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Sara Ellis Conant
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Coaching Experience:
- 20 years as a leadership coach
- Co-founder and CEO of a)plan coaching--an optimized, scalable, and tech-enabled virtual coaching service for change makers
- Featured career coach for Stanford Business School alumnae
- Trained as Advanced Life Coach by Dave Ellis (master coach, best-selling author, and her father)
- Certified Social Fitness facilitator
Walter Crawford
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Walter's training and education:
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Walter J. Crawford, ACC is an executive and leadership coach, and owner of Crawford Corner Coaching and Consulting, located in the Washington, DC metro area.As a former c-level executive within DC government, Walter brings to his coaching insights over twenty years of human resources and operations leadership in both the public and private sector. As a leadership coach based in Washington DC, Walter partners with leaders on all levels in local governments, non-profits, and mid to large size organizations to inspire a journey of learning and development using an open minded and goal-oriented approach.
Clients often cite Walter’s years of human resource and operational experience, knowledge and facilitation of leadership development training, experience in strategic management, organizational structure, process improvements, and his ability to lead with his heart while achieving results, as a key reason he is a trusted coach and advisor.
Over the course of his career, Walter has worked in multiple high-profile organizations within the District of Columbia government, in addition to Hilton Worldwide. Walter is certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a Certified Practitioner of the Leadership Circle Profile 360 assessment. He holds an M.B.A., is a nationally Certified Public Manager with a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
Clients often cite Walter’s years of human resource and operational experience, knowledge and facilitation of leadership development training, experience in strategic management, organizational structure, process improvements, and his ability to lead with his heart while achieving results, as a key reason he is a trusted coach and advisor.
Over the course of his career, Walter has worked in multiple high-profile organizations within the District of Columbia government, in addition to Hilton Worldwide. Walter is certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a Certified Practitioner of the Leadership Circle Profile 360 assessment. He holds an M.B.A., is a nationally Certified Public Manager with a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
Amy Chiang
Amy's training and education:
- PhD, Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University
- MA, Human Development, Fielding Graduate University
- MS, Organizational Change Management, New School University
- BA, United States History, University of California, San Diego
As a Consultant, Executive Coach, and Educator for the last seventeen years, Amy has worked with leaders and executives within Global Fortune 100 companies through shifts both small and large, resulting in lasting change that is in alignment with deeper core values and beliefs. She is also the founder of Forma Leadership Institute (formaleaders.com) focused on shifting the lifeworld, embodiment and presence for those who have experienced disenfranchisement or disempowerment by larger systems.
Amy lives in the Pacific Northwest with her two cats, Munchie and Puppy.
Clients that have benefited from Amy’s support are across multiple industries, including Finance (Visa, MasterCard, Morgan Stanley), Technology (Google, VMware, Cisco Systems), Energy (Chevron, ConocoPhillips/Phillips66, Portland General Electric, PG&E), and Healthcare (Mt. Sinai Health System/Continuum Health Partners, Alameda Health System, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center).
Amy lives in the Pacific Northwest with her two cats, Munchie and Puppy.
Clients that have benefited from Amy’s support are across multiple industries, including Finance (Visa, MasterCard, Morgan Stanley), Technology (Google, VMware, Cisco Systems), Energy (Chevron, ConocoPhillips/Phillips66, Portland General Electric, PG&E), and Healthcare (Mt. Sinai Health System/Continuum Health Partners, Alameda Health System, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center).
Jill Johnson
Jill's training and education:
- International Coach Federation (ICF)
- Leadership Circle Profile 360 Certified Practitioner MS, Organizational Change Management,
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Certified Public Manager (CPM)
- Green Belt Lean Six Sigma
Jill is a certified Co-Active Coach and Facilitator. She assists people to make lasting improvements in the areas of strategic planning and leadership, self-development, stress management and mindfulness. Jill is also a facilitator at Shine On Collaborative, an organization committed to personal and professional growth.
Jill’s coaching specialty is the empowerment of individuals updating and reinventing their lives to produce big results while creating balance in their personal lives. She is passionate about individual leadership and development, neurodiversity and building strong, supportive communities. Prior to coaching, Jill held senior leadership roles in sales and account management. Jill lives in Palo Alto CA with her wonderful family, two lazy cats and one wild puppy.
Clients that have benefited from Jill’s support are Stanford faculty, tech entrepreneurs, small business owners and people in career and life transitions.
Jill’s coaching specialty is the empowerment of individuals updating and reinventing their lives to produce big results while creating balance in their personal lives. She is passionate about individual leadership and development, neurodiversity and building strong, supportive communities. Prior to coaching, Jill held senior leadership roles in sales and account management. Jill lives in Palo Alto CA with her wonderful family, two lazy cats and one wild puppy.
