I'm a New Zealander who has reinvented three times across three continents and industries, most recently leaving academia after 19 years of service to train as an ICF-certified coach.

I did not expect what happened next. I've coached over 1,000 leaders at the world’s largest tech, manufacturing, and financial corporations to listen better, communicate better, and tell beautiful stories about their lives and work. With that, many go on to higher promotions and bigger titles internally, externally, or feel inspired to launch their own venture.

I segued to coaching from academia and global business journalism where I reported on social trends and struggles, women leadership, and sustainability for the Economist, FT of London, Guardian, NPR, Engineering News-Record, and Wired.

I've had the pleasure of interviewing Fortune 100 leaders, the Property Brothers, Hector Garcia, and the Dalai Lama. It's these reporting, storytelling, and listening skills I bring to my communications workshops and cohorts on Maven.

I have a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley and am a first generation college graduate, which feels pretty amazing given I grew up in the wilderness of New Zealand and Asia. My oldest son took his moonshot to study at Harvard University and lassoed it in.

To keep my journalism skills fresh, I host two podcasts, write on Medium, and am publishing several memoirs and communications guides for the joy, and to democratize the life-changing effects of communications coaching.

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