2025 NOW Conference Coaches

Kelly Johnson

LBL | Full Circle Coaching, LLC, Somatic Coach

Kelly Johnson is a certified Somatic Coach and avid leader in the cooperative movement of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accountability. She is passionate about inspiring and empowering students and young professionals to tap into their intrinsic motivators reflective of their needs and values that lead to the formation of actionable goals. Kelly works with professionals that desire to transition to a different career path or more advanced roles at work. She utilizes compassionate attunement and a somatic approach to guide individuals toward interpersonal growth,...

Kelly Scullin

CiTiZEN+SEEKER Coaching and Consulting, Founder and Coach

Kelly Scullin isn’t here to sugarcoat your journey—she’s here to revolutionize it. As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), Kelly brings 20+ years of experience helping leaders, dreamers, and doers turn self-awareness into meaningful action.

Honesty, curiosity, and accountability thrive here — her coaching is fast-paced, challenging, and transformative. Drawing on her background as a former People and Culture executive, Kelly knows how to get to the root of what’s holding you back—whether it’s fear, perfectionism, or...

Kena Jones

HIRE Coaching, Career Coach

HIRE Coaching is your personal compass in the vast sea of career possibilities. The unique approach, rooted in Honesty, Integrity, Resilience, and Empathy, features 1:1 tailored sessions to guide professionals through life's career twists and turns, whether it's recovering from a setback, navigating team dynamics, or stepping into a new role.

So, what are you looking for? A renewed sense of purpose? A clear career path? The confidence to seize your next opportunity? HIRE Coaching will help you write the next chapter of your career story. Kena Jones is the...

Kimmie Opoku

Dynamic Coaching, Executive Career Coach

Kimmie Opoku is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), executive career coach, leadership consultant, and Civil Rights Manager for the State of California, with over 20 years of experience spanning both the private and public sectors. Passionate about guiding professionals—especially women and individuals from diverse backgrounds—Kimmie helps her clients step into their power as confident, purpose-driven leaders.

As the founder of Dynamic Coaching, Kimmie empowers individuals to navigate career transitions, sharpen...

Krista Vaught

Frontier Design, Principal Advisor, Employee Experience

Having served in various roles at large higher education institutions for the past 11 years, Krista is passionate about supporting higher education staff in figuring out what’s next in an intentional way. In coaching, Krista combines a blend of life design, strengths, and mindfulness approaches. She has made several pivots on her own career journey, including roles in journalism, law, executive support, academic programs, compliance, and learning and development, and she enjoys continually exploring ways to enhance meaning and fulfillment. Krista is passionate about creating learning...

Kristen Hecht

Kristen Hecht LLC, Coach, Consultant, & Capacity-Builder

Kristen Hecht has 15+ years of experience in leadership development consulting, coaching, and workshop facilitation. She has provided organizational, team-based, and one-on one services to non-profit organizations, private foundations, membership associations, and academic institutions.

Kristen’s coaching approach supports coachees to create a more fulfilling and purposeful life, achieve more balance, move from feeling stuck to embracing possibility, work through emotionally charged issues, receive accountability on action commitments, and experience transformative and lasting...

Kristin Griffith

eBay, Director, Product Marketing

I focus on helping people identify their professional dreams and formulating an action plan to achieve them. I specialize in coaching women, members of the LGBTQ+ community, Marketing in the Tech industry.

My Background: I've worked in the Tech industry in Product Marketing for almost 20 years at companies including Meta, Intuit, Adobe, Netflix, eBay, and PayPal. MBA in Marketing, UCLA.

Certifications: Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) - Co-Active Training Institute.