Clients that have benefited from Jill’s support are Stanford faculty, tech entrepreneurs, small business owners and people in career and life transitions.
Giannina Hall
Giannina's training and education:
- Masters Certificate of Organizational Leadership – St. Catherine’s University, MN
- BS Finance/Entrepreneurial Studies/Management – Carlson School of Management/U of MN
- Certified Effectiveness Coach – Say Yess! Coaching Academy, ICF accredited
- Dare to Lead, Brene Brown trained
- Team Effectiveness and Change Management Certification
Giannina is a Certified Effectiveness and Life Coach. She has 20 years’ experience working at Wells Fargo in Management, Human Resources, Talent Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development and as a Senior Consultant.
She has worked with all levels of leadership from entry level managers to senior leader executives. Over the course of her career, Giannina has coached and consulted to the needs of the business in the areas of Leadership Development, Engagement and Culture, Change Management, Team Effectiveness, Manager Development, and Diversity and Inclusion. She has been an active Coach for Women’s Leadership programs, Diversity leadership programs, and Manager/Leadership development programs.
Through her various corporate roles and coaching, Giannina’s focus has been on building relationships and thrives on the development and growth of others. She specializes in Ontological Coaching, which facilitates profound learning and transformation in one’s “way of being”. This type of coaching embodies the powerful distinctions in language and being an observer, to help others achieve their goals in creating a new way of being. She supports others to address what’s missing for them in the different domains of their lives (relationships, work, family, career) and assists them to identify and achieve what they desire.
Giannina lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband, two little girls, and large extended family.
She has worked with all levels of leadership from entry level managers to senior leader executives. Over the course of her career, Giannina has coached and consulted to the needs of the business in the areas of Leadership Development, Engagement and Culture, Change Management, Team Effectiveness, Manager Development, and Diversity and Inclusion. She has been an active Coach for Women’s Leadership programs, Diversity leadership programs, and Manager/Leadership development programs.
Through her various corporate roles and coaching, Giannina’s focus has been on building relationships and thrives on the development and growth of others. She specializes in Ontological Coaching, which facilitates profound learning and transformation in one’s “way of being”. This type of coaching embodies the powerful distinctions in language and being an observer, to help others achieve their goals in creating a new way of being. She supports others to address what’s missing for them in the different domains of their lives (relationships, work, family, career) and assists them to identify and achieve what they desire.
Giannina lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband, two little girls, and large extended family.
Lawrence Ellis
Lawrence's training and education:
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on the Morehead-Cain Scholarship
- MA, Oxford University, on the Rhodes Scholarship
- Center for Creative Leadership Executive Coaching certification
- Interaction Associates Coach certification
- Certified mindfulness meditation teacher
- 15 years of Somatics training (Somatic Experiencing, Generative Somatics, Peer Counseling)
Lawrence brings 25+ years experience as an executive and leadership coach across sectors.
He is passionate about supporting clients to access their full presence, develop their highest visions, navigate challenges skillfully, and produce extraordinary results.
Lawrence has served in several leadership, consulting and coaching roles across sectors. He was as a director with one of the oldest change-leadership consulting firms in the US, Interaction Associates; served as Co-Lead of Thought Leadership for Health Equity for Accenture, the world’s largest digital and tech consulting company; has led large-scale movement-building campaigns; and is a producer of films and global tele-summits on sustainability.
Lawrence is especially focused on supporting everyone to lead, in any and every way possible, to avert climate catastrophe, understanding that we have until 2025 at the latest to peak global greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the 1.50 C point-of-no-return. He is fiercely committed to creating a sustainable, just, thriving world for all humans, all species, and all ecosystems. He serves as a)plan’s Lead Sustainability Advisor.
He also serves as Senior Faculty with the Fellows Program of the prestigious American Leadership Forum – Silicon Valley Chapter, teaching mindfulness, transformative leadership, and sustainability to a network of 800 of the region’s top leaders, across all sectors.
Lawrence is descended from several Southern and Western African peoples (non-citizen/non-initiated), African Americans who journeyed from Virginia and Georgia to New Jersey and New York in The Great Migration, and Cherokee and Munsee nations (non-citizen/non-enrolled). He lives in Lisjan (Ohlone) Territory (encompassing Oakland, CA). His partner Mike, and his niece, Marikit Suki, and nephew, Danta Kai, whom he co-parented for several years, and to whom he remains a primary alloparent, are daily sources of infinite joy, wonder, and love.
Clients that have benefited from Lawrence’s support, across sectors, include AAA, American Hospital Association, American Red Cross, CH2M, Charles Schwab, Conservation Fund, eBay, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, National Co+op Grocers, National Geographic, National Patient Safety Foundation, Navajo Nation, Oakland Museum of California, Packard Foundation, PG&E, Princeton University, Sematech, Solar Richmond, Stupski Foundation, Urban Sustainability Directors Network, VMware, Washington State Hospital Association.
Briana Freiheit
Brianna's training and education:
- Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management’s Professional Coaching Certification Program accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor
- MPA, University of Southern California
- BS, University of Colorado at Boulder
As coach, Brianna enjoys working closely with her clients as their confidential thought partner to help them envision the life they want and be accountable in acting to achieve it. She often works with individuals who are aspiring to, or embarking on, transitioning into a new leadership role to overcome barriers and banish limiting beliefs.
Brianna specializes in empowering nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and managers to achieve sustainability – creating balance among the many areas of life to foster joy, creativity and comprehensive wellbeing. Brianna works with leaders seeking to move beyond a simplified dichotomy of work-life balance to achieve holistic life alignment, aiding clients in embracing all aspects of their life to be their best self.
Brianna lives in Southern California with her husband.
Clients that have benefited from Brianna’s support include CEOs, but more often the second-in-command within an organization, fostering exploration and growth among those executives or managers who are often left without a sounding board. Brianna has worked with leaders of Temple Beth Am, Providence Saint John’s Health Center Child and Family Development Center, Las Fotos Project, Maternal Mental Health Now, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, and Para los Ninos, among others.
Brianna specializes in empowering nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and managers to achieve sustainability – creating balance among the many areas of life to foster joy, creativity and comprehensive wellbeing. Brianna works with leaders seeking to move beyond a simplified dichotomy of work-life balance to achieve holistic life alignment, aiding clients in embracing all aspects of their life to be their best self.
Brianna lives in Southern California with her husband.
Clients that have benefited from Brianna’s support include CEOs, but more often the second-in-command within an organization, fostering exploration and growth among those executives or managers who are often left without a sounding board. Brianna has worked with leaders of Temple Beth Am, Providence Saint John’s Health Center Child and Family Development Center, Las Fotos Project, Maternal Mental Health Now, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, and Para los Ninos, among others.
Santalynda Marrero
Santalynda's training and education:
- EdD, Rutgers University, Counseling Psychology
- MA, Rutgers University, Counseling Psychology
- BA, Douglass College, Spanish Literature and Education K-12
- Faculty – (Former) Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication – Reed College
A dynamic organizational consultant, executive coach, facilitator, trainer, and thought leader Dr. Santalynda Marrero draws on her expertise as a counseling psychologist and 30 years of experience in helping individuals, teams and organizations to propel their careers to the next level. Her belief in story as “data with a soul” that engages mutual regard and leverages talent led her to co-author the book: The Diversity Calling: Building Community One Story at a Time.
Santalynda enjoys coaching across cultures and generations, sharing defining moments that reveal our patterns as a way to move beyond self, or other imposed barriers, to foster successful beginnings and transitions. She has come to recognize that successful people, especially the underrepresented, find creative ways to open doors that might not otherwise be open for them. As a co-founder of LatinaVIDA she continues to support the advancement Latinx and other underrepresented talent through planned talent management efforts, mentoring, and coaching across career spectrum.
Prior to launching SM Consulting in 1998 in California, Santalynda held several internal positions, at Stanford Hospital and Medical Center, Avantek/Hewlett-Packard, Bell Laboratories, and Rutgers University where she received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology. She writes extensively with an emphasis on engagement and coaching for women on the blog Fire Breathing Women/Mujeres Que Respiran Fuego.™
Dr. Marrero’s clients range both nationally and internationally across sectors PepsiCo International, LinkedIn, Cities of Berkeley and Oakland, Kaiser, Amgen, to name a few. Her lively and inspirational presentation style makes her a highly sought conference keynoter and panelist. Her fluency in Spanish has led and her to consulting work on leadership and diversity/inclusion in Latin America (Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico) and Puerto Rico. She was an invited speaker to the International Women’s Conference at the University of Havana, Cuba in 2018
Santalynda enjoys coaching across cultures and generations, sharing defining moments that reveal our patterns as a way to move beyond self, or other imposed barriers, to foster successful beginnings and transitions. She has come to recognize that successful people, especially the underrepresented, find creative ways to open doors that might not otherwise be open for them. As a co-founder of LatinaVIDA she continues to support the advancement Latinx and other underrepresented talent through planned talent management efforts, mentoring, and coaching across career spectrum.
