The Haven Team

infectious pioneer | people-lover | research geek | expert excavator | wife to high-school sweetheart | mom to 2 kids + elderly parents + 1 dog | food snob | dancer

Current: Using curiosity and counsel to help leaders cement their success. Cultivating teams who harness, rather than succumb to, the power of the group. Demystifying what makes us tick, embrace new change, and ignite steep growth when it’s time to catalyze others. And designing inclusive work places that we can’t wait to pass on to loved ones.

Past: Empowered people to thrive through marriage, life, and career opportunities. Developed radical people strategies by melding best findings with political gambles. Won awards for cultural evolutions. Put more equity, connection, and fun into work.

Future: Will live in Pasadena, chair Planned Parenthood, hike every day, and write a book about the power of letters.

learning innovator | design thinker | risk taker | hockey mom | teacher’s kid | BC superfan | Maine-iac

Current: Shattering corporate learning and development stereotypes through creative, experiential designs. Partnering with talent and HR teams to inspire and equip the next generation of leaders. Listening intently, asking bravely, and helping leaders at all levels recognize and elevate their strengths.

Past: Wired hundreds of millions daily, ran international exchange programs, was loved – and hated – as a management consultant staffer, shaped cultures, led teams, and transformed rock stars into leadership program inspirational speakers.

Future: Working less but always working, traveling to wherever the kids are, home bases in the north and south, more time on the water, quarterly girls’ weekends, and kicking back at Ivan’s.

leadership student | forever learner | husband of prankster| twin brother of hero | leader of teams| Vermonter | smiling and laughing goofball

Current: Pushing people to their learning edge through a direct, analytical approach to executive coaching. Offering radically candid observations and asking difficult questions in a supportive, empathetic relationship. Being a best friend and challenging thought partner at the same time. Delivering engaging, clear, interactive, and fun leadership development workshops and content.

Past: Financial analyst that invented creative ways to use Excel to solve any problem, strategy consultant, Head of HR for public biotech, athlete, member of a rock band, married college sweetheart.

Future: Will live in VT, coach young men on issues of identity and masculinity, and be the old “has-been” on a rec-league hockey team.

innovative designer | story teller | daydreamer | magic creator | boss-lady | taskmaster | food-lover | beach bum | wife | mom to twin toddlers | sleep-lover

Current: Creating memorable moments and empowered leaders.  Designing and delivering experiential development for leaders at all levels. Enabling leaders and their teams to achieve peak performance.

Past: Former in-house organizational development specialist. Eight-year frequent flier as a consultant. Student of business and leadership with the Monitor Group. Slingin’ fried food in the formative years laid the foundation for who I am today.

Future: Will make all those day dreams come true!

researcher | teacher of all ages | endlessly curious about science and discovery | infertility survivor (conqueror) | justice and equity fighter | dog dreamer | retired comic

Current: Helping leaders to experience and reflect on how to grow and improve while learning about themselves in the workplace. Building comfortable environments that encourage candid conversations about who they are and what they need to do. Recognizing how research can inform and be integrated in the learning journey, particularly in resolving disparities in race, gender, power, and privilege.

Past: Tenured professor of entrepreneurship, ran for and elected to town select board (1/5 of a mayor), taught execs/MBAs/undergrads worldwide, organizational behavior + decision-making PhD researcher, venture capital investor, retail—toy store—entrepreneur, and professional comic.

Future: Will finish my book. Will finish my photo albums. Will finish my research papers. Will visit every US state (one to go!). Will visit every country. Will find a way to finish this endless list!

champion of humans | performance optimizer | relationship builder I promoter of self-awareness I mom of dancing diva, ninja warrior and soccer prince | former Israeli military air-force commander | kettlebell fanatic

Current: Helping leaders incorporate personal development into their team culture, creating safe environments for direct and honest conversations that facilitate growth. Using mind & body as an integrated approach to change that promotes self-empowerment and develops self-efficacy through reaching physical and mental goals. Ongoing student of behavioral change.

Past: Airforce commander of newly enlisted soldiers in the radar control unit. Spent days and nights defending artists’ copyright infringements and participating in police raids of  bootleg factories as an intellectual property lawyer. Passionately supported thousands of strength coaches, administrators, and members as a general manager in the fitness industry. Converted die-hard couch potatoes to physically and mentally empowered beings, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts as the proprietor of a fitness coaching business.

Future: Will live in a hut on the beach eating chocolate and advocating for women’s maternity leave rights. Will establish the first ever Kettlebell Police, an army whose mission is to teach people how to use them properly.

relationship observer | people enthusiast | dumpling & kimchi fanatic | bass-filled lake seeker | planner

Current: Analyzing and transforming the relationships critical to our success. Helping leaders navigate differences of all kinds, adapting to changing circumstances, and building the relationships necessary to do all of the above.

