Loving. Direct. Playful.

Leadership coach and operator. 15+ years in talent, strategy, and organizational change. I scale companies by developing and empowering the humans within them.

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Hello, I'm Virginia.

I coach people who are willing to change. I have an affinity for founders and leaders. I love the pressure and agency of working with people taking a big leap into a seat they've never held.

I'm direct, and I mean it kindly. I'll say the thing you already half know and haven't said out loud, then stay in the room while you work out what to do about it.

I care about the big picture and the long view. I'm action-oriented about the first step and what we're going to do today. Momentum is how I work.

I've made the leap myself. I started as an artist and found my way to founders. I fell for the complexity and pace of technology companies, then grew them as a leader. Now I coach the people building the next one.

Virginia in a blue puffer jacket, kneeling on red rocks in Colorado at sunrise. — Colorado, my home away from home, after an anatomy intensive.

Virginia holding her senior dog, Thor, while touching a skeleton hand model to his head. — Teaching my senior chihuahua the nuances of skeletal anatomy.

Virginia as a young child, laughing and holding an activity book. — Me as a kid. It was impossible to keep a book out of my hands.

Expertise

I'm a lifelong learner, wide and deep. The expertise below is real, and so is my beginner's mind. Every company, person, and challenge is different.

Leadership development

I'm wildly committed to the people I work with: their advocate, champion, and challenger. Certified coach since 2020, working one-on-one with just a few clients at a time, or in small workshop settings.

People & Talent

I've been the first employee, the 10th, and the 500th. I have range across the whole people function, from HR and tools to comp. My depth is in hiring, development, and workforce strategy, at any stage.

Operations

Global experience across sites, budgets, and buildouts. A G&A generalist at heart, I began by running operations and revenue for small businesses.

Communications

I'm as comfortable in a one-on-one as I am at the microphone, and as clear with a new manager as with investors and stakeholders. Communication is how alignment scales. At 20 people it happens over lunch. At 500 it has to be designed, or the company drifts in a dozen directions at once.

Culture & change management

Culture can make or break a business. As a company scales, or takes on a new identity after a merger or acquisition, I help mission, vision, and values match the culture people experience. That means changing old ways of working, and getting clear on what differentiates the business and makes the place special.

Why I'm different

I get inside your company, your problem, and your world before I form opinions, then name the one or two patterns worth exploring, fast.

I draw on a wider toolkit than typical HR, from conscious leadership to anatomy to the Enneagram, and I use whatever fits the person in front of me.

Conscious leadership

Helps leaders see where they're reacting and choose how to respond. Certified as a coach through Inductive and trained by its founders, Kaley Warner Klemp and Sue Heilbronner.

Presence under pressure

Leaders decide better when they can read their body and mind under stress. I listen with head, heart, and gut, and bring full body knowledge, shaped by my study with the anatomist Gil Hedley and Spirit Wellness Institute.

Enneagram

A personality framework of nine types, each organized around a core motivation and a core fear. It makes patterns visible, so conversations get more direct and less personal. I use it as a lens, not a label.

What I'm up to

What keeps me busy and engaged these days, at work and beyond.

Working

Culture transformation

I'm part of a company going through radical change from a small biotech into a global specialty pharma. I work on culture, engagement, and communications, aligning people with the bigger mission.

Advising

Scaling founders

I advise early-stage companies on the road from Series A to Series B. I love working with first-time founders and organizations stepping into spaces that are entirely new, at lightning speed.

Advocating

Senior pets

I'm a natural caretaker in my personal life. I adopt and care for senior and special needs cats and dogs, and I advocate for the furry beings who need a little extra care.

Making

Ice cream & cheese

A serious hobby, and possibly a business one day. I love the process, the science, and the creativity: flavors in ice cream, alchemy in cheese.

Moving

Slowing down

I've taken a pause from yoga, running, and sports while I rehab from a serious injury this summer. It slowed me down physically, but it has given me time to reflect and relate to the world in a new way.

Learning

Massage therapy

I'm training as a massage therapist. It follows a lifelong interest in the whole body, and a deep curiosity about how the body and nervous system work.