Amidst working full-time, leading a non-profit organization, and raising a family, I started to wonder, what’s next. It took two years of searching until I felt called to transformational leadership work. And from that moment on, things quickly fell into place. Within a year, I had become:

• a trauma-informed coach and consultant through Mobius Executive Leadership & The Academy of Inner Science

• an executive coach through the Center for Executive Coaching

  and founder and manager of Acorn Patterns Leadership Coaching LLC

Combing This training is a combination of classic executive coaching with nervous system regulation, deep listening to get to the heart of the matter, and breath work for better self-regulation.

I believe that if we take our inner work seriously to become the best version of ourselves, both personally and professionally, we will not only lift up ourselves, but also those around us, truly influencing generations to come.

It is both a joy and privilege for me to work with individuals on what is most important to them in their lives.

What motivates me to do this work? It’s a combination of things. What I learned:

• during my Jesuit college education, which teaches to the mind, heart, and hands of a students so they can go out into the world in service of others

• the experience at my children’s preschool, where parents were continually asked to consider “what do children really need” and to hone in on their observational skills so they can be more present and less reactive

• how Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores, adult development, stress, anxiety, trauma, and burn out can influence individuals, effecting how they show up at work and home

My education and work experiences also play a significant role in who I am and what I bring to coaching.

I received a B.A. in International Language Business from the University of Scranton.

Professionally, I worked with SAP for over twenty-five years, where I started as a technical writer, went on to lead a global team of writers, was recognized as a top performer, and worked as a consultant. Then as part of the Global Marketing team, I was a project manager, worked in naming/brand strategy, and was a "voice of the brand" for this 110,000+ employee company.

As a Fulbright scholar, I conducted research and studied environmental business at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

This experience played a fundamental role in co-founding Lexington Zero Waste Collaborative, a local nonprofit in Massachusetts. During my six-year tenure as co-president, I helped build the organization from the ground up, creating the board of directors, developing strategic planning, and implementing programming.