SEVEN STONES LEADERSHIP GROUP - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Client Care Manager

Job Titles:

• Senior Teacher

Anne Gottlieb coaches and teaches dynamic presentation and presence skills for numerous organizations nationally and internationally. She has consulted to Fortune 500 companies as well as designed and led courses for a broad range of corporate clients and training organizations. Her programs have been offered to executives, emerging leaders and senior management professionals at Young President's Organization, FINRA, The Center for Meaningful Leadership, Omega Institute, Brandeis University, Cambridge Associates, Integrative Life Practices, the Georgetown Leadership conference as well as governmental agencies and numerous non-profit organizations. She is a senior teacher for Seven Stones Leadership, Integrative Life Practices and the Director of Presence and Presentation work for Mobius Executive Leadership. Her programs combine a wide range of disciplines that draw on theatre techniques learned in her nearly 20 years working professionally as an actor, director and voice teacher. Anne's background has equipped her with a rare combination of tools for helping clients overcome their obstacles and achieve remarkable results.

Job Titles:

• Leadership and Organizational Coach and Consultant
• Senior Coach

As an independent consultant to nonprofit, government, philanthropic and corporate entities, she uses her experience to grow institutional capacity for leadership, adaptive strategy and equitable workplace culture. As Vice President and Faculty Director at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice, Aviva designed a justice-centered nonprofit leadership curriculum and coached the management faculty team. Prior to that she directed Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations where she managed global civil society research teams and taught courses on nonprofit finance and fundraising. Her previous experience includes work with the Harvard University Budget Office, the Rand Corporation, Los Angeles County, and Coro New York Leadership Center. Aviva is a PhD Candidate at the University of Vermont in the Leadership for Sustainability program, holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Pomona College. She resides, builds community, and facilitates nature-connected learning for her two children in Cambridge, MA.

Job Titles:

• Coach
• Consultant
• Brand Strategist
• Certified Coach for Sustainable Abundance With

Cheryl Wilson is a global brand strategist, beauty marketing expert and executive coach who empowers individuals and teams to pursue more powerful, productive and purpose driven results. After two decades as a brand management executive with Procter & Gamble, Unilever and small businesses, she has led and coached many business executives to strong business results and launched numerous, successful multi-million dollar products. Cheryl is recognized for her winning global strategies, imaginative white-space innovation and passionate expansion of multicultural beauty products and services. Her imprint in multicultural beauty was recognized when she was named one of WWD Beauty's Top 50 Multicultural Market Makers in 2015. As a certified coach for Sustainable Abundance with Seven Stones Leadership Group, Cheryl has fully tapped into her expertise and gifts of empathetic listening, astute observation, courageous experimentation and resilient tenacity to help generate breakthrough, transformational results for clients. A strong supporter of linked prosperity, she encourages her clients to generate sustainable legacies that positively impact individuals, communities and the world. For several years, Cheryl has been facilitating workshops and discussions on work/life balance, wellbeing, mindfulness and self-compassion for professional women. She is also an advocate for the dignity and increased quality of life for seniors suffering from dementia and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. A native of Baltimore and a proud double "Hoo" with a BA and MBA from the University of Virginia, she is a passionate believer in the endless possibilities available from a clear-eyed understanding of the past and a creative, hopeful and visionary approach to the future.

Job Titles:

• Executive Coach and Organizational Consultant

Christine Connors joins Seven Stones Leadership as an executive coach and organizational consultant with over 30 years of leadership experience in the Human Resources, OD and Leadership fields. Christine has supported a wide variety of mission-driven organizations such as WGBH, Education Development Center, Abt Associates and Berklee College of Music. In her most recent role at Berklee, Christine was responsible for managing both the human resources and diversity and inclusion teams (HRDI) to create a working and learning environment that fostered creativity, diversity, collaboration and innovation. Through a wide variety of services and initiatives, Christine and her teams worked with all areas across the college to recruit, develop and retain a diverse and exceptional faculty and staff. Throughout her career, Christine coached and mentored a wide variety of leaders through both one-on-one coaching as well as the development and implementation of leadership development programs. Christine is certified in the administration and interpretation of the Leadership Circle 360° tool. Christine received an MBA with distinction from Bentley University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Stonehill College. She is also certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She lives in Medford, MA with her wife, Bev, and their dog Tallulah. In her spare time, she loves music, nature, hiking and reading.

