With a dynamic background spanning 4 industries, I am passionate about driving meaningful change in leadership development and organizational culture.I’ve led cross-functional teams to achieve results with little to no guidance, directly coached dozens leaders from the entry level to the C-suite on fostering lateral thinking skills, and transformed their teams and organizations into creative, resilient, "greenhouses" for self-driven internal leadership development.My Specialties:🔸Leadership Development:I’ve provided coaching and mentoring for leaders from the entry to the executive suite designed to elevate leadership skills, enhance decision-making, and inspire teams.🔸Organizational Culture Architecture and Transformation: I use an “ecosystem” approach that integrates insights from diverse fields and knowledge bases. The leaders I coach go on to cultivate positive, inclusive, and high-performance teams that align with your organizational goals and foster innovation and collaboration.🔸Process and Operations Optimization: I look at the linkages in the organizational ecosystem to see where processes can be streamlined to drive peak performance.Career Highlights:🔸Led 3 separate academic research teams for the Department Of State, Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau on critical international issues, with findings informing policy decisions.🔸Developed first ever training program for new hires, emerging leaders, and middle management at a start-up, decreasing turnover by over 30% over the course of 3 months and increasing customer satisfaction in services provided.🔸Founded and led the International Relations Organization at Virginia Tech, where I grew the organization significantly and structured a mentoring program that fostered research and leadership skills.🔸My service in the U.S. Army involved mentoring soldiers, managing administrative functions, and leading teams to find weak spots in training. My roles included preparing units for deployment, and safeguarding critical assets.Education:🔸 MM, Strategic Management and Executive Leadership, Penn State (Spring 2025)🔸Coursework completed towards MA in Political Science, Virginia Tech🔸BAIS, National Security & Foreign Affairs, Virginia TechMore About Me:🔸 I’d rather be in the mountains and forests than the beach🔸 Cooking and writing are my favorite hobbies🔸 I’ve overcome radial nerve palsy through rewiring damaged nerves after a car wreck🔸 I was picked out of over 1500 candidates to be a personal security guard for a 2-star general