I’ve spent my entire adult life in rooms where presence matters.
As a professional actor and improviser in New York City for over 40 years, I learned early that the most powerful thing you can bring into any room is yourself — fully, intelligently, and without apology. I also learned how hard that is. How easy it is to perform instead of connect. To hide behind expertise, or a role, or the “right” thought at the wrong time.
I started coaching because I kept seeing the same thing: brilliant people — scientists, executives, lawyers, thought leaders — who had everything they needed except the bridge between what they knew and how it landed. People who were performing their expertise instead of offering it.
I trained with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, working with researchers to open their work to general audiences. I’ve led communication workshops and coaching sessions for senior executives at major financial institutions, and for solopreneurs, guiding them towards readiness to step into podcasts, onto stages, and in front of cameras with presence. The challenges are different. The work is the same.
I grew up in a university town, raised by parents who cared deeply about philosophy, culture, and the arts. I came to New York to be an actress, and I’m still here, still doing that work — because presence isn’t something you learn once. It’s something you practice for life.
I work with people who are ready to trust their expertise, and bring all of themselves into the room so that they can connect with the audiences they care about.
If that’s you — I’d love to talk.
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