Job Titles:

• Trainer
• Trainer, Facilitator, and Executive Coach

Dr. Bukky Kolawole joins Seven Stones Leadership as a trainer, facilitator and executive coach, with 14 years of experience working with individuals and organizations including NYC Department of Education and New York University (NYU). Dr. Bukky Kolawole is dedicated to the design and delivery of dynamic, evocative coaching and learning experiences in which clients increase their knowledge and skills and make meaningful changes, while feeling emotionally engaged through the process. Her* unique engagement style is racially sensitive, culturally informed, emotionally engaging and captivating of clients' hearts and minds. The combination of her* passion for helping others access their internal wisdom, her * value for effectiveness, and the emotionally attuned environment she provides sets her* apart from other coaches and facilitators. Dr. Bukky is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Dr. Bukky is a Black, queer, gender non-conforming woman in pursuit of equity with love, boldness, empathy and vulnerability. Her* purpose is to boldly disrupt systems of oppression with love so that we can all show up in the fullness of our humanity (i.e., with authenticity and vulnerability). She* is also the Founder and Executive Director of Relationship HQ, a place that exists to nurture vibrant human connection so that anyone served feels whole, seen and celebrated in the mirror and in the world. Relationship HQ proudly centers the healing and growth of people of color and queer folx through a menu of offerings including psychotherapy, coaching, workshops and organizational transformation programs. Dr. Bukky holds a doctoral degree (PsyD) in clinical psychology from Long Island University and currently lives in New Jersey with her wife and their two young children.

Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard joins Seven Stones Leadership as a renowned scholar, consultant, speaker, mentor, and coach. She has given seminars for, and consulted on, a wide range of topics, including effectively leveraging diversity, implementing formal mentoring programs, gender and leadership, bystander awareness training, unconscious bias, managing visibility, career action planning and team building. Dr. Blake-Beard's research focuses on the challenges and opportunities offered by mentoring relationships, with a focus on the impact of increasing workforce diversity. She is particularly interested in the issues women face as they develop mentoring relationships. She also studies the dynamics of formal mentoring programs in both corporate and educational settings. Dr. Blake-Beard is the co-author of two books, "Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Creating Change for People, Processes, and Paradigms" and "Handbook of Research on Promoting Women's Careers." Dr. Blake-Beard has published research on gender, diversity, and mentoring in several publications including the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Management Journal and The Diversity Factor. She received a 2010-2011 Fulbright Award to support her project, entitled "Systems of Sustenance and Support: Exploring the Impact of Mentoring on the Career Experiences of Indian Women," in partnership with the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. Dr. Blake-Beard has collaborated with Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research on their Voice & Influence videos. She has been affiliated with the advisory board of several organizations, including MentorNet, Teen Voices, the Harvard Project on Tenure, and the Harvard Medical School Center for the Study of Diversity in Science. Dr. Blake-Beard has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Robert Toigo Foundation. She has been a consultant for many organizations, some of which include: Infosys, Dell, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Jobs for the Future, The Partnership, IBM, Cisco, The Robert Toigo Foundation, Bank of America, , PricewaterhouseCoopers, Swissotel, PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Linkage, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Conference Board, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, , Boston University, , University of Connecticut, University of Michigan, , University of California, Harvard University, Boston Public School District, The PhD Project, The Compact for Faculty Diversity. She is a faculty member of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Prior to Dartmouth, Dr. Blake-Beard was the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor of Women and Leadership at Simmons College's School of Management. She has also been faculty at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Dr. Blake-Beard served as Visiting Faculty at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India and as Visiting Faculty with the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women in Delhi, India. Dr. Blake-Beard holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park and an MA and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Job Titles:

• Senior Coach and Advisor

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder
• Director
• Founders
• Member at Simmons School of Management
• Organizational Leadership Consultant
• Writer

