I’ve spent most of my life fascinated by what makes people move.

Why do capable people second-guess themselves when it's time to make a difficult decision? Why do leaders repeat behaviors they know aren't helping their teams? And what does it take to recognize those patterns and actually change them?

Those questions have followed me through more than 20 years of leading teams, developing leaders, building programs, coaching individuals, and standing on stages.

My career has taken me through Walt Disney World, Starbucks, Clemson University, SaaS companies, startups, entrepreneurship, and more than a few reinventions of my own. I've planned elaborate events, built teams from the ground up, navigated difficult conversations, changed careers, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, started a business, questioned that business, and learned firsthand that leadership rarely comes with a clear set of instructions.

I've also seen how much the person behind the leadership role influences everything that happens around them.

Leadership starts long before anyone gives you a title.

It begins with how you lead yourself.

It's recognizing how your habits, assumptions, and insecurities influence your decisions and relationships. It's taking responsibility for your behavior without pretending you can control everyone else's. And sometimes, it's admitting that the way you've always approached something isn't working anymore.

That belief has become the thread running through all of my work.

Whether I'm coaching a woman who's navigating the challenges of leadership, helping a team communicate and work together more effectively, or speaking to a room full of people, I'm not interested in handing out another set of rules for what great leadership should look like.

I want people to understand the influence they already have and become more intentional about how they use it.

How I approach this work

There are three values I come back to again and again: openness, curiosity, and encouragement. And alongside them is something equally important: challenge.

Openness keeps my challenge from becoming judgment. Curiosity keeps me from assuming I know what's best for someone else. Encouragement means I can believe deeply in someone's capacity while still allowing the choice to be theirs.

And challenge keeps all three from becoming passive support.

I don't have your answers, and I won't pretend that I do. I will listen, ask questions, offer perspective, tell you the truth as I see it, and challenge you when I think you're getting in your own way.

What you choose to do from there belongs to you.

And when I’m not doing this?

You'll usually find me somewhere outside.

I live in Colorado with my husband, and I'm happiest hiking in the mountains, traveling somewhere I've never been, wandering through a small town with an iced coffee, or disappearing into an epic fantasy novel.

I also believe deeply in leaving room for joy, play, curiosity, and a little bit of whimsy. Our rescue dog Macklin, who we lost in 2025, taught me a great deal about all four. He remains a meaningful part of my story and a reminder that a full life isn't only measured by what we accomplish, but by how fully we allow ourselves to experience it.

I don't know exactly what challenges you're facing or where you want your leadership to take you.

But if you're ready to examine what's holding you back, strengthen your confidence, and become more intentional about the leader you're becoming, I'd be honored to work with you.

Because leadership isn't a title. It's a choice you get to make every day.

Let's go.