Who am I?
That's a loaded question. Walt Whitman wasn't kidding when he said we contain multitudes.
My work history over the past 40 years forms an interesting tapestry: laborer, office manager, portfolio assistant, waitress, improv comedian, opera singer, administrative assistant, and senior manager. Before becoming a coach, I spent 27 years in the corporate world — six in international banking and twenty-one in private wealth management, working my way from portfolio assistant to project manager to director of portfolio administration.
Those years taught me something I carry into every coaching conversation: every job matters. It's easy to dismiss what other people do as simple or lesser, but once you understand what any role actually asks of a person — the skill, the judgment, the stamina — you can't. Hierarchy, at its best, should be about recognizing impact, not conferring status. I've held roles at both ends of that spectrum, and I bring that perspective to the people I work with.
These experiences — along with being a 15-year survivor of breast cancer and a daughter who helped her parents navigate illness and end-of-life care — forged who I am as a coach. Curveballs are part of everyone's story. Certainly mine.
How I work
I support people navigating transitions large and small — career pivots, burnout, leadership challenges, midlife reinvention, or simply the persistent feeling that something needs to change. Whether the conversation looks like executive coaching, career coaching, life coaching, or transitions coaching, the fundamentals are the same: you deserve to be fully heard, to get clear on what matters, and to move forward in a way that actually fits who you are.
One area I know particularly well: organizational disruption. During my 21 years in private wealth management, my firm was acquired three times. I know what it's like to show up to work while rumors are flying, leadership is shifting, and no one has answers. I know the questions that keep you up at night — Is my role safe? Do I even want it to be? How do I keep doing good work when everything feels uncertain? If you're in the middle of a merger, a restructuring, or any kind of organizational upheaval, I've been there. And I can help you find your footing.
I bring warmth, humor, and hard-won experience to every engagement. And I coach both women and men — because good coaching doesn't have a gender.
What it’s like to work with me
Clients often tell me that what surprises them most is how much they already know. My job isn't to hand you answers — it's to ask the right questions so your own clarity can surface. Sessions are honest, sometimes funny, occasionally uncomfortable in the best way, and always in service of you — not the version of you that looks good on paper, but the one that wants to actually enjoy showing up to their life.
If that sounds like what you've been looking for, I'd love to meet you.
Credentials
Kathy holds the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF). She earned her Certified Professional Coach (CPC) designation from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching and is a Master Certified Practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index (ELI-MP). She is a Certified TQ Coach in Navigating Transitions through a partnership between Coaching.com and the Modern Elder Academy (MEA), and is working toward her certification in Physical Intelligence with the Physical Intelligence Institute. She is also certified in Mental Health Literacy through the Institute of Coaching (IOC) and is a member of the eWomen Network, ICF, IOC, and SHRM