Meet Chris | Leadership & Careeer Coach

I’m an executive coach. I help leaders live and work with authenticity, purpose, and impact.

I spent nearly two decades counseling senior executives, overseeing global storytelling initiatives, and building teams at Apple, Google, and the Los Angeles Times.

I didn’t take a break for almost 20 years.

My well of ideas dried up. I constantly felt I was failing. My body was wracked with pain as it tried to tell me I was on the wrong path. I ignored it all, until I couldn’t anymore. So, in late 2017, I quit the job I’d loved at Apple. I leaped off the corporate treadmill.

I did a mid-career reboot.

I reconnected with my beautiful family; meditated; read hundreds of books; got back into shape; took naps and creative writing classes; and volunteered at my local food bank and underserved school. This, I learned, is what truly matters to me: family, community, health, creativity, human connection, and lifelong learning. An executive coach I’d worked with at Apple expertly guided me through this journey of reinvention, and she helped me discover something important:

My purpose is to help others discover and unleash the best versions of themselves, too.

Now I’m a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and a certified member of the International Coach Federation.

My clients work at some of the largest companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Facebook, and Mars, as well as startups and nationally recognized nonprofit organizations.

In addition to running my own coaching practice, I consult for X, Alphabet’s moonshot subsidiary. There I facilitate leadership-development workshops and helps early-stage project leaders define their moonshot visions. I also serve on the coaching roster of Team Performance Institute, a leadership-development firm, coaching executives at corporations including Unisys.

I hold a Master’s in Journalism from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor’s of Arts from Wesleyan University.

I’ve lived in Oakland, California, for 20 years but still root hard for my hometown Boston Red Sox. When I’m not coaching clients, you can usually find me swimming, reading a book with my shih tzu at my feet, kicking a soccer ball with my son, leading an Evryman group, or tutoring at an underserved elementary school. I proudly serve on the board of the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

I’d love to help you move forward in your life and pursue your dreams.