2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Monica Murarka (she/her)

Monica Murarka is an executive coach, transformational facilitator, and embodiment teacher for leaders. As a leadership consultant, Monica spent 25 years of experience advising leaders across numerous industries on strategy, operations, talent, leadership, and organizational challenges. Her most recent 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...

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...

Nitin Garg (he/him)

Nitin leads an Integral leadership coaching practice anchored around an individual's determination to release their full life potential. Working with our three intelligence centers; the mind, body, and heart, he helps individuals and groups move towards greater momentum, clarity, and confidence, to achieve deeper alignment with their life’s mission.

He combines the best of East and West in his approach - spiritual yet pragmatic. His extensive background in the software technology space is deeply intertwined with the wisdom gained through many of life's trials - namely around...

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 (he/him)

Peter Dudley, ACC, is an author and certified leadership coach with a diverse background in tech startups, nonprofits, and Fortune 50 companies in a broad range of roles including corporate responsibility, employee engagement, fundraising, marketing, communications, technical writing, and software development. In 2022 he left nonprofit fundraising to open his own leadership and life coaching practice, Gray Bear Coaching LLC. In 2023 he also launched Gray Bear Publications. For 15 years before that, Peter managed Wells Fargo’s global workplace giving and employee volunteer programs....

Preeti Khare (she/her)

Preeti Khare holds an MBA, MSA from Central Michigan University, USA, and is an ICF-PCC internationally certified coach. She is a sought-after keynote speaker, corporate trainer and a transformational executive and leadership coach. Preeti is also the State President of WICCI coaching council.
Preeti Khare is one of two coaches with such international coaching credentials in the entire MP.

She is the founder of Enableance, a coaching, consulting, mentoring, and training firm.

She has been an HR professional and has worked in multinational companies and organizations...