SUMMARY
• Leadership Coach at Stanford GSB since 2007.
• Executive coach since 2006.
• 13 years in nonprofit management.
• 5 years in Executive Director positions.
• Stanford MBA and Brown BA.
• Expertise in organizational development, fundraising and sales, and strategic use of technology.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Leadership Coach, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford, CA, 2007-Present
• Coaching MBA students to develop their leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Providing individual coaching and leading teams in the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program, which I helped to launch in 2007.
• Serving as an Instructor in the Leadership Labs.
• Facilitating T-groups in Interpersonal Dynamics.
• Developed classes for Taking Stock & Moving Forward, a course that I helped to launch in 2009, and currently leading student groups in the course.
• Served for 3 years (2008-10) as a Master Coach in Leadership Coaching & Mentoring before it was integrated into the Leadership Fellows program.
Executive Coach & Change Management Consultant
San Francisco, 2006-Present
• Coaching individuals who aspire to be more effective and fulfilled in their professional lives.
• Services focus on leaders experiencing or anticipating a transition, from new challenges to an entirely new career.
• Consulting to organizations that must adapt to meet their evolving needs.
• Services focus on startups and small companies that are growing rapidly or undergoing significant structural changes.
Executive Director, AttentionTrust
San Francisco, 2005-2006
• Hired by founding Board of Directors to launch new advocacy organization.
• Established organizational infrastructure and raised startup funding.
Senior Consultant, Beaconfire Consulting
San Francisco & Washington D.C., 2005
• Strategic technology consulting to large national and international nonprofit clients.
• Also responsible for leading sales & business development efforts.
Executive Director, Nonprofit Technology Network
San Francisco, 2001-2005
• Hired by founding Board of Directors to launch new nonprofit association.
• Grew international membership to 400 organizations and achieved financial sustainability.
Associate Director, Compass Community Services
San Francisco, 1995-1998
• Organization’s first Associate Director, responsible for foundation fundraising and a range of major projects, including technology planning and new program implementation.
• Assisted Executive Director with program management and strategic planning.
Services Coordinator, Homeless Children’s Network
San Francisco, 1993-1995
• First staff member hired to launch this new program, responsible for all planning, fundraising and administration.
• Co-directed program with licensed clinical social worker.
EDUCATION
MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Graduated 2000.
• Focused on organizational development, entrepreneurship and technology.
BA, Brown University
• Graduated 1990.
• Degree in History, magna cum laude.
TRAINING & OTHER INTERESTS:
• Graduate of Stanford's Group Facilitation Training Program, 2007.
• Teaching assistant to Dr. David Bradford in High-Performance Leadership at Stanford GSB, Fall 2006.
• Active blogger on coaching, change management, and organizational development.
