2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Lisa Harris

Certified Coach

Lisa Harris, Certified Coach serving adults & children ages 6-12, has over 20+ years experience advising international students and 5+ years experience advising military/veteran/dependent students. She has worked as an international student advisor at large public schools including UC Hastings College of Law, San Jose State University, as well as smaller private schools including the University of San Francisco and Palo Alto University. She has also held multiple regional and national level volunteer positions with NAFSA: Association of International Educators...

Katherine Lee

Rise with Clarity, Higher Ed Coach & Career Strategist

Dr. Katherine In-Young Lee is a Higher Ed Coach & Career Strategist. She is the founder of Rise with Clarity, a coaching and consulting business for women of color faculty in higher education, and host of the Rise with Clarity Podcast. She helps women faculty to advance their careers with clarity and confidence. She also coaches on the topics of navigating elder caregiving (while maintaining one’s career) and exploring career pivots within and beyond academia.

As a former musician and trained ethnographer,...

Rashmi Sharma

ORBEAT LLC, Founder and Leadership and Executive Career Coach

As an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and L&OD strategist with 10+ years of experience, I specialize in helping leaders navigate complex organizational systems. My background spans HR and R&D, where I’ve focused on building resilient, future-ready teams. I am deeply committed to supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds and minoritized identities, ensuring our coaching space is one of radical inclusion and psychological safety.

In our brief sessions, I use a ""Diagnostic"" approach to quickly uncover what is unsaid, moving past symptoms to core challenges. I...

Lynne Naomi Mueller

Mueller & Associates LLC, Executive Leadership Coach

Lynne Mueller is an executive coach with 15 years of global experience supporting leaders at every stage of their careers.

She has designed and led bespoke leadership programs across 30 countries and six continents for the world’s then largest creative and marketing group. Her coaching career followed two decades of leadership roles in marketing and media organizations, and deep understanding of leadership in fast-paced, complex environments.

Lynne’s coaching work spans two focus areas: partnering with accomplished leaders in company-sponsored coaching engagements, and...

Amy Chou

Dream Plan Do Live coaching and consulting, Leadership & Career Coach, Founder

Amy Chou is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and former senior tech executive with over 20 years of experience at companies including Google, TikTok, Cisco, and Intel. She led global marketing teams of 30+ and built a career at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and people development.

After choosing to step away from corporate leadership, Amy now works as a full-time leadership and career coach supporting high-achieving, mid-career professionals as they navigate leadership transitions, career pivots, and complex, competitive environments. Her...

Diane Lang

UC Berkeley, Academic Department Manager | ICF Certified Coach

Diane G. Lang is an experienced, ICF certified, healing centered, executive coach. Having coached educational leaders in higher education and K-12 settings. As a DEI strategists, she is experienced with coaching for equity and antiracist liberation, including goal setting, cycles of inquiry and identifying and establishing action plans related to individual and collective problems of practice.

Her coaching stance includes listening centered practices as she concentrates on patterns and trends to help coaching clients work towards solutions.

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Donna Vivar

UC Berkeley, Senior Advisor on Equity and Belonging

I currently serve as the Senior Advisor on Equity and Belonging in the Division of Student Affairs at UC Berkeley. With 20+ years in higher education, I am a dedicated professional who leads by serving students, staff, and faculty through an equity, inclusion, and belonging lens.

In my coaching practice, I consider the whole person—holding multiple identities within larger societal contexts and structures. I am also a student of somatic practice and am committed to helping people reconnect with their bodies, clarify what they care most deeply about, and find ways to center their...

Dina Venezky

Sparkling Leaders LLC, Founder

Dina Venezky, PhD, PCC, BCC, CPC, ORSCC, is a leadership coach who helps curious people make intentional changes.

As a mom, scientist, and founder, she partners with clients to reflect on how their strengths can lead to greater fulfillment in all areas of their lives. Her diverse background includes senior roles in communications at Smith College, Stanford GSB Executive Education, the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, and several startups, giving her unique perspectives from data analytics consulting, marketing, HR, and entrepreneurship.

Dina is trained in Energy Leadership,...

Krista Vaught

Frontier Design / RootedPath, Principal advisor, learning and talent development / Coach

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 and...

Amy Shuman

UC Davis, Executive Director, Staff Coaching and Professional Development

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