• Sam thrives on empowering her clients to achieve their full potential. She brings 14+ years of experience in Talent Development/HR/People Ops, Professional Coaching, and Business Operations. Sam has coached and facilitated sessions for 20,000+ professionals, from entry-level grads to executives, in 1:1 and group settings.
• She has also led regional coaching teams for thousands of professionals at UC Berkeley Extension’s Continuing Education programs and designed global career advancement curricula for 30,000+ learners in universities like UCLA, Harvard Extension, and Columbia Engineering and technology organizations such as Samsung, Splunk, Cisco, and various startups.
• Sam’s approach is client-centric, learning-oriented, and results-driven. You will learn new strategies very quickly, feel energized, expand your knowledge, and also laugh during coaching sessions with her.
• Sam specializes in navigating transitions, designing a career centered on personal values, goal-setting, and transformational leadership. In her free time, you’ll find her reading about Psychology and Philosophy, helping her community, cooking healthy meals, exploring nature, libraries, and cafes, at HIIT class, or petting horses and cats!

Notable Client Achievements

• Sam was invited to the Forbes Coaches Council in 2018, an invitation-only organization for successful executives and coaches for her contributions to the Talent Development industry.
• Coached a Global Product Management Leader (AirBnB) and New Mom with re-assessment of Career Strategy and Work/Life Balance
• Empowered a Chemical Research Scientist to pivot into UI/UX Design with a 100K Entry-level Compensation Package at Simpli.fi
• Coached a Mid-Manager to pivot from Clinical Research into Data Analytics, now at the Director Level.