Prior to launching SM Consulting in 1998 in California, Santalynda held several internal positions, at Stanford Hospital and Medical Center, Avantek/Hewlett-Packard, Bell Laboratories, and Rutgers University where she received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology. She writes extensively with an emphasis on engagement and coaching for women on the blog Fire Breathing Women/Mujeres Que Respiran Fuego.™
Dr. Marrero’s clients range both nationally and internationally across sectors PepsiCo International, LinkedIn, Cities of Berkeley and Oakland, Kaiser, Amgen, to name a few. Her lively and inspirational presentation style makes her a highly sought conference keynoter and panelist. Her fluency in Spanish has led and her to consulting work on leadership and diversity/inclusion in Latin America (Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico) and Puerto Rico. She was an invited speaker to the International Women’s Conference at the University of Havana, Cuba in 2018
Jennifer Ouyang Altman
Jen's training and education:
- MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of business
- BA in psychology from Amherst College
Jen applies her 10+ years of sales leadership experience and psychology background to help clients discover their unique style of leadership and create more choices as they face complexity and ambiguity. Her writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times and she facilitates courses on communication at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Her approach to communication follows the rules of radio: clarity, simplicity, and personality. You can’t speak and listen at the same time.
Jennifer works with clients across industries including finance, consulting, healthcare, venture capital, e-commerce, banking, tech, and education.
Jennifer works with clients across industries including finance, consulting, healthcare, venture capital, e-commerce, banking, tech, and education.
Peter Chandonnet
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Peter's training and education:
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Pete brings over 20 years of experience as a leadership coach, facilitator, and mindfulness instructor. He assists individuals
and organizations to be strategic, accountable, and successful in their work and in their lives. Prior to coaching Pete spent
12 years working in experiential education, leadership development, and land conservation serving organizations like: The
San Francisco Conservation Corps, The Nature Conversancy, Trust for Public Land, Outward Bound, and The Boulder
County Youth Corps. Pete has Advanced Falling Awake coaching training and extensive Mindfulness training with Spirit
Rock. His MS is Forest Ecology from University of Michigan and his BA is from University of Richmond in Economics and
Political Science. Peter and his husband Tim live in Sonoma with their two dogs.
Clients that have benefited from Pete’s support include Apple, Micron, AFAR Media, Arnold and Porter, Banana Republic, Bridge Span, GAP, Genstar, Google, Hamlin School, Haas Business School, Inkling, Jewish Community Federation, The John Buck Company Fisher Construction, Jewish Contemporary Museum, Private Medical Group, Kaiser, Roche, Linked In, Kimpton, Phylagen, Old Navy, Olive Grove, Nest, Reputation, Roche, SAP, Sales Force, Solzyme, Sutter Health, Troon Pacific, UCSF, Wiseman Group, Yardi Systems, and many others.
and organizations to be strategic, accountable, and successful in their work and in their lives. Prior to coaching Pete spent
12 years working in experiential education, leadership development, and land conservation serving organizations like: The
San Francisco Conservation Corps, The Nature Conversancy, Trust for Public Land, Outward Bound, and The Boulder
County Youth Corps. Pete has Advanced Falling Awake coaching training and extensive Mindfulness training with Spirit
Rock. His MS is Forest Ecology from University of Michigan and his BA is from University of Richmond in Economics and
Political Science. Peter and his husband Tim live in Sonoma with their two dogs.
Clients that have benefited from Pete’s support include Apple, Micron, AFAR Media, Arnold and Porter, Banana Republic, Bridge Span, GAP, Genstar, Google, Hamlin School, Haas Business School, Inkling, Jewish Community Federation, The John Buck Company Fisher Construction, Jewish Contemporary Museum, Private Medical Group, Kaiser, Roche, Linked In, Kimpton, Phylagen, Old Navy, Olive Grove, Nest, Reputation, Roche, SAP, Sales Force, Solzyme, Sutter Health, Troon Pacific, UCSF, Wiseman Group, Yardi Systems, and many others.
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Brian GadsdenBrian's training and education:
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Brian Gadsden works with individuals to bring their full selves to their lives, work and relationships. Brian brings 20+ years of experience in leadership positions in the public sector and extensive experience working at the intersection of the public, private, and governmental sectors. He is passionate about transformational leadership, racial equity and inclusion, and building strong supportive, healthy, communities. Brian lives in Oakland, California with his wife, Danielle, and sons, Isaac and Isaiah.
Clients that have benefited from Brian’s support include The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Association of Black Foundation Executives, Minnesota Council on Foundations, Cowell Foundation, United Way Bay Area, Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy, Magic Johnson Foundation, Oakland Unified School District, San Francisco Unified School District, College Track, PolicyLink, Marin Promise, Surge Institute, Year Up, Google, Social Venture Partners, ICA/Fund Good Jobs and many others non-profits and foundations.
Clients that have benefited from Brian’s support include The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Association of Black Foundation Executives, Minnesota Council on Foundations, Cowell Foundation, United Way Bay Area, Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy, Magic Johnson Foundation, Oakland Unified School District, San Francisco Unified School District, College Track, PolicyLink, Marin Promise, Surge Institute, Year Up, Google, Social Venture Partners, ICA/Fund Good Jobs and many others non-profits and foundations.