MY CORE BELIEFS

• Leadership begins with humanity. We can see people fully, listen generously, and lead with both compassion and accountability.

• Everyone has something to contribute. Stronger workplaces make room for more voices, and take those voices seriously.

• Collaboration grows when we share ideas, credit, and opportunities.

• Curiosity opens possibilities. Judgment closes them.

• Creativity helps us question familiar patterns and imagine better ways forward.

• Culture is built moment by moment, choice by choice, person by person.

My early career with an international talent management firm sparked a lasting interest in leadership, relationships, and workplace culture. I’ve spent over two decades working with organizations across sectors, helping people understand each other and work together more effectively.

Over time, I’ve seen how much depends on everyday interactions: whether someone feels comfortable asking a question, how a leader responds to disagreement, who gets invited into a decision, and whether people follow through on what they say.

Those moments are where I focus my work. Through consulting, coaching, workshops, and facilitation, I help leaders and teams examine what’s happening, practice new skills, and build better habits together. I especially enjoy working alongside organizations over time, supporting the learning and adjustment that meaningful change requires.

That same perspective led me to found Growing Small Towns, a nonprofit dedicated to helping small communities become places people love to call home. Many of the things that help us love a workplace also help us love a community: feeling valued, having a voice, building relationships, and knowing we can contribute.

Through GST, we put those beliefs into practice and collaborate with other practitioners to create meaningful learning and gathering experiences. It’s work that keeps me learning, too.

Outside of work, I’m a farmer’s wife in a fifth-generation farming family, a mom to three kids, and a daughter who lives next door to her parents. Younger me would have been deeply confused by several of those developments.

I’m also the author of How Mommy Got Her Groove Back and host of The Growing Small Towns Show. Whether I’m writing, facilitating, or behind a microphone, I keep coming back to people: what we need, what we’re capable of, and how we can make life better together.

I bring humor, heart, and a willingness to ask useful (and sometimes uncomfortable) questions. I care about helping people feel seen and equipping them to move forward.