2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Diny Chen

Diny Chen coaching

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 coaching practice, she...

Dina Venezky

Sparkling Leaders LLC, Founder

Dina Venezky is a leadership coach who helps curious people visualize their preferred selves and make intentional changes to maximize their potential and well-being. 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.

Dina’s work benefits from her diverse background encompassing senior communications roles at Smith College, Stanford GSB Executive Education, the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, and several startups. Dina's PhD is in volcanology from Brown University. She is also...

Diane Lang

UC Berkeley, Department Manager

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. As a UC Berkeley...

Christie Cotcher

Christie Cotcher Coaching, ICF-Certified Self-Care Coach for Burnt Out Professionals

As an ICF Professional Certified Coach and LMFT with 15 years of mental health experience, I’m passionate about helping you gain clarity and strategies to manage your stress and burnout and create a work-life integration where you feel in control of your time and energy. After experiencing burnout during my career as a therapist, I dove headfirst into self-care and stress management training and never looked back!

I'll be your collaborative thought-partner in your discovery process, honoring your strengths and focusing on what is within your control, and what you can do about...

Chanda Dharap

Dharap Coaching and Consulting LLC, Leadership and Personal Growth Coach

I am a technologist turned coach with 25 years of experience leading teams in fast-paced environments. As a coach, my focus is on partnering with you to identify limiting beliefs and behaviors, create new habits and patterns, and develop a clear vision for your future. I can help with a wide range of issues, including career changes, leadership, personal growth and development, discovering your unique value proposition, and living a life filled with purpose – at work and outside of work.

My coaching approach is "co-active", which means that I view my clients as inherently...

Carrie Siegel

Carrie Siegel Coaching, Executive Coach

I am passionate about reducing burnout, eliminating imposter syndrome, supporting introverts as they realize their leadership potential, and helping all leaders clarify their vision and goals. My coaching style is empathetic, and I celebrate clients’ values, choices, and identities while challenging any harsh self-judgments as they move toward their goals.

As a Certified Professional Diversity Coach (CPDC), I am open and qualified to coach across diverse lines, serving a variety of clients who feel stuck, discouraged, or unclear about how to proceed on a host of topics related...

Caroline Goodwill

Caroline Goodwill, Health and Wellness Coach

Caroline is a certified health and wellness coach who specializes in supporting driven working moms to overcome chronic exhaustion and rediscover balance, no matter the challenges of their busy lives. Her coaching creates a safe, empowering space to shift unhelpful beliefs, harness individual strengths, and take actionable steps toward meaningful change.

Caroline has coached individuals and groups across the U.S. and internationally, offering sessions in both English and French. She is credentialed by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) and the...

Carol Huang

UCLA, Assistant Director of Organizational Performance

I am an experienced executive coach and people leader with a strong foundation in business management and organizational development. In my current role, I lead an annual mentoring program and oversee cross-functional training, professional development initiatives, and process improvement efforts. I also play a key role in facilitating strategic planning, emotional intelligence, and diversity initiatives, all aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee engagement.

With over 15 years in the hospitality industry before joining UCLA in 2016, I led diverse teams...

Anne Amis (she/her)

Wild Visions Coaching, Certified Integral Leadership & Life Coach

Anne Amis (Founder of Wild Visions Coaching) is a certified leadership and life coach with over 20 years’ experience as a nonprofit executive. Anne’s passion is supporting clients in seeing beyond their limiting beliefs, getting unstuck, and naming and claiming their ‘wild visions’ so that they can live with greater purpose, joy and creativity.

Anne brings a big heart to coaching, along with deep knowledge of the body-mind connection. She works with clients from diverse backgrounds and industries who are in...

Amy Kelly Lauer

Catalyst Collective LLC DBA Catalyst & Co, Leadership Coach and Founder

Leadership Coach and Founder of Catalyst & Co, Amy focuses on amplifying the impact of leaders from Director to c-suite executives and beyond. She supports organizations from Fortune 500 to start-up level. Her approach is goal-focused with a commitment to action and learning through self-reflection. Amy combines her 25+ years of executive experience
with her appreciation for implementing tools, frameworks and skills to support her coachees. A deep, intuitive listener, she challenges individuals in a supportive manner....