Dr. Gregoria Nova Cahill, Board Chair & Trusted Advisor
While serving as the Board Chair and Trusted Advisor, Dr. Gregoria Nova Cahill is also the Dean of the Mission Center, ESL and TRST for City College of San Francisco. She earned her Doctor of Education degree at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) in Educational Leadership for Social Justice. Dr. Cahill’s dissertation focused on highlighting the institutional barriers that Latinx students in community college confront when attempting to transfer to 4-year colleges and universities. Dr. Cahill is also the first in her Afro-Bolivian family to earn a doctoral degree and a fierce advocate for student rights and access to education.
Matthew J. Cahill, CEO & Principal Consultant
The Percipio Company is led by Matthew Cahill. If you have a brain, you have bias® is the belief that the Percipio Company builds upon. Included in this process is the identification of hidden, and sometimes not-so-hidden, biases that impact company performance. He takes an introspective, self-reflective approach to move organizations from bias to belonging® and coach organizational leaders to reduce mental mistakes, strengthen employee relationships, and increase productivity. Matthew has demonstrated success with large clients like LinkedIn, Salesforce and dozens of small to mid-size companies looking to mitigate how the wide range of cognitive, social and institutional biases are impacting their bottom line.
Consultants, Coaches & Co-Conspirators
Noni Allwood, Founder & Principal, Noni Allwood and Associates
Noni’s career spans over 20 years as an executive, leader, and innovator. Her corporate career includes senior roles for Fortune 500 companies including Cisco, Tandem Computers, and Exxon Corporation. She is founder and Principal of Noni Allwood & Associates, a specialized consulting firm focused on innovative practices to achieve workforce equality as an accelerator for business success. As a Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor of the Center for Talent Innovation, she has led research and solution design work to advance women and multicultural talent globally, and managed large consulting services engagements. Learn more about Noni here.
Edward Calder, MA, Organizational Change Strategist
Ed’s career journey has provided him the opportunity to serve as a leadership consultant on change strategies and methodologies to achieve cross cultural collaboration, efficient implementation, and communication. This role involves developing and implementing company-wide strategy to increase diversity, inclusion, equity, morale, planning, retention and 21st century virtual client service. His tenacity and vulnerability are leading organizations towards yielding inclusive work climates, sense of ownership, and retention of a more diverse workforce of frontline staff, managers, and executive leadership. Ed’s belief is “sharing all that you have, with everyone that is placed in your path, with the borrowed time you have left”. Learn more about Ed here.
Krysta Fitzgerald, Digital Marketing & Operations
Krysta has spent her career working in nonprofit higher education, building relationships with alumni and donors and increasing their engagement. She is an experienced events and marketing professional who appreciates both the feeling of a well-executed event and a good open rate on a well-crafted email. Learn more about Krysta here.
Meghan Gunseor, Business Development & Operations
Meghan brings a strong background as a business strategic integrator leveraging her experience to drive organizational success. She has a passion for business development and project management, with a proven track record in identifying growth opportunities and executing effective strategies. Meghan’s strong analytical skills and strategic mindset make her a valuable asset in achieving business objectives and fostering client relationships. Learn more about Meghan here or at CMG Business Management.
Margaret Huang, ACC/PMP Leadership Coach
Margaret Huang brings the unique combination of a keen strategic business sense and a deep reservoir of emotional intelligence as a resource to her clients. Her perspective is shaped by a combined 15+ years of leadership experience, holding various senior roles within both large global matrixed companies – such as GE and Jardines – and on leadership teams inside two large national nonprofits, Playworks and Facing History. Margaret is particularly adept at helping clients navigate through periods of accelerated change and supporting her client’s change and learning agenda. Her style is thoughtful, thought-provoking, and fun. Learn more about Margaret here or at CREDENCE.
Akeisha Johnson, PCC. Business Leadership Coach
Akeisha Johnson of An Inspired Story Coaching is a dynamic Business Leadership Coach and public speaker. Well known by peers and clients for creating leaders that other people want to work for. She is the creator and facilitator of A Safe Space to Talk About Race (SafeSTTAR)™workshop, the former Program Director of The Oshun Project – a non-profit program whose work with Haitian farmers provides clean water in rural villages, and the previous host and co-producer of the podcast, Making It Work: Stories of Surviving and Thriving in the SF Bay Area. Learn more about Akeisha here or at An Inspired Story.
Ibrahim Kabil, Tech Wizard
Ibrahim is fascinated by mindfulness, ancient zen and taoist teachings. He is a big believer in the power of allowing peace and energy into one’s life, especially in the workplace. Ibrahim currently works as a technology developer in Silicon Valley, however, his primary passion is in using mindfulness techniques to shine a light in some of the deepest depths of the technology world while staying connected to the big picture perspective. Learn more about Ibrahim here.
Susan G. Schwartz, MS, PMP
Throughout her career, Susan led a variety of corporate and government teams through organizational change and technology transformation. Her change toolbox combines Emotional Intelligence, process review, and knowledge sharing strategies. Learn more about Susan here or at The River Birch Group.
Steve Terusaki
Steve is an executive coach with broad business skills developed in part from his MBA from the Berkeley Haas School of Business, but also from his first-hand experience in the C-suite. He brings these elements together to provide an enriched narrative for his coaching clients. As Founder and CEO of SEIDO Consulting, LLC, Steve works with individuals and organizations to achieve measurable results based on an executive business coaching platform. When paired with active listening, Steve generates the in-depth questions that shift mindsets, change perspectives, and illuminate new directions. Learn more about Steve here or at SEIDO Consulting.
Sejal Thakkar, Esq.
Sejal is not your average employment law attorney! Her more than fifteen years of experience advising clients, human resources personnel, and legal counsel regarding sound, standard employment practices uncovered a need – and personal passion – for bringing more proactive, relevant, and impactful workplace training programs to her clients and their teams. Her highly experiential customized workshops tailored to executives, managers, and individual contributors bring the courtroom to the training room in an interactive, engaging environment that favors human stories over compliance checklists. Learn more about Sejal here or at TrainXtra.
Belle Walker, MS
Before transitioning to the consulting world, Belle spent her career building and optimizing organizations at companies ranging from early-stage startups to Google. Leveraging her Mechanical and Systems Engineering degrees from Harvard and USC, Belle brings a technical perspective to organizational challenges that balance rigorous techniques with the unique humanity of all individuals. Belle moves organizations from friction to function®. Learn more about Belle here or at Belleview Consulting.
Kimberly Wiefling, MS, SVA Co-Founder
Kimberly strongly believes that companies doing business across borders and boundaries of every kind are a powerful force for peace in Our World. She is committed to supporting purpose-driven organizations in attracting high-quality investors and people through the competitive advantage of a healthy organizational culture. Learn more about Kimberly here.