Gina LaRoche is an organizational leadership consultant, facilitator and executive coach. She is a co-founder of Seven Stones Leadership Group with Jennifer Cohen. She brings respect, clarity, truth and love to all of her work. Gina leverages 25 years of experience in delivering executive programs that have challenged leaders, teams and entrepreneurs to accelerate results using vision, strategy and accountability. Her most recent clients include Nike, Warner Brothers, Draper Labs and Booking Holdings. Her current interest is working with leaders to develop mindfulness and presence for themselves and bringing these practices into organizations. She has spoken at Wisdom 2.0 Business conference and at the Mindful Leadership Summit. She is a 2017 graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leaders Program, a two-year intensive training in the Insight Meditation tradition. She is also a member of the board at Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, MA. Gina is a writer and collage artist, and author of Living in Sufficiency: A Daily Journey (2009), Unstuck: Make the Shift (2011) and the co-author of The Seven Laws of Enough (Parallax Press). The Seven Laws of Enough was named on of "4 Life-Lifting Books for 2019 and Beyond" by Black Enterprise. Gina has been interviewed by numerous NPR affiliates and media outlets throughout the country where she has discussed her book and how all readers can apply the principles of Sustainable Abundance to their lives. Gina is currently a visiting faculty member at Simmons School of Management where she teaches and coaches in its executive education programs. As a faculty member, Gina has worked with Merck, Pfizer, Verizon, EMC and the Boston Chamber of Commerce teaching mentoring, strategic networking and gender and leadership, while coaching participants on their 360 feedback. Gina has built a niche in working with colleges and universities. Her most recent work includes Berklee College, Housatonic Community College, UNLV Law School, Northeastern University and Yale University. Prior to Seven Stones Leadership, Gina acquired 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and training at high-tech and emerging growth companies. She served as director of marketing for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) where she managed product marketing for the e-Business group. She was also a product-marketing manager at Vicorp Interactive Systems. Gina started her career as a sales professional at IBM in Waltham, MA where she received numerous excellence awards. Gina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA from Georgetown University. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and sons. Seven Stones founders Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen met each other in 2005 through a collegial group dedicated to looking at the distinction of sufficiency. After discovering they shared a common way of seeing and thinking about the world, as well as a passion to pursue meaningful work that could have a positive impact on both individuals and society, they began collaborating together and eventually founded Seven Stones Leadership Group in 2009.

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder
• Director
• Leadership and Organizational Coach and Consultant

Jennifer Cohen is a leadership and organizational coach and consultant with twenty-five years in the field, coaching hundreds of individuals and groups and specializing in developing leaders to excel in a context of uncertainty and quick-shifting terrain. Her coaching and training are distinguished by her applied studies in communication theories including quantum physics, ontology, neuroscience, Somatics and systems thinking. Jennifer's coaching experience is informed by over two decades of working with executives across industries from healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, and throughout many of the most prestigious professional services firms. Within the context of cutting-edge Leadership Development Programs, Jennifer has brought executives from the boardroom into a dojo style learning environment to hone their leadership skills through in-depth training and development opportunities she both designed and led. Jennifer is known as a "coach's coach," having been a coach to some of the senior teachers at several of the nation's top schools for coaching. She has worked with corporate clients including Pfizer, Boston Consulting Group, Mila, The Wharton School, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, MIT's Sloan School of Management, and Nike. She has also coached senior executives from Merck and EMC in her work at Simmons School of Management. She has a niche in coaching world-class academicians from institutions such as Simmons and Harvard Business School. She has served as the Director of Coaching Education for Mobius Executive Leadership, a global boutique-consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies. She is the co-author with Gina LaRoche of The 7 Laws of Enough ( Parallax Press 2018). The book was named "4 Life-Lifting Books for 2019 and Beyond" by Black Enterprise. Jennifer has been interviewed by numerous NPR affiliates and media outlets throughout the country where she has discussed her book and how all readers can apply the principles of Sustainable Abundance to their lives. She is also author of the chapter, "From Surviving to Thriving" in the book Being Human at Work, edited by Richard Strozzi Heckler. Jennifer has a master's degree in Applied Psychology with an emphasis on systems theory from the Antioch New England Graduate School, and she did her undergraduate work in philosophy at Oberlin and Barnard. Jennifer and her spouse are avid gardeners and co-parent their daughter, Sophia.

