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I bring 25 years of professional experience to my career ownership practice, most recently as the Director of Operations for a non-profit, social services organization. I live in the District of Columbia and have 2 grown sons who are both in law enforcement. Public service and helping others runs solidly in our family!
In my free time, I am a live music and theater enthusiast, I love meeting up with family and friends, and I recently discovered the benefits of Pilates. Travel, both domestic and international, is another passion of mine.
My personal struggles with the challenges a mid-career professional faces when trying to make a career change make me a motivating, yet sympathetic, partner to my career ownership clients. I look forward to helping you identify your next career move!
My mission is to guide clients toward a point of clarity, enabling them to swiftly approach and achieve their full life potential. I empower them to embrace the freedom needed for exploring options and making optimal decisions about their next steps.
As your coach, I offer a judgment-free, patient space for self-exploration, helping you understand the possibilities available and identify your goals, needs, and expectations. This process propels you forward, maximizing your potential in both career and life.
My drive to become a coach stems from a desire to make a positive impact on the world. Having survived corporate America, I empathize with the professional frustrations many clients face. Coaching provides them with the opportunity to strive for previously unconsidered goals, and I find immense joy in witnessing those ‘lightbulb moments’ when clients reach points of clarity and take their next steps.
Experience
Empowering clients to achieve clarity, fulfillment, and their full potential in life and career. This resume showcases a diverse and comprehensive professional background with a proven track record of successful management, leadership, and operational oversight across various sectors
Barents Group LLC was a wholly owned subsidiary of KPMG Peat Marwick tasked by USAID to help privatize banks, rewrite banking laws, and train bankers to establish a privatized banking system in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Eastern Block. My role as Training Coordinator included:
- Frequent travel into the FSU to assist with course offerings
- Coordinating class schedules, instructors, course development, and translation for 5 field offices located across the FSU
- Planning and executing study tours for the FSU banking professionals to come to the United States and visit the Federal Reserve Bank, NYSE, and the Chicago Options Exchange, and interact with Visa, Mastercard, and the American Institute of Bankers.
Atlantic Management Center provided training to federal agencies in subjects like program and project management, contract management, and budgeting. As a Deputy Program Manager on a contract providing training to the US Department of Energy (DoE), I:
- Managed course deliveries nationwide on DoE sites, including coordinating schedules and instructors
- Liaisoned between instructors and DoE to maintain and update course materials
Colleague Consulting, LLC provides training, coaching, leadership development, and organizational development services to federal government agencies. My responsibilities as Director of Business Operations included:
- Setting up infrastructure for a startup federal contractor including accounting and bookkeeping policies and procedures, management of the physical plant, IT, HR, and general office needs
- Managing ongoing development of accounting and bookkeeping functions in addition to staff and physical plant expansion to accommodate corporate growth of 400% in the first 5 years
- Transitioning the accounting system from a small business platform to a much more robust platform meant for federal government contractors
The Father McKenna Center is a day shelter for men experiencing homelessness that operates in the heart of Washington, DC. As the Director of Operations, I:
- Brought 20 years’ of mismanaged financial records to order
- Managed accounting, bookkeeping, IT, HR, plant management, and office management functions singlehandedly
- Saw the organization through a major renovation, managing contractors and landlord relationships.
Let’s start the discovery process with a free consultation. My goal is to help you discover what your future has in store, and I can’t wait to get started.
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