Past: Raised millions of campaign dollars. Helped scale a pioneering venture philanthropy firm. Coached world-class social entrepreneurs and leadership teams, and developed future leaders as head of leadership and team development for a national nonprofit.

Future: Food-seeking world travel followed by summers of sunrise fishing and breakfast-making on Squam Lake.

husband to the “chief of staff” | father and father-in-law of 3 great teachers | book lover | wilderness tripper | food snob | martial artist | wannabe chef | team player

Current: Faculty at the Adler Professional School, honing skills to high achieving individuals and companies, working with groups and one-on-one through an Adlerian approach. Divides time coaching leaders and teams from all corporate backgrounds to achieve long-term improvements in cohesion, effectiveness, and performance.

Past: CEO and Founder of a professional Martial Arts organization for 30 years, focusing on providing personal and team development. With over 10,000 students taught and 12 locations across North America, worked with individuals of all backgrounds and skill levels, coaching them towards a “target success mindset”.

Future: Living on a property with enough space for my kids and grandkids where I can spend my time hiking, cooking, reading, and connecting.

outside the box problem solver | trusted thought partner | lifelong learner | bridge builder | boy mom | fueled by laughter | amateur interior decorator

Current: Delivers practical, people-oriented, data-driven, strategies based on an organization’s business goals to enhance individual and team performance. Believes healthy culture and clear strategy are the foundation of effective organizational design. Serve as a trusted advisor to C-Suite executives, rapidly identify organizational obstacles, and charts path forward. Penchant for start-ups.

Past: Built HR function in life sciences start-up. Designed innovative approaches to people processes to optimize talent. HR Business Partner to executive leadership in the pharmaceutical industry. Drove talent development, engagement, and performance for teams developing drug candidates through those launching new drugs. Passionate about fostering trust and rapport across an organization.

Future: Will own beach house, enjoy time with my husband and grown boys, and have mastered golf.

eternal optimist | adventure seeker | trusted partner |active listener | dog mom | self-proclaimed DIY-er | lover of stand-up comedy

Current: Builder of supportive and transparent partnerships that delivers exceptional results with a focus on accountability, best practice, and a development strategy.  Change agent who stays up on HR trends and the future of work. A trusted thought partner for achieving business goals.

Past: HR Partner to a variety of industries, Legoland costume character, AmeriCorps VISTA, Camino de Santiago Peregrino.

Future: Outdoors, coffee, long days of sunshine and plenty of dogs.

adoptive mom | dirt therapy enthusiast | live jazz concert lover | hiker | edtech junkie | one-time F-15 co-pilot | sushi eater | lifetime seamstress | singer | scrabble® connoisseur

Current: Comes alongside leaders to reveal the talent they already possess. Builds capacity in leaders through self-awareness, expanding perspectives, and tough decision-making. Advocate for championing goals and personal breakthrough. Evocative question-asker. If you don’t feel like pushing back a bit, I may not be working hard enough.

Past: Former Director of Education for a professional military education center who cultivated leadership development in non-commissioned officers. Airfield manager for a forward operating base in the Middle East in support of multi-national military operations. Coached military recruiters to leverage mental toughness and resilience to improve their performance under pressure. Project manager for internal and external talent development in support of human services leaders working in child protection and adult advocacy.

Future: Will travel the world between teaching workshops for the middle school and high school students who want to learn to sew—because it’s my jam!

inquisitive educator | honest feedback provider | creative curriculum designer | mom to eye-rolling teen-aged boys | trail runner | aspiring yogi | dog dreamer

Current: Inspiring emerging and experienced leaders to take risks and achieve their full potential through interactive classroom and focused coaching sessions. Listening candidly, questioning assumptions, and illuminating blind spots to help people discover their authentic leadership styles. Balancing b-school theory with real-world application to keep training engaging, relevant, and fun.

Past: Honed mediation and conflict resolution skills working with international students and host families. Developed management training programs to enlighten emerging managers and found a passion for leadership development. Shook up the status quo by making rafting trips into leadership adventures. Found the confluence of leadership and learning at Harvard. Former HBS research wonk. Retired Boston Marathoner. Non-profit founder.