Job Titles:

• Advisor
• Coach

Jennifer Krier, PhD is a coach and advisor at Seven Stones Leadership Group. She works by synthesizing multiple disciplines to bring leaders and teams some of the most cutting-edge thinking and practices in the field of coaching. Trained as a coach through Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in California, one of the premier schools for coaching, she also holds a degree as a clinical social worker, a certification as a yoga teacher and did her original training as a professional anthropologist. Jennifer offers holistic and in-depth coaching in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. She uses her interdisciplinary approach to support clients to produce lasting positive change in themselves and in the organizations and communities in which they live, move and work. Her mission is to bring mind-body integration to the everyday culture of workplaces in order to create the physical wellbeing and thriving relationships that are critical to successful teams and individuals striving for innovation. Jennifer received her BA from Bryn Mawr College, and her PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar studying gender and power. In addition to her CTI certification as a Professional Co-Active Coach, Jennifer is trained as a Master Somatic Coach through the Strozzi Institute of Leadership and Mastery. Jennifer has taught at Harvard University and was an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University. She has had her own business providing coaching for over a decade. She offers executive coaching to senior consultants through her affiliation at Mobius Executive Leadership, as well as delivering coaching with Seven Stones and participating as faculty in their Somatic Leadership retreats. Jennifer has served as the Boston area group facilitator of the Hoffman Process Graduate Group. She is the co-author of a published play, Eve-olution, which was produced and ran off-Broadway. In addition to coaching, Jennifer works as a depth psychotherapist at the Danielsen Institute, and teaches yoga classes and workshops in the greater Boston area. Jennifer lives with her husband and three children in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Job Titles:

• Organizational Development Consultant, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Trainer and Researcher

Julie Engel has over 25 years of experience as an organizational development consultant, executive coach, facilitator, trainer and researcher. Julie works with executives and managers helping them be more resourceful and grounded as they meet and navigate the ever-changing, fast-moving, and often challenging and uncertain circumstances of their work and personal lives through cultivating a strong foundation of resilience, courage, sensitivity and presence. A special focus of Julie's practice is her work with leaders and teams in the nonprofit, public and corporate sectors who are working in service of a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. Julie is on the faculty of New Ventures West, an International Coaching Federation-accredited coaching school, where she trains coaches in the Integral Coaching methodology. Julie is also designated as a "social entrepreneur catalyst" at the Lewis Institute at Babson College, a center for facilitating students and alumni in their commitment to use business as a vehicle for social innovation. She is also a faculty-member in the MFA in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts. Julie has been a featured blogger on the Skoll Foundation-sponsored website for social entrepreneurs, Social Edge.Prior to launching her own consulting practice, Julie was a Senior Research Associate, consultant and faculty member at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. She supported and conducted applied research on executives and managers catalyzing their organizations toward more responsible and sustainable business practices. Julie provided consultation, one-on-one coaching, and facilitated a peer-to-peer learning network of corporate responsibility executives from fourteen Fortune 500 companies. Julie has authored or co-authored several reports and articles based on her research, including Integration: Critical Link for Corporate Citizenship and "Leading from the Middle", in the book, Global Challenges in Responsible Business, a volume in the Cambridge Companions to Management series.Julie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College, where she focused her studies on political and cultural sociology. Her dissertation was published by New York University Press as a book, Talking Trash: The Cultural Politics of Daytime TV Talk Shows.

Job Titles:

• Executive Coach and Organizational Consultant

Kathe Shaw-Bassett is an executive coach and organizational consultant with over twenty years of experience in business development for professional services firms and nonprofits. Kathe has coached CEOs, nonprofit leaders, and business teams to build enduring relationships and thrive even when markets, expectations, and budgets change. Known as a dynamic, engaging coach and facilitator, Kathe helps people consistently and collaboratively discover fresh perspective and generate practical solutions. As a VP in financial services, Kathe led regional sales teams through bank mergers and times of market stress, helping teams optimize performance in challenging conditions. She now serves clients navigating transition by helping to develop resilience, increase emotional intelligence and leverage strengths through executive and group coaching programs. Kathe has worked with individuals from across the globe as a coach at the Harvard Business School Executive Education program, counseling executives on issues of leadership, teamwork, career planning and work-life balance. She believes in helping clients focus on communication, action and ways of operating as a whole person and as a leader. Kathe holds a BA in Planning, Public Policy, and Management from the University of Oregon. She is certified as an Integral Coach through New Ventures West and as a facilitator of Integrity Selling, Insights Discovery and Immunity to Change. Kathe cultivates work-life balance through running, yoga, gardening, and meditation. She is married and has a son and a daughter.

Job Titles:

• Community Manager

Job Titles:

• Leadership Coach and Consultant

Lawrence James Jr. joins Seven Stones Leadership Group as a thought leader in diversity, inclusion, & belonging (DIB), executive development and executive assessment. He is an expert in helping corporations develop cultures of belonging and inclusion-so that all employees thrive. In addition to his work in diversity and inclusion, he is highly sought-after for his ability to assess and grow senior executive and high potential talent. He has worked across a variety of sectors including healthcare, energy/utilities, financial services, retail, and manufacturing. Through his coaching and development work, he has enabled numerous executives to move into more senior and even C-suite roles after working with him. Showing a powerful mix of inquisitiveness, insight, and drive, he is an innovator. He developed a holistic, integrated, and systemic model for growing diverse talent which was detailed in his seminal white paper "Journey to the Top: Developing African American Executives." With his forward thinking and innovative whole organization approach to talent development, he has been an invited keynote speaker at a variety of conferences, symposia, and corporate roundtables discussing his holistic approach to talent development. He was co-editor of a special issue in the Consulting Psychology Journal entitled " The State of Black Leadership: What Can be Done to Create Sustainable Change," which was published in March, 2023. After 12 years as a partner with RHR International, a premier boutique leadership development consultancy, Lawrence started his own consultancy in 2021 focusing on the systemic development of senior and high potential talent from assessment to coaching, inclusive leadership training and development, diversity strategy and advisory services, and organizational transformation. Prior to joining RHR International, Lawrence was president of LJA LifeLessons, a psychological services corporation, for over 10 years. He provided a variety of mental health services including psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment. In addition, he served as a consultant with a variety of non-profits designing programs to extend their service reach as well as supplying staff consultation and development. Lawrence received his BA in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.Ed. in counseling psychology at Howard University, and a PhD in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of Illinois and is a member of several professional organizations.

Job Titles:

• Senior Coach and Advisory Board Member

Marc Roudebush, PhD is a senior coach and advisory board member at Seven Stones Leadership Group and has 20 years' experience applying organizational learning and leadership skills in the workplace, as a coach and senior executive. In addition to 10 years of operational management in director and senior management roles, Marc brings 10 years of full-time experience as an executive coach, trainer, and consultant to mid- and senior-level leaders in companies like Google, Shell, Bacardi, Citi, Microsoft and Cisco. Marc's expertise includes executive coaching, team development, large-scale culture change and leading complex client service teams. Marc is also very experienced in leading train-the-coach and train-the-trainer programs. As the Managing Director for North American Programs at Explorica (a leading educational travel company), Marc drove a 400% increase in sales revenue, and led the overhaul of the company's global brand expression and online customer experience. As a Director at Sapient Corporation, Marc led multidisciplinary teams in designing and delivering large-scale, web-based technology solutions to clients in the public and private sectors. Marc holds a social science PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a certified Search Inside Yourself (SIY) instructor. (SIY is a Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence program for leaders, initially developed at Google). Marc is certified in NLP-based coaching and is a graduate of intensive coaching programs at Newfield Network and the Action Design Institute. In addition, Marc continues to train formally with Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, of Harvard University, in their breakthrough "Immunity to Change" methodology. Marc has practiced martial arts and meditation since 1989. He lives in Boston with his wife and three children. He speaks fluent French.

Nicola Brown joins Seven Stones Leadership as an internationally recognized convener, designer, and innovator. Trained in ecology, psychological and creative therapy techniques, trauma, neuroscience, somatic theory, mindfulness, and reflective process, she has presented workshops to various audiences including business executives, medical professionals, athletes, therapists, and life coaches. She is the founder of Black Palms, a network across Florida for People of Color (and friends) to share and receive job postings, board placements, networking, and educational opportunities. Nicola is also Board Chair of Visible Hands Collective, and Practitioner in Residence at Bright Ventures Fund. In her current role as President of KOKORO, Nicola and her team help leaders improve their management skills and give groups the tools they need to become more creative, resilient, collaborative, and impactful. KOKORO is an integrated health platform dedicated to wellness that empowers clients with evidence-based social sciences tools, a like-minded community, and actionable feedback for optimizing their health and their lives. Nicola uses her lived wisdom to guide other leaders through trying times and is on a mission to empower humans with a research-based, scientific approach to health, infused with her unique blend of curiosity, passion, love, and sharp analytical skills. Nicola has worked with universities, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations in more than 20 countries . She has spoken widely on experiences of listening, time, illness, and technology. Her work is rooted in love and co-designing solutions with clients to the drivers of health, thus expanding horizons where health, social justice, spiritual practice, and healing meet-transforming the individual and collective experience. Nicola completed a post graduate fellowship at University of Massachusetts in early relational health and holds a Master of Social Work from University of Georgia and a bachelor's degree in family, youth & community sciences from University of Florida.

Job Titles:

• Managing Director, Executive and Team Coach
• Organizational Leadership Consultant, Executive Coach

Nilesh is an organizational leadership consultant, executive coach, and team effectiveness coach. He also serves as Managing Director for Seven Stones Leadership Group. Nilesh works with successful founders, executives, and leaders to embrace their full humanity while sharpening clarity and focus, increasing the impact of their time and energy, and attaining deeper fulfillment. Nilesh is currently keenly interested in supporting clients in developing deliberate practices to support sustained, embodied change. Nilesh works across a wide range of industries, from tech to financial services. Some of his recent clients include Open Table, UPenn, HotSpot Therapeutics, Goldman Sachs, LPL Financial, Accenture, Cox Enterprises, and Cribl. Nilesh brings a unique combination of first-hand experience as an executive and extensive training and deep experience as a coach and consultant. As a former direct report to Merrill Lynch's COO, Nilesh led Merrill's business consulting, executive coaching, team effectiveness, and succession planning efforts. Nilesh also led a key sleeve of Merrill's DEI agenda as a team leader on Merrill's Executive Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Before joining Merrill, Nilesh worked both domestically and internationally at UBS Financial Services. There, over the course of over a decade and multiple roles, he led their executive coaching and team development functions, built and led an acclaimed training program where he oversaw 500+ early career financial advisors and planners, played a central role in launching and scaling an internal startup and designed and delivered a national program to increase the leadership and coaching effectiveness of UBS's over 300 field leaders. Nilesh earned a BBA with Honors from the University of Miami and a MBA from INSEAD, where he studied in Singapore, France, and the US (Wharton). He is a Certified Financial Services Coach, Kolbe Certified Consultant, Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Positive Intelligence Certified Coach (CPQC), Leadership Circle Practitioner, Corentus trained Team Coach and is certified as an advanced practitioner in the 6 Team Conditions. Nilesh has also studied Somatic/Embodied Leadership with the Strozzi Institute, delved into Interpersonal Neurobiology with Dan Siegel and the Mindsight Institute, and been engaged on a learning journey with Resmaa Menakem's Somatic Abolitionism Programs. Nilesh is the former Board Chair of The GrowHaus, a food access and social justice non-profit. He also recently completed two terms as a Director on the University of Miami Alumni Board and a term on Colorado's Workforce Development Council. Nilesh and his wife are based in Denver and spend as much time as possible with their two daughters playing in the mountains.

Job Titles:

• Member of the International Coach Federation

Rob is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and has based his practice from Singapore, his home for the past 21 years.

Job Titles:

• Business / Administration

Job Titles:

• Facilitator and DEI Strategist
• Strategist

Shauna Brown Leung is a facilitator and DEI strategist for Seven Stones. She is committed to building our collective capacity to make diverse communities more inclusive and equitable. She specializes in cultivating action-oriented learning from authentic engagement with diverse and conflicting perspectives. Shauna has overseen the collaborative design and development of student and professional learning experiences in her roles as a high school Teacher Leader, Senior Director of Design at the College Board, and Faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Instructional Rounds Institute. She has also delivered customized learning experiences in institutions such as the National Park Service, Harvard University, churches, and school communities that increased participants' shared understanding and ownership of the work of confronting persistent obstacles to equity and inclusion in their communities. Shauna earned a bachelor's degree in history from Dartmouth College and an MA in education leadership, education, culture and society from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a doctoral candidate and Presidential Fellow in the education policy, leadership and instructional practice program at Harvard University.

Job Titles:

• Coordinator of Equity, Power and Belonging

Job Titles:

• Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant
• Principal of Redshift Leadership

A senior coach at Seven Stones Leadership Group, Suzanne is also the founding Principal of Redshift Leadership, a consultancy that specializes in leadership and culture, with a deep expertise in the brain science research underlying emotional intelligence and organizational dynamics. As an experienced executive coach, leadership consultant, retreat session facilitator, and advisor to Boards of Directors and senior teams, Suzanne leads Redshift Leadership and personally commits herself to supporting both innovative for-profit clients and social justice organizations across a range of areas including human rights, gender/racial equity, access to economic opportunities, progressive policy/advocacy, sustainability, state/local government, and game-changing problem solvers.

Job Titles:

• Graphics and Aesthetic Designer