I’m a seasoned business leader, Harvard MBA, and pioneering expert in transformative change — not only in our organizations and communities, but in our lives.

Over the course of my career, I’ve come to see periods of transition not as anomalies or signs of failure, but as natural and essential invitations for growth. This belief is deeply personal. In my mid-forties, after more than two decades of career success, I experienced a profound professional upheaval that left me questioning. Like so many others, I’d pushed myself to the brink. And like so many others, I struggled to find guidance that spoke to the gravity of what I was feeling.

That experience launched a decade-long journey of research, reflection, and discovery. I listened to the stories of hundreds of adults navigating their own transitions. Despite their varied backgrounds and circumstances, clear patterns emerged — including the widespread tendency to view these disruptive times through a lens of deficit or failure.

But there is another way.

Today, I help individuals and organizations reframe change as a powerful catalyst for transformation. Drawing on my own executive leadership experience — including global transformation initiatives at Fortune 500 companies and digital transformation in the tech world — I’ve developed a science-based methodology for navigating periods of deep change with clarity, courage, and purpose.

I founded The Transition Institute, LLC, to advance this work through research, skill-building programs, and strategic partnerships. My books, Dancing with Disruption and Women & Transition, explore these themes in depth. I also host the podcast Destination Unknown, where I engage with Nobel laureates, veteran journalists, and everyday changemakers alike — all united by stories of transformative change and hope.

Whether I’m speaking from a stage, consulting with organizations, or sitting at a kitchen table, my mission is the same: to spark a new conversation about transformation — one that embraces disruption as a doorway, not a dead end, to expansive growth and possibility.