2023 NOW Conference Coaches

Claudia Gey (she/her)

I have coached youth and adults from diverse backgrounds for 15+ years and for 7+ years with a focus on career development. I am currently in training as a Co-Active (CTI) coach and anticipate completing my certification by the end of 2023. As director of a career pathway program, I have designed career development strategies for clients with significant barriers to employment and from mostly marginalized communities. As a volunteer, I have provided career coaching to immigrants and refugees, and clients from the LGBTQ community. I believe that people are naturally creative,...

Colin Gerker-Junsay (he/him)

Colin is a senior organization consultant and coach on the People Organization Development team in Berkeley People & Culture. He is also the Co-Chair of the Cal Coaching Network Community of Practice. He also focuses on training, e-learning, team building, strategic planning, retreats, UC Experience Conversations, team coaching, and leadership coaching. What’s his coaching approach? You are in the driver's seat. He is your road-trip buddy. Colin uses unconditional positive regard, humor, and BIG questions to facilitate conversations about growth, change, and self-love. Colin...

Cyrus Tosun (he/him)

As a Certified Integral Coach and International Coaching Federation (ICF) - accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC), I am dedicated to working with leaders at all levels to fully express their passion and purpose, especially as they are going through a transition. My focus includes 1:1 coaching and group facilitation to cultivate an open, collaborative, and compassionate environment where leaders can become the best versions of themselves and ultimately everyone has an opportunity to grow. I come from an immigrant family and especially enjoy partnering with individuals from...

Daniel Moglen (he/him)

Daniel's approach to coaching centers around creating an environment of openness, welcoming, and belonging. Through active listening, holding space, deep inquiry, acknowledgment, and celebration, Daniel supports his clients in moving past stuck points and into soul-aligned actionable steps. Daniel holds a PhD in Linguistics and a coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Certified UC Davis Coaching Program. He has over five (5) years of experience in career and professional development for grad students and postdocs. You are welcome here. The...

Dave Cortright (he/him)

Dave is a certified integral coach (New Ventures West.) He previously spent 25 years as a designer, manager, and director at Silicon Valley tech companies and nonprofits. He is an effective altruist focused on mental health, animal welfare, and the environment.

Dinorah Meyer (she/her)

Dinorah Meyer, MS, NCC, RYT 500, enjoys integrating yoga concepts and practices with Western career counseling approaches to engage clients holistically in exploration and problem-solving, helping them gain self-awareness and clarity, manage stress, and feel more empowered. She has offered yoga-infused career development workshops for several audiences, including two for Cal staff as part of People & Culture’s NOW Encore Series.

Currently the Cal Career Center’s Assistant Director for Environmental Design, Dinorah has 22+ years’ experience as a career counselor/coach, including...

Eileen Pedersen (she/her)

I am a career transition coach, who focuses on helping clients rebuild their confidence, revamp their resumes, and push for careers to thrive in and not just survive in. Plan to work with me or dig deep into the emotional roadblocks that are holding them back from pursuing careers outside their comfort zone and salaries that match their skill set. I am a graduate of Lumia Life Coach training, created and directed by therapist John Kim of the Angry Therapist. Outside of career coaching I also focus on working with individuals who are looking to reshape their life post traumatic...

Erin Hosilyk (she/her)

Erin coaches professionals at all stages in their careers who want to communicate better and with greater impact, build on their leadership skills and presence, better navigate critical career moments and transitions, and improve confidence. Her coaching practice builds on 20+ years of corporate communications experience partnering with senior business leaders and executives at companies including LinkedIn, Google, Visa, and Barclays Global Investors.

She earned her professional coaching credential from the Hudson Institute of Coaching and is certified (ACC) by the International...

Farah Bernier (she/her)

Farah Bernier is a multifaceted experienced professional who specializes in partnering with Fortune 500 executive leaders as an Executive Human Resources Business Partner and an Executive Coach. She partners with Executive-level leaders and their senior leadership teams developing talent management strategies that prioritize attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting critical talent in ways directly tied to game-changing business objectives.

Leveraging her extensive corporate experience and expertise, Farah supports the growth and development of her...

Hanna Bankier (she/her)

As a VP of Production in the television industry for over ten (10) years, my leadership style was coaching based, and that was before I got my credentials. I now have an MA in Industrial Organizational Psychology with an emphasis on Executive Coaching in addition to my ACC from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I founded the Working Solutions Group in 2017.

My clients include LGBTQA+, several ethnicities, and immigrant backgrounds, I have led groups in DEIB work and feel very comfortable working with diverse identities. Come as you are.

My coaching approach is that...