2026 NOW Conference Coach A-L

Diny Chen

Diny Chen is a certified coach who brings curiosity, energy, commitment, and thoughtfulness. She is deeply invested in partnering with clients from diverse backgrounds to unlock their full potential and find fulfillment in their careers and life. Her professional and leadership experiences span across the design, technology, and nonprofit industries.

She is a certified coach through the Co-Active Training Institute, an ICF-accredited program, and also holds a Bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley in Political Economy. Besides having a private...

Elaine Hayes

Elaine Hayes Coaching, CPCC, ACC

Elaine Hayes is a certified Co-Active Coach (CPCC, ACC) and entrepreneur who helps ambitious, values-driven leaders build meaningful success without burning out or betraying themselves along the way. After founding and growing a mission-led wellness company to seven figures, Elaine successfully sold the business and turned her focus to coaching those who are ready to build big things with clarity, integrity, and heart.

Elaine works with founders, creatives, and high-performing individuals who feel called to create impact, wealth, and freedom while staying deeply...

Emily Bennington

Incredibly Emily Coaching, Owner/Coach

Emily is a certified career empowerment and leadership coach, as well as a human resource professional of over 13 years.

Emily’s purpose is to have fun, connect deeply, and empower others to take a stand for themselves. As a Career Empowerment Coach, she works with individuals to help them break through limiting beliefs, expand their perspectives, and create a career and life that aligns with their core values. Whether someone’s ready to create an impact in their role, discover their purpose and values and align those in their career, negotiate...

Farhana Currimbhoy

Currimbhoy Coaching & Consulting, Leadership and Career Coach

Hi, I’m Farhana, and I would be thrilled to be your coach!

My purpose comes to life when I support clients like you — whether it’s for professional or personal development, setting meaningful goals, gaining clarity or addressing the challenges that stand in the way of your full potential.

My coaching style blends 25+ years of executive experience—coaching leaders and building diverse, collaborative teams in both corporate and nonprofit settings. Witnessing how people can feel genuinely excited to come to work...

Grace Brelje

Salesforce, Director of ESBP Development & Enablement

Grace Brelje is the former head of Global Leadership Coaching Center of Excellence at Salesforce, focusing on enhancing organizational capabilities, empathetic leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence. With experience in Sales, Service, Recruiting, and HR across various industries, her background as a coach, facilitator, manager, yoga teacher, and parent shapes her approach.

She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Action Learning Coach, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and member of the Asian Women Coaching Collective (AWCC).

Harmony Downs

Coach Human, Executive Coach

Harmony has over 20 years of working experience in the fields of Human Resources and Education. Her last position within corporate life was as Director of Strategic Programs and an HR Business Partner with specialized expertise in talent development and diversity and inclusion.

Most recently she completed certification as a yoga instructor to deepen her connected practice as a UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach.

Between attaining her Masters in Business Administration from USC and graduating from UC San Diego with a Bachelors in Chinese...

Heather Carpenter

Pathway Coaching Space, Founder and Career Coach

Hi, I’m Heather Carpenter. I’m a career coach and communications consultant who helps people find clarity, tell their story, and take confident next steps in their careers. I work primarily with early-career professionals and career changers who feel unsure how to position themselves or navigate what’s next.

I bring 40 years of experience across financial services, technology, retail, and food and beverage, along with formal coaching training through the Certified Life Coach Institute. I currently serve as a pro bono Career Coach with Community Action Marin,...

Inez Bailey

Bloom Executive Coaching, Certified Coach

I’m Inez Bailey, an Executive Coach and founder of Bloom Executive Coaching. I’ve been coaching since 2014 and have spent more than 25 years working in higher education, where my work has focused on education strategy, organizational development, and supporting leaders in complex institutions.

I’m especially drawn to working with professionals who are in transition or navigating uncertainty, highlighting those moments when you’re stepping into something new, questioning direction, or trying to lead through change. I’ve partnered with individuals across a wide...

Jeanette Lindsay

Northdawn Coaching & Consulting, LLC, Owner

Jeanette Lindsay is the founder and owner of Northdawn Coaching & Consulting, LLC, where she supports individuals and organizations in all areas of development, career management, and organizational change. She brings over 15 years of experience from Stanford University, where she served as Director of Talent Management and Organization Development. In that role, she coached a wide range of Stanford staff as they navigated their careers, supported managers and leaders within leadership programs, and led various career...

Jeremy Brooks

UC Berkeley Career Engagement, Associate Director

- Supervise 5 full time staff that provide career counseling and programs for over 23,000 undergraduate students in the College of L&S and Haas School of Business
- Served as a NOW Conference career coach 3-4 other times.
- Served as a mentor for the BSA Mentorship program since 2019.
- Lead a UC-wide working group on career advancement.
- Focus on goal setting and connecting the coachee to resources in our limited time available.