After 25 years as a Product and UX leader and earning her M.S. in Social Psychology from Brown University, Christine realized professional success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment.

Christine built Lift Up Connections for women who are navigating the messy middle of reinvention, identity shifts, leadership evolution, and life transitions and want something deeper than networking.

Transformation accelerates in community. And mid-career isn’t a decline. It’s a design moment.

• Master's Degree, Social Psychology, Brown University
• Guest Lecturer, Harvard Business School and HBS Startup Bootcamp
• Founder of Lift Up Connections
• Former VP and Head of User Experience: Center Centre/User Interface Engineering, Carbonite, Acquia

After 20+ years as a cross-functional product and design leader, Alison now helps individuals, teams, and organizations strengthen the inner and interpersonal capabilities needed to make a meaningful impact.

Combining practical leadership experience with evidence-based coaching, Alison helps people build resilience, expand their capacity to adapt to change, and lead with greater clarity, confidence, and emotional intelligence. She works with people at every stage of their leadership journey; from first-time managers, team leads and high-potentials, through to experienced leaders navigating high levels of complexity and change.

Known for her thoughtful questions, sharp insight and calm, practical approach, Alison is passionate about helping leaders prevent burnout and build sustainable, high-performing cultures where both people and teams can thrive. She is currently researching resilient leadership and the behaviours that enable individuals and teams to adapt, perform and flourish over the long term.