I am a Change Facilitator. As the founder of Guiding Change Consulting, I work to help individuals, teams, and organizations maximize their potential, actualize their purpose, enhance their effectiveness, and create and maintain work environments that are inclusive and just. I have over ten years experience consulting with leaders, teams, and organizations on issues of leadership, team building, conflict resolution, diversity, strategic planning and overall organization development.

My professional life began in the field of law. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts Degree from Harvard University, I went on to receive a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. I went to law school with the goal of using the law to help create positive social change. After litigating in the public services area for a number of years both in Anchorage, Alaska and New York City, I became disillusioned with the adversarial process. Rather than taking sides in win-lose scenarios, I wanted to find ways to work with people to help them build and maintain connections. It was that desire that led me to return to school to receive my Masters Degree in Organization Development from American University/NTL.


My experience also includes having lived, studied, and worked in Japan. While an undergraduate majoring in East Asian Studies, I spent one year at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan where I studied Japanese language and culture. (I also earned my black belt in Judo while I was there.) After practicing law in Alaska, I returned to Japan to study law for a year and a half at Doshisha University in Kyoto through a fellowship awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Education.


My background and training also includes a Certificate in Culturally Competent Human Services from the Temple University Multicultural Research and Training Institute as well as coursework in human interaction and diversity at the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science of which I am a member. I am also the author of Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation.