2022 NOW Conference Coaches

Jenya Kuvshinova (she/her)

Jenya Kuvshinova, ACC is a career and personal development coach. She has been coaching purpose driven professionals who seek full self-expression in their lives while contributing unique gifts to their organizations and communities for 12 years now. Her areas of expertise are career coaching (especially for multitalented and multicultural people), leadership coaching, life and purpose coaching and emotional wellness coaching.

She enjoys partnering with passionate professionals who are looking for a deep sustainable change and want to put their multiple talents to...

Jeremy Brooks (he/him)

Jeremy Brooks currently serves as the Career Center’s Assistant Director for the College of Letters & Science. As a Career Counselor, Jeremy uses a counseling as teaching approach with clients, viewing himself not in a position of power but rather as a partner in a journey of discovery. He believes that it is integral to understand where clients are coming from and to meet them where they are at. In charge of developing Berkeley's Social Impact programming, Jeremy’s focus is on educating students and staff on career paths that will cause a positive impact in the world and still...

John Weng (he/him)

John Weng, MA, ICF ACC, is the Principal of John Weng Consulting and a leadership coach who has worked with professionals across levels and sectors with the goal of helping people understand themselves better, break through roadblocks, and make things happen. Outside of his consulting and coaching practice, John currently works at UC San Diego as a higher education leader overseeing a portfolio of student governed programs and is a doctoral candidate and lecturer at the University of San Diego in their department of leadership studies. He is an On-Call facilitator with the Center for...

Kandis Rodgers (she/her)

Kandis Rodgers is a dedicated career counselor committed to the personal and professional success of students and alumni. An advocate for personal empowerment and social good, Kandis is motivated by seeing students achieve their goals and enhance their communities. Kandis’s approach to working with students is holistic, embracing the whole student during their continuous journey towards career happiness. Prior to joining the School of Public Health, Kandis provided career counseling to graduate students and managed employer relations at Golden Gate University. This provided her the...

Kara Snider (she/her)

Kara Snider is the Associate Director of Alumni Engagement at Berkeley Law and earned a B.A. in American Studies from UC Santa Cruz. Before joining UC Berkeley she was the Associate Director of Alumni Engagement at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in career and professional services and young alumni engagement. Kara has over 18 years of experience in higher education managing programs, producing events, developing student leadership curriculum, and facilitating workshops and training. She is passionate about equity and violence prevention and holds certifications as a trainer in Stop the...

Kate Zuby (she/her)

Kate Zuby (she/her) is the Career Counseling Library Manager & Outreach Coordinator in Counseling & Psychological Services at UC Berkeley. She joined the CAPS Career Counseling team in 2018 after receiving her Master's degree in College Student Personnel Counseling in 2017 from San Francisco State University. Her role at UHS includes working with students, alumni, and community members to provide career exploration support for individuals struggling with career indecision. Prior to her role at UC Berkeley, she has had six years of experience working in various educational...

Katie Tuite (she/her)

Katie Tuite is a leadership coach who works with highly-motivated individuals to help them unleash their potential and take empowered action. She is the co-founder of Harborbridge Leadership, a training and development organization specializing in authenticity and the integration between what you do and who you are. In addition to her coaching, she is the host of "Choosing Courage," a podcast that explores courage in our lives, our work and our communities.

Liat Wexler (they/them)

Liat works with faculty, staff, and postdocs in the PATH to Care Center to prevent sexual harassment in academic and administrative departments on campus. Their roots are in intersectional activism and community organizing in Virginia, Boston, and San Diego. They stumbled into their career through trial and error (with stints in finance, restaurants, PR, tech, community nonprofits) and have now spent 20+ years working as a trainer, facilitator, and change management consultant. From working with survivors of trauma, Liat has always taken an empowerment approach believing that each...

Linda Lundberg (she/her)

Linda Lundberg has been with UC Berkeley since 2009 and leads the Transition Services Program within Talent Acquisition, People & Culture. As a Career Coach, Linda has a passion for providing resourceful, innovative and motivating career guidance, and is very enthusiastic about all things related to employment. She holds a Masters degree in Career Development and Career Counseling. She is a Hudson Institute Certified Professional Coach, a National Board Certified Counselor (NCC), Career Development Facilitator (CDFI) and a National Board Certified Career and Executive Coach (BCC...

Mary McHale (she/her)

Coaching people through change has been the keystone of Mary McHale’s career. Mary’s career began in career development, leadership development and administration at four universities across the US. Mary transitioned to the corporate arena assisting organizations through large scale change as an executive coach, speaker and workshop facilitator in tech, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, healthcare and biotech industries.