About Jill

Simply put, I love helping people who want to make the world a better place rise to the occasion with grace and skill. Whether you're the leader of a nonprofit organization or a small business owner with a passion for change, your commitment and vision are my reason for getting up in the morning. I love my work!

I am blessed to have spent my professional career working with and for social and environmental change organizations. First as a program manager, then as development director, assistant director and now organization development consultant and executive coach, I help organizations and
their leaders remain effective and inspired.

I deeply believe that in order to bring more sustainability, compassion and justice into the world, we must find new ways of understanding ourselves, each other and the challenges before us. Coaching is one of the best ways I know to do this, and I am deeply grateful for
the growing awareness of this new modality especially in the social sector.

I'm known for my forthright and compassionate approach and my ability to quickly under-
stand the dynamics of human systems and how to navigate times of intense change. I
deeply understand how often the stories we tell ourselves get us off track AND the most
easy, graceful way out of dead-ends and back to the Open Road.

Originally from the Midwest (Minneapolis and Chicago), I've lived in Seattle for 18 years.
I received a Bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in Ohio and graduated from the
Leadership Institute of Seattle's Coaching and Consulting Master's degree program in
1999. I bring a global perspective to my work from experience living in Nepal in college and
Europe as a child. I live in a 100 year old home in Seattle's diverse and thriving South End,
and enjoy volunteering with my therapy dog Francine.

Read what my coaching clients say about me here.

See my consulting resume here.

To learn more about my background and influences, please click here.

Jill is a member of the Seattle Chapter of the International Coaching Federation, and abides by their standards of professional ethics. Please see www.coachfederation.org for details.