Sandy has a passion for helping business leaders and owners and believes strongly in the old adage of “work smarter, not harder”. For this reason, she focused her entire career on process improvement, strategic planning, leadership development and human performance to ensure that her projects came to a successful and more importantly, safe completion. As certified executive coach, and owner of Altitude Executive Coaching, Sandy specializes in coaching women in male-saturated industries and speaks to audiences all over the country on learning how to lead with emotional/social intelligence to create a culture of psychological safety where teams can collaborate and grow both personally and professionally.

Serve as Culture Program manager in support to the Department of Navy/NCIS. Work along side the Chief Culture Officer for the agency to create a more intentional culture deeply rooted in core values and aligned with overall mission. Conduct in-depth interviews and facilitate focus groups to supplement and validate survey data

Keynote Speaker Coach / Emotional Intelligence Coach

HOPE Consulting LLC (HOPE) is comprised of a team of subject matter experts (SMEs) in the fields of Human Performance Improvement, High Reliability Organizations, Causal Factor Analysis, industrial safety, complex system operations, maintenance, work management, change management, process improvement, procedure writing, and leadership training. Our team of experts bring their diverse backgrounds and experiences to each client and their unique work environments that we support. HOPE provides assessments, leadership and frontline worker mentoring, training, and proven techniques that enable our clients to improve performance, safety, quality, reliability, effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.

Facilitator for TIme Management course delivered to Fort Carson cohorts of transitioning veterans and military spouses

Support ACWA at US Army's Pueblo Chemical Depot, lead and supervise personnel in Engineering, Construction and Acquisitions. Work with 'Partners in Leadership" to implement Cultural Beliefs Transformation for 1,200 employees site-wide from 3 different major corporations.

Assisted Program Manager for Homeland Security Technology. Trained first responders at test site and led site tours for dignitaries from Washington D.C. Managed (5) project managers.

Prior to my current position with Bechtel Power, I've worked with Bechtel National (DOE and DoD projects) and Bechtel Communications performing several functions, including Project Management, Marketing and Business Development, Project Controls, Accounting, Contract, Human Performance Management.