MY WHY?

“I believe the world needs more leaders who can empower and influence others with integrity - creating the conditions for sustainable success, where the business wins AND people thrive.”

MY JOURNEY TO COACHING

I spent 20 years as a marketing leader climbing through the ranks - from eBay to DocuSign to the C-suite of a startup. I know what it’s like when your responsibilities scale faster than your ability to influence.

I loved developing and building my teams. Sometimes I stumbled navigating contentious cross-functional relationships and managing up to senior leaders with competing priorities. Looking back, I wasn’t aware of the patterns holding me back. I wish I had had more perspective and tools.

Prior to my professional life, I was a competitive athlete, ultimately playing Division I soccer. My coaching ethos is grounded in a truth I learned on the field: success depends on collective achievement, not just individual excellence.

What I discovered: Sustainable success doesn’t come from pushing harder or trying to control outcomes. It comes from developing self-awareness, shifting limiting patterns and strengthening interpersonal skills.

Now, I help high-growth leaders do exactly that - enabling them to drive results with and through others with less friction and more impact.

GET TO KNOW ME

As a child, I played every game and sport I could get my hands on. I logged thousands of hours playing soccer all over the North East. I had passion, ambition and grit - in spades. I ended up playing soccer at a Top 20 Division I program. Sports were where I built my character and discovered what it felt like to be in a state of flow.

I also learned what it was like to be a part of a high functioning team. My coaches, some of the best collegiate leadership examples in the game, created a culture of trust, respect and family; we were tightly connected with shared goals and ownership. As a result, we achieved more than the sum or our parts.

These experiences shaped how I coach today: prioritizing psychological safety, fostering growth through constructive feedback and believing deeply in what teams can achieve together.

Athlete: Character, Flow and Team

Global Citizen: Intuition and Courageous Leadership

As a child, I lived the first eight years of my life overseas. I loved the sights, sounds, smells of places, the histories and traditions, and probably most the people and their ways. Traveling fueled my curiosity and tapped my love for adventure. I learned to find comfort with the uncomfortable and to expect the unexpected. There was no user manual. I learned to trust my intuition.

When I was 22 years old, I co-led twenty high-school kids on a summer trip through Europe. I had to figure out how to get these kids to go to museums, catch our trains on time, and not get us kicked out of hotels. This was one of my first ‘real’ tests in courageous leadership - a sizable step-change from captaining a sports team. In order to facilitate a safe and fun trip for everyone, I had to effectively lead from the front, back and side.

Professional: Falling Well, Soft Skills and Purpose

As a marketer, I have had a variety of experiences. I worked in the strategy group of a leading digital agency serving Clients like Comcast, IBM and American Express. I led marketing for a business unit at eBay and then was the CMO of small start-up. All of these experiences felt like roller coaster rides. I fell often. I learned to pick myself back up - no one else was going to do it for me.

I learned that soft skills will get you further than hard skills. Some skills like building and managing teams came naturally. Some aspects, I didn’t love, like difficult conversations and politics. I learned I needed to accept, reframe and get into them.

A career is a long game. Extrinsic motivations will only get you so far. Find and embrace your purpose. Live into your values. Make decisions and build behaviors that are coherent with your north star. I wish I did this sooner.

These hard-won lessons now inform how I help clients navigate their own leadership challenges.

Wife, Mom, Daughter, Sister, Friend: Inspiration and Values

I am most inspired by my family - my husband, Steve, and our two little kids, Curtis and Katherine. They help me to show up better every day. We live in Berkeley, CA. When I am not coaching, I enjoy being an amateur athlete and a personal development geek. I love volunteering with kids, coaching sports teams and helping in the classroom.

In addition to my family and friends, I value integrity, wholeheartness and play.

BACKGROUND

Education

  • Dartmouth College, BA Economics

  • Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA

  • New Ventures West, Coaching Certification Program

  • Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy

  • Conscious Leadership Group

Professional Experience

  • Digitas, Vice President Digital Advertising Consultant

  • eBay, Director Consumer Seller Marketing

  • Motif Investing, Chief Marketing Officer

  • DocuSign, Director Brand and Integrated Marketing