You are a leader. Whether you are leading your job search, an organization, your own business or your own life, you are leading. Through RiverStone Rising, I support leaders to meet their goals, grow and do good in the world through coaching, consulting and organizational development. Coaching includes Career, Executive, Leadership, and Life. As you navigate your work, your career search, your life; I am your partner that shows up and objectively supports you through one-on-one coaching sessions.According to the International Coach Federation (ICF), coaching is defined as a partnership with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaching is a client-driven process that’s distinct from other service professions, such as counseling, mentoring, consulting and training. It is a safe space for you to explore your life’s waves, currents and eddy’s and create bigger and bigger ripples of positive change.We bring our whole lives wherever we go. Coaching supports not just “what” needs to be done, but the “who” that needs to do it in all areas of our lives. Coaching is a partnership that moves you forward toward successfully meeting your goals with support, motivation, focus, awareness, problem solving, accountability and celebration to facilitate growth and lasting change.Retreats and workshops that will strengthen and grow your teams. This ranges from team-building and creating stronger connections, staff or board retreats, strategic planning, workshops on values or time management to developing your Board of Directors.

I have the privilege to support Executive Directors, Program Directors and Board of Directors through mentoring, training, coaching, and organizational development.

 Management responsibility for the entire organization including program development, implementation and evaluation; human resources; financial and resource development Creation and fiscal management of a $1.2 million budget Manage a 10 - 14 person staff plus a 25 member AmeriCorps team Work with a 24 person Board of Directors

 Appointed to the five-member Board by Asheville City Council Made policy decisions for a 3,800 student school system and and oversaw a $47 million budget Represented Asheville City Schools to local, state and federal elected officials  Served on the Asheville City Schools Foundation Board of Directors and the Asheville City Schools Preschool Early HeadStart Policy Council North Carolina School Board Association Board of Directors, Member 2006-2008Chairman, 2005- 2007 Led the five member Board of Education

 Responsible in the Executive Director’s absence for day-to-day activities  Supervised two program staff  Staffed multiple Board and community committees  Directed advocacy efforts including Child Watch Tours, voter registration drives, candidate surveys and information alerts and Planned and lead advocacy training workshops  Serve in community collaborative roles i  Assisted in fundraising efforts including grant writing, special events and individual solicitations