Being a coach is my calling, my mission and my passion. I love facilitating growth to greater confidence, powerful results, and happiness beyond your wildest dreams. I always bring my full authentic self in service of you designing a life you love. I am not afraid to challenge you and talk about the hard stuff, and always see you as the expert in your own life.
Helping individuals, business leaders and teams develop and execute action plans, navigate conflict successfully, unlock their leadership potential, improve communication skills, and bring clarity to chaos is so rewarding. By posing powerful questions, providing specific tools and techniques, encouraging creativity, and breaking large goals into manageable steps, my clients achieve tremendous success, including promotions, higher performance, exceeding goals, and successfully navigating job and life transitions.
During my decades of coaching, I have helped hundreds of people achieve tremendous success – personally and professionally. Whether coaching individuals, leaders, executives or teams, I am a fully-committed partner helping my clients to achieve their goals. I would love the opportunity to connect with you to see if we’d be a good fit to work together!
Coaching
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
Director of Professional Life Coaching Certificate (PLCC) program - International Coach Federation (ICF)
Master Certified Coach (MCC), Active Member and Registered Mentor Coach - Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc. (CCE)
Board Certified Coach (BCC) with speciality designation as Executive/Corporate/Business/Leadership Coach - Coaches Training Institute (CTI)
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) - CRR Global
Organizational and Relationship Systems Certified Coach (ORSCC) to work with teams and couples - Institute of Coaching Professional Association (ICPA)
Member of ICPA at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate - Brava Magazine
Voted Madison, Wisconsin’s Favorite Life Coach, 2016-2017 - Isthmus
Voted Madison, Wisconsin’s Favorite Life Coach, 2012-2013 - International Coach Federation–Wisconsin
Active Member and Former Board of Directors
Professional Experience
- United States Senate – Director for 12 years
- White House – National Advance Staff
- Wisconsin Governor – Deputy Transition Director, 2003
- Public Policy Research Non-Profit – Senior Education Outreach Specialist
- Leadership Institute – Coordinator and Lead Facilitator
- Hallatt Consulting Group – Consultant and Motivational Speaker
Community Service and Professional Organizations
- National Speakers Association
Professional Member - Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
Member - Madison Area Business Consultants (MABC)
Member - Consulting for Organizational Reflection and Effectiveness (CORE)
Founder’s Circle - Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG)
Scholarship recipient, Past president with keynote speaker Elizabeth Edwards, banquet chair with keynote speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton, and board member - Greater Madison Federal Agency Association (GMFAA)
Active participant and award-winning committee member - TEMPO
Active member since 2003 of this professional organization of women in executive and leadership positions - Wisconsin Women’s Network
- Madison Organization Development Squad (MOD Squad)
- Organization Development Network (ODN)
- Association for Training and Development (ATD)
South Central Wisconsin Chapter - Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia, Inc. (WILDD)
Advisory Committee Member - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Greater Madison Area Chapter
Education
- Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management – Masters of Science in Organization Development (MSOD), Master’s Thesis on the Impact of Life Coaching on Overall Life Satisfaction
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs – Public policy graduate seminar graduate
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Bachelor of Science double major in Mathematics and German with teaching degree
- Landmark Forum – Chicago, Illinois
Other
- Mom – To two spunky, challenging, confident, fun-loving daughters
- Triathlete – Have competed in triathlons every year since 1998 (with the exception of the year when my daughter was born in August!), completing multiple sprint, olympic, half-ironmans, marathons, and an Ironman
- Small Business Administration – Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
- 20 years experience – Facilitating, coaching, training, motivational speaking and consulting in small businesses, universities, non-profits, and corporations throughout the United States, China, France and Mexico
- And before that…Rollerblade Demo Team instructor, salesperson, photographer’s assistant, babysitter, house cleaner, camp counselor, resident assistant, secretary, office manager, dishwasher, raspberry picker, peer counselor, mathematics tutor, dormitory front desk worker, apple picker, lawn mower and corn detassler! Not even kidding.