Future: Will live on the rugged coast of Maine, write novels, travel the world, and will finally learn how to compost!

true partner | curious observer | strategy stickler | hostess with the mostest | singer | organizer | food creator | baby of four | mom of two | wife to a chatterbox | volleyball-lover | researcher | golfer

Current: Life-line to HR teams and making them look really good. Supporting business growth through talent strategy and programming. Challenging leaders and teams to think differently, discover new insights and elevate relationships and workplaces. Energizing teams to do better than they thought possible.

Past: Internal talent and change consultant who tirelessly pushed the envelope to reframe how executives think about leadership. Teller with a perfect balance record, semiprofessional singer, data analyst and Excel guru, smiling and dialing talent sourcer, traveler, French speaker.

Future: Will host the best cocktail parties you’ve ever seen full of interesting people, travel the world, and enjoy company with my grown kids without lifting a finger for them.

party planner | mother to sports-loving teenage boys | wine enthusiast | Pinterest queen | DIY fanatic | married to G.I. Joe | wannabe food artist

Current: Serving as client liaison for HAVEN’s leadership workshops and programs, managing key behind-the-scenes initiatives to ensure client success and the optimal learning experience.

Past: Supported clients and providers in a multi-doctor practice for 16 years working in both clinical operations and administration.

Future: Complete my dream DIY van renovation and travel our country’s coastlines and mountain ranges with my husband, enjoying my grown children and their families, learn to love yoga.

weekend peasant and mountaineer | avid languages learner | travel-lover | mom of two teenaged passionate boys | proud cook | four nationalities represented in our family of four | lifelong student of human behaviors

Current: Inspiring and enabling leaders to communicate more effectively, identify their behavioral tendencies, build more effective leadership styles, and develop stronger relationships through tailored coaching and highly interactive, fun, and practical training. Actively listening, challenging empathetically, and creating safe spaces for self-reflection and mutual learning to support leaders on their journeys as they develop the best versions of themselves.

Past: As a strategy consultant, advised national governments and public organizations and consulted to corporate clients in multiple industries and geographies. Led HR operations and talent development initiatives at a multinational company for more than 12 years. Intervened in high-stakes situations requiring sensitivity and keen understanding of issues around culture, gender, religion, and race. Studied languages, political sciences, and literature. Coming out of university, started a company offering language- and relocation-related services for foreigners in Colombia, my home country. Did multiple long backpacking trips around the world, and lived in eight different countries until finally settling in Madrid.

Future: Will never stop traveling. Will write a novel. With my husband, will design and build a bio-dynamic farm where we will grow our own food and host big gatherings with our kids, grandkids, and friends.

god first| wellness advocate | fitness junkie | creative thinker | self-proclaimed comedian | human motivator | wife of a life coach | mom to a crazy frenchie

Current: Organizing the financials for businesses and ensuring optimal functioning of finance and accounting departments by streamlining systems and processes. Motivating and coaching women on their health and wellness journeys to become the best version of themselves spiritually, mentally, and physically. Making an impact one human being at a time.

Past: Director of Finance at a luxury car rental company in Miami, gym owner, fitness instructor, and amateur boxer.

Future: Will travel to different parts of Africa and the Caribbean tackling economic issues and spreading the love of God.

plant lover | throw pillow addict | wanna be charcuterie board expert | girl mom | to-do list lover | minnesotan by marriage | weekend warrior | sour patch kid junkie | après ski expert

Current: Support HAVEN’s operations and administration to maximize workflow, streamline processes, and enable the best work experience for the team.

Past: Career public servant who led multimillion-dollar Recreation Departments. Coached and motivated staff teams who fostered healthy and sustainable communities through the promotion of wellness and play. Passionately cultivated inclusive recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, curated regionally and nationally renowned camps and programs, and strategically combated challenges in the parks and recreation industry.

Future: Will go on endless road trips with my family to explore the National Parks. Will watch a baseball game at every major league baseball stadium. Will seek out world-class Tex-Mex food.

23.1nerd | Michigan native | father | husband | leader | amateur designer

Current: Helping executives hone their leadership, management, and personal practices. Leveraging experience as a business leader to understand the context in which executives find themselves. Pushing leaders to articulate what matters to them most as full human beings. Having fun while coaching.

Past: Consultant at McKinsey, creator of new products and businesses, board member of schools and education nonprofits, someone with enough time to workout.

Future: Taking a sabbatical every year, getting a Ph.D. just because, writing a book.

patient | relatable | believer that anything can be tackled | sister to 7 siblings | forever athlete

Current: Find fulfillment in helping leaders grow into better and fuller versions of themselves. Believer that the impact individuals have on others is the greatest legacy they leave. Help leaders tackle topics such as coaching and developing others, influence, difficult conversations, managing-up, delegating, imposter syndrome…the good and the messy that everyone deals with.

