2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Jodie Mader

I am an experienced, compassionate, and empathetic professional with an extensive background in coaching, development, and client support. Personally, my background is in higher education, having both served as a faculty member (professor, chair, faculty developer, faculty athletic rep) and later a staff member at another university (program manager). Having served in different areas of academia, I can listen and strategize effectively as a coach now working outside of the university world. I enjoy working with clients of various backgrounds in higher ed. I currently serve as a...

Michelle Ma (she/her)

Michelle is an ICF-certified leadership coach specializing in guiding and partnering with visionary leaders and change-makers on their journeys toward self-actualization. She is trained in Women-Centered/Transformational Coaching, Co-Active Coaching, Family Constellation, and Systemic Coaching methodologies, and is keen to hold a safe, inspiring space for clients to evolve into the highest version of themselves and become a guiding light for others.

Prior to becoming a coach, Michelle spent 25 years in the tech industry in a variety of leadership roles. She is particularly...

Rosanne Lurie (she/her)

Rosanne Lurie, MS, has worked nearly 25 years in higher education and enjoys helping individuals learn about career options, find roles and contexts that are aligned with their values, identities, and interests, and develop their job search skills. Her advising style is informed by multiple career theories, CBT, and strengths-based approaches. She currently works at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) as the Director of Graduate and Postdoc Career Development for QB3-Berkeley. Prior to that, she was part of the management group at Berkeley Career Engagement (formerly Career...

Katherine Lee (she/her)

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. As a former musician and trained ethnographer, Katherine is adept at deep listening and observation. She brings these skills together with her coaching practice and her 11 years of experience in higher education as a former tenured professor in the University of California system. She is ICF-certified as an Associate Certified Coach. She received a...

Lisa Laughter (she/her)

Introducing Lisa Laughter, an accomplished ICF ACC coach who is passionate about empowering individuals to lead joyful and intentional lives. With over 20 years of experience in higher education as a student services professional, Lisa has dedicated her career to supporting others on their personal and professional journeys.

As a dynamic speaker and coach, Lisa founded her own coaching and speaking business, where she partners with clients in a transformative process of self-discovery. Through her work, she emphasizes the importance of self-love, connection, and compassion,...

Foteini Kyziridi (she/her)

I am an Executive Coach following a holistic approach considering emotions, body, spirit, and mind. I have worked for 11+ years as an HR professional in Fortune 500 & Fortune 200 companies and have lived in 5 countries throughout my career. I have a Masters degree in Leadership & Change Management and am a CTI-trained coach. Topics I work with are connected to career, life, communication, performance, and relationships. I have a passion for inclusion, diversity, and belonging as well as sustainability.

Krista Kusuma (she/her)

Krista Dahl Kusuma is a coach, mentor, consultant, president, and founder at Experience First Consulting, which she founded to nurture the potential of leaders at all levels, creating purposeful transformation. She has helped hundreds of people multiply their talent, work smarter not harder, and lead more intentional and fulfilling lives. Her work is featured in numerous publications, including "Come, Stay, Learn, Play: A Guide to Making the Museum Experience" (by Andrea Gallagher Nalls), and she has presented at a number of national conferences. She is a Co-Active Trained Coach and...

Estée Kim (she/her)

Estée is a holistic talent strategist and a management and leadership coach who is able to inspire and engage people by providing the right mix of support and challenge to facilitate their best thinking. Her relatable, intuitive, and refreshingly unpretentious style allows for earnest yet boldly open conversations that lead to generative motion.

With over ten years of global human resources experience across and within industries of pharmaceuticals, art auction and sales, philanthropy, fashion, and public health systems, Estée has spent much of her career developing and...

Amy Kelly Lauer (she/her)

Amy is a certified executive leadership coach whose purpose is to energize transformation. She combines C-level experience and perspective with her values-based coaching approach to guide client growth. Amy blends coaching, mentoring, and consulting to meet client needs and preferences. Amy offers tools she created including self-assessments and goal templates to assist reflection, learning, and accountability.


Amy’s clients are diverse in terms of age, gender, ethnic background, and hail from countries around the globe. Amy’s clients feel “she creates a very...

Katie Kanowsky (she/her)

I specialize in reducing stress and boosting well-being through a blend of cognitive science and creative coaching techniques. With over a decade of experience and a PCC credential, I offer a nurturing and engaging coaching style that encourages personal exploration and practical skill development.

With my foundational coach training at UC Davis in 2014 and nearly 3000 coaching hours, I bring extensive experience to my coaching practice. My educational background in Organizational Behavior and Leadership from the University of the Pacific adds a strategic perspective....