Our Team

For over 20 years, I was a dedicated non-profit leader. My work allowed me to support communities through providing valuable services and building strong programs. I helped cultivate collaborative environments that fostered growth and teamwork. I loved the challenges of program design, organizational strategy, talent development and supervision.

In fact, I first fell in love with coaching as a management tool. I was grateful to discover the ways I could support the growth of the talented people around me by centering their strengths, leveraging their experiences and fanning the flames of their creativity.

A former career services professional at the University of Washington, I have always been thrilled to be part of supporting those in transition as they work to find contentment, engagement and direction. Several years ago I made an intentional transitional choice for myself, leaving my role as an Associate Director at the UW Career Center as I welcomed my son - these days I'm pleased to have the glorious and chaotic role of stay at home toddler mom.

I enjoy spending time with my husband and toddler, taking in baseball games, drinking iced coffee year round and exploring the great outdoors here in my home state of Washington.

Retired 12 years, I am a Professor Emerita at University of Hawaii Maui College, where I taught psychology and business, mentored faculty, and chaired campus and system-wide committees and initiatives. I am also a mediator, facilitator, and consultant. In all these roles I strive to create a climate where others grow and flourish.

Teaching, mentoring, mediating, facilitating, and chairing are all helping positions, in my mind. Many see these as leadership positions, and they are. I view leadership as providing a foundation where people grow, learn, solve their problems, find a safe place to self-actualize, and reach their potential as well as accomplish the task, reach their goal.

The majority of my career at the University of Washington, Seattle Campus I served as Executive Director of the Career & Internship Center, retiring in July 2019. I am most interested in helping individuals discover their strengths and their place in the world to share their gifts. I relish mentoring and encouraging others to take meaningful professional and personal risks, while challenging myself to stretch into new curiosities, activities and projects that are sometimes demanding but always interesting.

I have learned over time to embrace the flexibility that retirement presents to enjoy the benefits of having more time and the joy of finding purpose in reinventing one's life.