Biography
Known as a “people person” throughout her career, Kathryn’s goal working with clients is to help cultivate an environment where they can be their best and do the best work of their lives. Kathryn’s passion and calling is to empower people through coaching to improve their thinking. When she is serving as a coach, Kathryn’s intent is to encourage and foster transformation by helping her clients create space, tune in to their truth, see the whole picture, and strive for progress over perfection.
Kathryn has an engineering degree from the University of Virginia and extensive experience in engineering, project management, and operations, both within the US and internationally. Her background spans multiple industries, including consulting, education, and financial services. Over the course of Kathryn’s 20 years in business, she has been a transformational leader and coach dedicated to creating environments that inspire, engage, and develop associates. Kathryn has implemented sustainable solutions for inspiring best-in-class associate engagement, co-founded company coach communities of practice, and launched leadership group coaching programs, all while excelling in deftly delivering on business strategy.
Kathryn holds the Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) credential from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). This program is widely recognized as the most rigorous and thorough coach training and certification program in the industry and the only coach training program based on the Co-Active Model, a powerful process for engaging with others and supported by current scientific research. Kathryn is also credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF), the organization responsible for creating core competencies and a code of ethics, which set the standard in the coaching field. The PCC credential is awarded to professional coaches who are committed to this strong code of ethics, have met stringent education and experience requirements, and demonstrated mastery of the ICF coaching competencies.
Kathryn is trained in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and certified in The Leadership Circle Profile (TLCP) assessment, a best-in-class, competency based, 360° profile. Kathryn holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) per the Scrum Alliance, the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the Agile community.
