Purpose. Ease. Grace. Compassion.
Creativity. Influence. Impact.

I created Renaissance Leader to help thoughtful, passionate, mission-oriented leaders embody these values for greater personal and professional fulfillment.

As a leadership coach, career strategist and change agent, I believe we are at our best when we use our strengths to effect change while leading from a place of self-knowledge, perspective, and self-management.

I’m called to do this work to encourage my clients to lead wholeheartedly—to help them reach down and discover their deepest roots: what makes them tick, what their passions are, and to help them discover ways to align their unique leadership style with their career and life goals.

My why — the embodiment of what I stand for:

Supporting leaders and teams as they grow and navigate change more resiliently; lead more effectively; unleash their full potential and do their best work.

I work with leaders who desire greater self-awareness, clarity of vision, and compassion for themselves and the people and world around them.

The leaders and teams I coach are high-achievers and are ready to remove blocks to fulfilling their potential. Leaders who want to move through the world with greater fluidity, creativity, and innovation. Leaders who want to live their lives with integrity, grace, and a little laughter, too.

My Path to Coaching

I have been a consultant and trusted advisor my entire life.

I’m an intuitive listener. I take in what people say, and read between the lines, to understand what motivates them—what drives them—helping them uncover their why. I ask strategic questions and provide resources to help my clients see what they may have missed—to discover their deepest desires and hidden core gifts.

My career trajectory has been rich in variety and opportunity. I’ve been blessed to work with some great leaders, and others who have taught me what great leadership is not.

It was during a leadership crisis, one that led me to question what I wanted, where I was going, and the ensuing self-doubt, that would lead me to my path as a coach.

I no longer wanted to measure my worth against external factors, but shifted to a state of inner-directedness—I became committed to intentionally shaping my future with purpose. Committed to making decisions that were aligned with my values and to taking meaningful action each and every day.

Shortly after this turning point, I immersed myself in an intensive 10-month training program with New York Times bestselling author and life coach, Dr. Martha Beck, opening me to fresh perspectives on life and transformed the way I move through the world.

Years after this transformational work, coupled with subsequent training in the Enneagram, and many other coaching disciplines, my background as a consultant, my depth of experience working with influential leaders, and my love of human behavior, I have emerged into the leadership coach I am today.

Why Work With Me

I know and understand the power of great leadership as well as the challenges leaders face. I’ve coached many people step up into the leadership roles they have been apprenticing for their entire lives to become the Renaissance Leaders they are today.

And, I’ve struggled.

I understand what it’s like to have an inspiring vision for a community and the world, but not sure the best way to get there. I know, first-hand, from both sides of the fence, the value that a good coach can deliver.

Like you, I want to lead my life with a greater sense of purpose and ease while doing meaningful work that aligns with my values.

With more than 30 years of working with clients and colleagues in a consultative capacity listening to their needs, discovering what drives them, and providing resources to help them achieve their desires, I have the experience and the toolkit to help any executive grow and deepen their leadership skills and qualities.

And, through my comprehensive training as a coach and my extensive background working with a diversity of people, I can help you step up to be the leader that the world, and your heart, is calling you to be.

Coaching is a transformative experience – one that can elevate you to new personal and professional heights — are you ready to take the next step?

If you’d like to find out how we can work together to manifest your career aspirations and enhance your personal satisfaction, then let’s talk.

On the Personal Side

I live in San Diego and absolutely love the natural, wide open spaces of California as well as the welcoming nature of the people and the creatures too.  I love to hike.  I’m fascinated by human and animal behavior, having been a Zoology major with concentrations in behavior and neurobiology, it makes sense.  I’m also an avid bird watcher and animal lover.  I live on Mission Bay on a section classified as a wildlife refuge and have been known to have Snow White moments where the animals come out of the woodwork to visit me.  I lived in Marin and Santa Rosa for several years where it was common to have daily visits from deer, turkey, a family of skunks, ruby throated hummingbirds, fox, quail, peacocks and a myriad of many other bird species.

I spent most of my life on the East Coast, growing up in Boston, living in NYC and the DC metro area and upstate NY near Saratoga Springs with a short stint in the luscious tropics of Hawaii too.  I love to travel and explore new cultures and have a very strong connection to nature, it’s no wonder I have a passion and am dedicated to the healing of people, teams, organization and the planet!

I look forward to connecting and learning more about you!