Past: Saw it all; worked in consulting, teaching, education administration, and start-ups. Managed teams of varying sizes in roles such as VP, Chief of Staff, and Chief Operating Officer. Helped fast-growing startups grow customer demand, drive key expansions, and improve efficiency and organization. Demonstrated inspirational people management in every role.

Future: Wired to live in the moment and pretty sure the future will surprise me but confident will be living close to nature, still playing ice hockey, and laughing with my husband.

rule breaker I father to two amazing daughters I quietly sarcastic I ultramarathoner I snowboarder

Current: Catalyzer who thrives on collaborating with senior leaders to lay the foundation for rapid growth using innovative and practical HR approaches. Passionate about building highly-capable HR teams that can advise and coach leaders on how to achieve their goals. Challenger who is not afraid to push leaders out of their comfort zone, with keen listening skills and fresh perspectives. Accelerate the growth and learning of senior leaders who have recently taken on broader, more complex roles.

Past: Spent the last 25 years at the forefront of biotech and academic innovation as a C-level executive for numerous organizations, including publicly-traded companies. With a deep understanding of HR, organizational development, and operations, I’ve honed my skills in building award-winning cultures and driving organizational growth. Along the way, I’ve supported the development of hundreds of leaders, giving them the tools and guidance they need to succeed. Before my corporate career, I’ve had a diverse range of jobs – from cheese monger to line cook, soccer referee, and even a landscape company owner, operating out of my friend’s 1985 white Monte Carlo at the age of 18.

Future: Will travel the world exploring new places, meeting new people, and maybe, picking up another job.

scientist-practitioner | high-stakes problem-solver | mom to a night owl | applied humorist | jazz enthusiast | classic movie buff | student of history | aspiring coastal cruiser

Current: Assessing leaders, teams, and organizations to identify key strengths and critical challenges. Designing data-driven, evidence-based, innovative strategies for enhancing leader, team, and organizational effectiveness. Adhering to a policy of complete authenticity to unearth true root causes and devise simple targeted solutions that deliver maximum value. Applying human-centered design principles and research-based best practices to all initiatives. Injecting fun into serious situations whenever possible.

Past: Focused my research and applied work on the assessment and development of leaders and teams operating in high-stakes environments. Helped develop strategies to prepare long-duration spaceflight crews for future Mars missions. Studied the positive impact of humor on team well-being and performance. Proved myself to be mediocre at best when it came to all attempted hobbies.

Future: Will live aboard a sailboat in a faraway port, work a lemon grove on the Mediterranean coast, and never miss another artichoke festival as long as I live.

husband | father | musician | golfer | BBQ enthusiast | book junkie | writer | yogi in training

Current: I work with people from all walks of life to experience the fullest expression of their humanity. In working with me, they see that learning who they are and what they are capable of is a rite of passage that shouldn’t be taken for granted but seized with courage. When they begin to integrate mind, body, and spirit and recognize all of the limiting stories they’ve been carrying around, it begins to open up new ways of seeing life, work, and relationships. This can lead to greater fulfillment, creativity, connection, and productivity. I’m there to create a space that is safe and fiercely courageous to pull out the wisdom that resides within all of my clients.

Past: I was born into a Guyanese family and raised in the Greater Toronto Area. I was a digital design consultant for 26 years. I had my own digital agency and a restaurant (a place where everyone knew your name). I’ve been a youth sports coach, house league hockey player, DJ, YouTuber, and father of two young adults.

Future: Break 90. Write a book. Start a podcast. Learn to play drums like John Bonham. Deepen my meditation practices. Make hot sauce.

lifelong learner | frequent list-maker | mom of boys (both human and furry) | Steelers fan married to a New England native | self-help book enthusiast | tennis player | aspiring early AM exerciser

Current: Management educator passionate about supporting people in organizations through education and coaching. Focus on translating evidence-based management theory into actionable recommendations that foster organizational effectiveness. Help individuals develop the interpersonal skills needed to become confident, capable, and engaged organization members. Channel enthusiasm for learning through nonprofit work focused on cultivating and funding innovative educational initiatives.

Past: Spent over twenty years in academia earning a PhD in organization studies and climbing the ranks as a tenured business school professor. Logged thousands of classroom hours teaching in the areas of human resource management, organizational behavior, negotiations, and women’s leadership. Coached students on academic pursuits and career development, while emphasizing they didn’t need to have it all figured out. Published and prFesented research in the areas of women’s work and career choices, issues surrounding the work-life interface, and relationships in organizations. Served on college and university-wide committees focused on hiring new faculty, tenure and promotion, curriculum development, and creating women’s leadership initiatives. Pre-academia, started my career in hospitality, which instilled the importance of quality service and cultivating long-lasting client relationships.

