human-centered leadership, Anh’s talent for uniting people, driving change, and coaching leaders makes her the go-to strategist for taking on tough challenges with grit and grace. Her expertise spans everything from organizational development to change management—and yes, she makes it all look effortless (spoiler: it’s not).

Fueled by a passion for people, profit, and planet, Anh keeps justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion front and center, because let’s face it: there’s no thriving without belonging. Her human-centered approach means every strategy starts and ends with people — their growth, their voice, and their potential. Known for her down-to-earth style and quick wit, Anh shows up with vision, strategy, and heart — driven less by making an impression and more by making a difference.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: People first, always. My coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that when leaders grow, organizations follow. I bring a systems-thinking lens to every engagement, helping leaders navigate complexity, lead through change, and build the adaptive skills that today’s world demands. Guided by the principle of leadership for the common good, my style is down-to-earth, direct, and always in service of growth — because I believe when we help others succeed, we all succeed.

📍 Washington, USA

It’s all about the people and how you relate and engage them.

Fred is a certified leadership coach and operational executive with over 30 years of experience in B2C and B2B operations. His professional experience is anchored in operational leadership with a concentration in field and service operations and balanced across large Fortune 100 companies like Comcast, Spectrum, and RadioShack and scaling startups in renewable energy. From a small team manager to a national vice president/general manager, Fred’s innovative and personal approach has built strong performing teams, drove P&L accountability, optimized multi-site performance, led organizational change, and balanced 3rd party vendors with in-house teams, all centered on building customer loyalty. He has shared his broad business experience with small businesses and startups as a SCORE mentor and chapter chair.

Fred’s career roles and advanced degrees built his foundation, and it’s the many interactions, working with and leading people, that have enriched the relevant and meaningful experience he brings to his executive coaching. He continues to invest in his personal growth and development, and through this journey, he built on his management degree from the University of Florida with an MBA from Drexel University and Executive coach certifications from the Hudson Coaching Institute, International Coaching Federation (ACC), and Hogan Assessments.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My clients commend how I nurture an empathetic, caring, and brave space to explore, identify and resolve their personal narratives and their obstacles which are blocking them from creating their best selves. I challenge the clients and teams I coach to lean into the uncomfortable and experiment with small steps, and then larger actions, to transform how they show up and the effective results they create.

📍 California, USA

Crystal Whiteaker (she/her) is the Founder and CEO of Crystal Lily Creative, and Author of Brave Leadership is a Choice: An Inclusive Guide to Creating Belonging. Crystal is a coach, photographer, and inclusive leadership and brand development consultant who helps mission driven brands and leaders create values-aligned human-focused environments through aligned decision making.

Crystal brings 20 years of practical, creative, relational, process driven experience across multiple industries. She is a Professional SPEAKer who emphasizes core values to help people connect, communicate and lead with belonging in mind. Recognized as the 2024 Empowerment Leader of the Year by BRA Network and recipient of the 2025 Innovation and Impact award by the Los Angeles LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, Crystal cares deeply about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and is an advocate for leaders and organizations that provide resources and support for healing. Beyond her work, Crystal enjoys spending time in nature, connecting with people, practicing/teaching yoga, and exploring new places.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: I believe in co-creating containers where people can show up as they are and feel seen in their humanity, so I take a holistic, trauma informed, values-centered, collaborative approach. I know that when people feel seen, heard, and understood, they’re more likely to feel comfortable opening up to share their challenges, talents, curiosities, and contributions in ways that are beneficial.

📍 California, USA

I am a coach with a decade of experience founding and leading NGOs working at the intersection of development and humanitarian work. After ten years navigating the challenges of running mission-driven organisations, I began coaching to support others in similar roles to develop, grow, and make better decisions.

I believe the people I coach already hold the answers within; they simply need the right space and the right questions to bring them to the surface. I typically coach NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers facing big decisions, organisational challenges, or seeking personal development. My approach is grounded, empathetic, and practical, creating space for reflection, growth, and action.

🧭 Coaching Style and Focus: My coaching style is grounded in the GROW model (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), helping coachees work systematically through their issues and challenges. Sessions are typically unstructured and conversational, creating space for reflection and insight, although I occasionally introduce more structured tools or frameworks where they are relevant and useful. The focus of each session is always led by the coachee, ensuring the space is shaped around what is most valuable to them.

📍 Italy