Learn More About Me and How I Can Help You
Coaching Purpose Rooted In Executive Experience
I am an executive coach who helps people figure out what they really want and chart a path to achieve it, whether that’s in a current job or through a career transition. I am also an experienced advertising agency leader, client partner, and brand builder.
In a world in which change is the only constant, I serve as a thought partner and change agent. I help companies honor and access the best from their people. In turn, I help people understand themselves more fully to foster growth, optimize performance, and increase impact. I empower them to shed the systems and stories that no longer serve them. And I offer an opportunity to get honest, clear, and motivated to make real change.
My Coaching Credentials
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Leadership and Performance Coaching Certification Level One
How Coaching Made Me a Better Leader
I have been on both ends of the executive coaching experience, having personally worked with a few executive coaches over the last decade. Here are just a few ways coaching has impacted my life:
Improved me as a leader, changing the way I felt and performed.
Gave me a place to be comfortably vulnerable.
Led me to understand and adapt my style to temper my inner perfectionist, collaborate better with others, and improve my working relationships.
Helped me acknowledge and overcome imposter syndrome.
Enabled me to let go of the pressure to do the work so I could start to properly delegate and lead the work.
Taught me to prioritize my team over the tasks at hand, lean into tension, and have difficult conversations.
From Boardrooms to Breakthroughs: My Career Path to Coaching
I’ve always been passionate about the nexus of people, culture, and brands, and I bring more than a decade of executive leadership experience to my coaching practice. After cutting my teeth in account service at award-winning advertising agencies like Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Goodby, SIlverstein & Partners, I spent over ten years running agencies as President for 215 McCann and CEO for BBDO San Francisco.
Trust Me, I’ve Seen It All
I came up in the world of creative advertising agencies. Surprisingly, Mad Men paints a pretty accurate picture!
I’ve worked as an intern, assistant, manager, director, managing director, president, and CEO. I’ve worked in independent boutiques, global networks, and publicly traded holding companies. I’ve collaborated across various marketing disciplines and partner agencies, supported clients from consumer packaged goods and fast food to entertainment and technology, and targeted everyone from Baby Boomers buying clothes to Gen Z gamers.
Throughout my agency career, I’ve enjoyed the highest of highs and the lowest of lows: glowing reviews, big promotions, cash bonuses, stock options, press stories, new business wins, Super Bowl ads, shiny trophies, making but also missing the numbers, glass ceilings, glass cliffs, bad reviews, insufferable bosses, performance plans, layoffs, and crying in the bathroom.
That said, I have a deep appreciation for the opportunities and pitfalls of leading high-pressure and high-paced creative organizations, and I know firsthand how to build and mentor high-performance teams to thrive in these conditions. You can trust me to bring all of this experience to my coaching practice today.
Let’s See How I Can Help You
I bring energy, empathy, and curiosity to my coaching. I also bring strategy, structure, and accountability. I’m a people person, a natural networker, and a gifted communicator with a strong command of language. I embrace a growth mindset and love learning from my clients.
But this isn’t about me; it’s about you! My job is to help you achieve the confidence and clarity to get what you want. Book a call to see if we are a fit.