Future: Will live near the water in the summer, travel with my husband, enjoy spending time with my grown kids while having deep conversations about things other than Minecraft, and finally commit to a daily yoga, journaling, and meditation practice.

aliveness advocate | fourth-generation Vancouverite | fearless provocateur | closet thespian | cancer defeater | relentless spiritual seeker | Icelandic citizen | hummingbird coaxer

Current: A stand for people being their best selves, whatever that means to them, I see people, really see them, for who they are at their core and invite them, all of them, to come out to play. I believe that our heartlessness is killing us, our companies, and our world. And so, I am bold in my commitment to get people reconnected to their heart, their courage, and their voice… opening a space for creating a different kind of world, and work. In helping clients find what matters most to them, they can rekindle their passion for their work and life. Described as fierce, electrifying, fun. Knowing that laughter lubricates learning – I bring humor and directness to my coaching, asking the tough questions, and naming the unspoken that lies just below the surface.

Past: Pioneer in the coaching field, including seventeen years on the Faculty of the Coaches Training Institute, and recipient of Master Coach certification (MCC). Twenty years as a Leadership Coach, helping managers to CEOs from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Developed and delivered 1000+ in-person and web-based leadership development workshops, programs, events, and resources. Responsible for fostering creativity and innovation in strategic sessions involving cultural shifts and large-scale change. Earned two business degrees from Queen’s University in Kingston. Am certified in more personality assessment tools than any one person should be.

Future: Will live in London part-time and be the person who has seen all the latest shows in the West End; take my goddaughters for annual trips anywhere and everywhere in the world; have a hummingbird land (and stay!) on me; start my own gin distillery.

problem-solver | fog-shaper | cultural ambassador | amateur landscaper | audiophile | mid-century modern aficionado

Current: Building sustainable People & Culture practices for emerging tech companies. Helping senior leaders map and execute a ‘fit for purpose’ organizational design which addresses the intersection of business objectives, organizational constraints, and individual career aspirations through early-stage inflection points.

Past: Led biotech startup as first head of HR on a winding journey from private to public, from setback to success, and from 30 to 300 FTEs.  Member of best-HR-team-ever which helped land a mid-sized biotech on the “Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For” list for several years.  Survivor of the dot-com tech bubble.  Detasseled corn in Indiana, trekked through Patagonia; explored underground cave cities in Turkey.

Future: Will spend more time traveling with family, mentor the next generation of HR leaders, and play average basketball as long as I can.

strategist | data-driven leader | lifelong learner | closet musician | mountain climber | spa enthusiast | agent of change | sassy | classy | bada***

Current: Leveraging a passion for people and data to drive strategic HR initiatives. Believer in efficiency and adaptability, forever transforming challenges into learning and growth opportunities because change is inevitable.

Past: Asset manager, mountain climber, institutional wealth manager, rock star, married the guitarist, strategy consultant, HR M&A lead $43B deal, mogul skier (in my mind).

Future: Will explore the world, raise my children to be kind, caring, self-sustaining adults, and fearlessly find the next mountain to climb.

trusted advisor | empathic thought partner | husband of irreverent saint | father of Hollywood talent | disc golfer | TV afficionado | all-around goofball

Current: Shaping leaders who will change the world through engagements at HAVEN and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; partnering with great leaders (whether they realize their greatness or not) to decipher the bends in their leadership road; speaking to audiences about professional moments that matter.

Past: Taught students in Jamaica and South Boston; coached actual sports (high school shot put); built Talent Management function for largest private employer in Massachusetts.

Future: Will live in a new place for 3 months of every year; write interesting things that will be read by many; engage the world in the optimism of play.

wonderer | wanderer | urban cyclist

Current: Supporting leaders and teams in digging deep in learning and stretching into growth. Passionate about human interaction—communication, collaboration, finding a shared purpose, engaging in healthy conflict . . . and in all the ways we try yet fail to do so. Drawn to helping people create trust, safety, connection, and shared purpose and helping them build their skills at the messy, uncomfortable parts of leading and teaming.

Past: Years of experience learning lessons the hard way, including leading people, teams, and projects within matrixed, multinational organizations. My experience in leading change across organizations has shaped how I understand leadership and teams, and it informs my coaching today. In addition to career experience, I integrate real-life experience in counseling, alternative dispute resolution, and nonprofit board service to shape my coaching approach.

Future: Will be a connoisseur of color, fresh air, doing new things poorly, and getting lost.