2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Monica Murarka

Amplify Yourself, Somatic Coach, Leadership Facilitator and Leadership Development Expert

Monica Murarka is an executive coach, transformational facilitator, and embodiment teacher for leaders. Monica spent 25 years of experience advising leaders across numerous industries on strategy, operations, talent, leadership, and organizational challenges. Her most recent corporate role was Head of the McKinsey Talent Network where she led a division of recruiters, career advisors, and coaches working with executives in career transitions. She currently runs a boutique coaching firm, Amplify Yourself, providing executive coaching to leaders in career transitions as well as...

Nayely Duran (she/her)

I am Nayely Duran (she, her, hers), a dynamic professional life and leadership coach committed to unlocking the inner genius within you. With over 8 years of experience and a certification from the International Coaching Federation, I’m passionate about bringing a transformative approach to coaching, guiding clients through the realms of change, creation, and goal achievement.

Trained by the University of California, Davis, I firmly believe that no leader thrives without a fulfilling life outside the office. Embracing diversity, I collaborate with people from various...

Nicolas Gattig

In my fifteen years as a teacher and communication coach, I have helped clients from numerous countries advance their careers through better communication.
Among the industries that I work in are health care, consulting, and academia, as well as people managers of all sorts. I frequently work with introverts, non-native speakers of English, and people from under-represented backgrounds.

As a BetterUp coach, I have worked with UC Berkeley staff from various departments and ranks. For the last five years, I've also worked with Berkeley's VSPA Department, teaching courses for...

Nile Rowan (he/him)

As a Certified ACC Leadership Coach, I bring over 30 years of business leadership to global companies. With an approach that is dynamic and always relatable to the real challenges of business, I tell it as it is, to enable leaders to quickly get to the heart of the matter. Each person I coach should leave with a sense of “I can do this,” knowing they have my support throughout the process. My focus is always on forward momentum of the coachee.

Prior to turning to the coaching profession, Nile held C-level roles both on the agency and client side. This included 10 years with...

Nilushka Melnick

Stanford Health Care, Leadership Development Principal

My name is Nilushka Melnick, I am a passionate leader and coach in healthcare. I enjoy working with leaders, who want to expand their awareness and ability to make significant changes, move forward in new areas, and have more of what they want in life through setting realistic goals and implementing a sustainable plan that promotes professional fulfillment. Topics I have coached on include executive readiness and leadership, setting healthy boundaries/self-advocacy, imposter phenomenon, navigating work and home demands, getting unstuck, enhancing professional fulfillment, discerning...

Nitin Garg

Sunkulp, Integral Leadership & Career Coach

Nitin leads an Integral leadership coaching practice anchored around an individual's determination to realize their full potential. He loves to have deeply authentic conversations with people that wake them up to their mission in life. He helps people live in alignment with their values. He helps them break past inhibitions and fears so they can truly bring into the World that which only they can.

He combines the best of east and west in his approach as a coach - spiritual yet pragmatic. His extensive background in the software technology space is deeply...

Paige Dahlman (she/her)

I have quit lucrative "perfect" jobs, moved without plans, and prioritized creating a life of purpose, rather than finding it. I happily work full-time as a Senior Community Manager at a higher-education software company and enjoy the harmony of my work in building communities and coaching. I believe in doing things before you're ready, embracing goofiness, and feeling the power of a moment. I continually strive to develop my own life road - complete with curves, dirt, and a whole bunch of potholes along the way - for the sake of learning, growth, and embracing the imperfections in...

Paul Briley (he/him)

Paul leverages his 25+ years of experience in learning, leadership, consulting, and coaching to help you bring your vision to life. His career was built on consultative thought leadership focused on creating an impact on people, culture, and results.

Throughout his career, Paul has helped people get moving. He’s known for helping people assess their current state, define goals and outcomes, then build plans and move to action. His consultative approach helps build custom solutions based on your unique needs and experiences.

Paul has worked for large, multi-unit...

Pauline Six

+20 years of professional experience in coaching, training, and change management. +12 years international experience: lived and worked abroad (from 2007 to 2012 in Shanghai, PR China including 6 months in Dubai, UAE in 2009) since 2012 back in Belgium and working with executives, entrepreneurs, and internationals (coaching, training & change management). Professional Certified Coach, PCC issued by International Coaching Federation Private and public sector experiences with private and corporate clients in Belgium and abroad. Entrepreneur from start-up to mature structured company,...

Peter Dudley

Gray Bear Coaching LLC, Leadership, Writing, and Life Coach

I’m a positive, creative, and insightful PCC certified coach, author, and empty nester with over 30 years’ experience in startups, nonprofits, and corporate leadership at all levels, from front line to C-Suite. I’m passionate about helping people live their most authentic life by knowing their core values and strengths, in order to achieve their most important goals. I have a wide variety of life experience—father of both an Eagle Scout and a transgender woman, six major career changes, divorced after a 30-year marriage (still good friends!), traveled all over the world, published...