NOW 2022 Coaches

Liat Wexler (they/them)

Liat works with faculty, staff, and postdocs in the PATH to Care Center to prevent sexual harassment in academic and administrative departments on campus. Their roots are in intersectional activism and community organizing in Virginia, Boston, and San Diego. They stumbled into their career through trial and error (with stints in finance, restaurants, PR, tech, community nonprofits) and have now spent 20+ years working as a trainer, facilitator, and change management consultant. From working with survivors of trauma, Liat has always taken an empowerment approach believing that each...

Katie Tuite (she/her)

Katie Tuite is a leadership coach who works with highly-motivated individuals to help them unleash their potential and take empowered action. She is the co-founder of Harborbridge Leadership, a training and development organization specializing in authenticity and the integration between what you do and who you are. In addition to her coaching, she is the host of "Choosing Courage," a podcast that explores courage in our lives, our work and our communities.

Kate Zuby (she/her)

Kate Zuby (she/her) is the Career Counseling Library Manager & Outreach Coordinator in Counseling & Psychological Services at UC Berkeley. She joined the CAPS Career Counseling team in 2018 after receiving her Master's degree in College Student Personnel Counseling in 2017 from San Francisco State University. Her role at UHS includes working with students, alumni, and community members to provide career exploration support for individuals struggling with career indecision. Prior to her role at UC Berkeley, she has had six years of experience working in various educational...

Kara Snider (she/her)

Kara Snider is the Associate Director of Alumni Engagement at Berkeley Law and earned a B.A. in American Studies from UC Santa Cruz. Before joining UC Berkeley she was the Associate Director of Alumni Engagement at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in career and professional services and young alumni engagement. Kara has over 18 years of experience in higher education managing programs, producing events, developing student leadership curriculum, and facilitating workshops and training. She is passionate about equity and violence prevention and holds certifications as a trainer in Stop the...

Kandis Rodgers (she/her)

Kandis Rodgers is a dedicated career counselor committed to the personal and professional success of students and alumni. An advocate for personal empowerment and social good, Kandis is motivated by seeing students achieve their goals and enhance their communities. Kandis’s approach to working with students is holistic, embracing the whole student during their continuous journey towards career happiness. Prior to joining the School of Public Health, Kandis provided career counseling to graduate students and managed employer relations at Golden Gate University. This provided her the...

John Weng (he/him)

John Weng, MA, ICF ACC, is the Principal of John Weng Consulting and a leadership coach who has worked with professionals across levels and sectors with the goal of helping people understand themselves better, break through roadblocks, and make things happen. Outside of his consulting and coaching practice, John currently works at UC San Diego as a higher education leader overseeing a portfolio of student governed programs and is a doctoral candidate and lecturer at the University of San Diego in their department of leadership studies. He is an On-Call facilitator with the Center for...

Jeremy Brooks (he/him)

Jeremy Brooks currently serves as the Career Center’s Assistant Director for the College of Letters & Science. As a Career Counselor, Jeremy uses a counseling as teaching approach with clients, viewing himself not in a position of power but rather as a partner in a journey of discovery. He believes that it is integral to understand where clients are coming from and to meet them where they are at. In charge of developing Berkeley's Social Impact programming, Jeremy’s focus is on educating students and staff on career paths that will cause a positive impact in the world and still...

Jenya Kuvshinova (she/her)

Jenya Kuvshinova, ACC is a career and personal development coach. She has been coaching purpose driven professionals who seek full self-expression in their lives while contributing unique gifts to their organizations and communities for 12 years now. Her areas of expertise are career coaching (especially for multitalented and multicultural people), leadership coaching, life and purpose coaching and emotional wellness coaching.

She enjoys partnering with passionate professionals who are looking for a deep sustainable change and want to put their multiple talents to...

Inette Dishler (she/her)

Inette Dishler retired from a 32 year career as a Learning and Development Specialist, and 20 years of service to the University of California Berkeley. She has experience in the non-profit, corporate, and academic sectors. Inette has created and managed programs such as the Leadership and Career Enhancement Program for Staff of Color, Thriving as a Manager at Berkeley, Growing as a Coach, and others. She also taught several supervisory and management development classes in the Berkeley People Management program. Inette started the Cal Coaching Network (CCN), and also had the vision...

Hilda Gehrke (she/her/ella)

Hilda Gehrke is a Social Leadership Coach, Facilitator, and Interpreter who migrated from Mexico in 1996. She has been an interpreter for more than 10 years. Hilda graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from Regis University and completed her training as an Ontological Coach from Newfield Network, INC in 2017. She obtained her certification as a Certified Newfield Coach (NCC) and has more than 200 hours of experience as a group and personal coach. Hilda has a particular interest in developing voices within the Latinx community. She is a Jefferson County facilitator and has been...