2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Aaron Miller (he/him)

Aaron L. Miller, PhD is the founder and CEO of Amplify Coaching & Consulting, LLC, and has advised technology market leaders and challenger brands in the United States and APAC for over 20 years across more than 50 engagements. He primarily focuses on talent development strategy, cross-cultural communications, and leadership coaching. Aaron is an Oxford-trained anthropologist, a CTI-trained professional coach and a bilingual expert on the cultural business practices in Japan and the United States. He has led numerous strategic projects involving the training of thousands of...

Alani Bankhead (she/her)

Alani is a terrorist/spy/human trafficking career supervisory special agent and former senior Pentagon bodyguard to a top DoD official. All while 5’3”, a female, Latina, and young-looking. Imposter syndrome galore. Now she coaches around the topic to help aspiring world changers shed fear and achieve their highest potential. TEDx speaker. Author. ICF certified 2018. PCC.

Amanda Swain (she/her)

I help clients find their direction, map their course, and be equipped to have authentic career pathways and an impact on people’s lives. I serve as a thinking partner with you in career planning, project conceptualization and implementation, goal-setting and accountability, and discerning the place of work in your life. I focus on coaching the whole person within a professional context. My particular focus is mid-career professionals. I am trained through Higher Education Coaches and will complete the Associate Coaching Certification with the International Coaching Federation in...

Amy Chou

Dream Plan Do Live coaching and consulting

Amy is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and a leadership advisor with over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, including leadership roles at companies such as Google and TikTok. Most recently, she led a global PMM team of 30+, and brings a deep passion for people development and extensive leadership knowledge.

Amy now leverages her personal leadership journey along with her coaching expertise to provide personalized coaching that empowers professionals to gain lasting clarity and confidence. Her proven approach combines practical tools, mindset...

Amy Kelly Lauer

Catalyst Collective LLC DBA Catalyst & Co, Leadership Coach and Founder

Leadership Coach and Founder of Catalyst & Co, Amy focuses on amplifying the impact of leaders from Director to c-suite executives and beyond. She supports organizations from Fortune 500 to start-up level. Her approach is goal-focused with a commitment to action and learning through self-reflection. Amy combines her 25+ years of executive experience
with her appreciation for implementing tools, frameworks and skills to support her coachees. A deep, intuitive listener, she challenges individuals in a supportive manner....

Amy Shuman

UC Davis, Executive Director

Amy Shuman serves as the Executive Director of Staff Coaching and Professional Development for the Division of Student Affairs at UC Davis. She has a master's degree in leadership from University of the Pacific, is a Gallup advanced certified Strengths coach, and a professional certified coach with the International Coach Federation. Amy is particularly passionate about leadership and empowering people to create a positive workplace culture by maximizing their strengths.

Amy's Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Significance, Focus

Anne Amis (she/her)

Wild Visions Coaching, Certified Integral Leadership & Life Coach

Anne Amis (Founder of Wild Visions Coaching) is a certified leadership and life coach with over 20 years’ experience as a nonprofit executive. Anne’s passion is supporting clients in seeing beyond their limiting beliefs, getting unstuck, and naming and claiming their ‘wild visions’ so that they can live with greater purpose, joy and creativity.

Anne brings a big heart to coaching, along with deep knowledge of the body-mind connection. She works with clients from diverse backgrounds and industries who are in...

Anshu Todi (she/her)

She’s a Mindset & Limitless Abundance (Manifestation) Coach and also The Host of ‘The Limitless Show’. She’s also a Speaker & a Corporate Trainer/Facilitator. Not only that now she’s ready to don the hat of a yoga teacher as well and help people bring yogic lifestyle into their lives. She has also been awarded as The 99 Women Achievers of India by The Indian Achievers Club, a 57-year-old organization. She empowers mid-career professionals, who are feeling stagnated or stuck in their lives, by helping them break through the limitations of the mind, emotions, beliefs, habits,...

Bernadette Han (she/her)

I have extensive experience working with people in career development, transitions, leadership development, culture, personality, team dynamics, and high performance.

My coaching involves deep listening, critical questions, transparency, assessments, and analysis, using a Whole-Person approach.

I work with an equal opportunity, non-discriminatory policy and have coached diverse clientele (age, race, religion, nationality, culture, gender, sexual orientation, stage of life, class, and economic status).

Background: Ph.D. and MA in Organizational Psychology (...

Bridget Ornelas (she/her)

Bachelor of Arts -Business School, Management, University of Montana – Missoula Advanced Certified Coach - Lumia (ICF Approved Program) Certified in The Science of Happiness, Yale University – Connecticut Positive Psychology Practitioners Certification, School of Positive Transformation PQ, Positive Intelligence, Co-Active Training Institute

Continuing Education:

Leading Change Influencing Others Power of Persuasion Effective Conflict Resolution Leading Virtual and Remote Teams Seven Habits of Highly Effective People From...