Philosophy & Experience
I often compare working with leaders, families, and organizations to coaching athletes who are in pursuit of reaching their potential. Impact Coaching & Consulting is in the business of offering, facilitating, and designing a high-performance mindset, process, experience, and results.
Over the past 25 years, I have been privileged to engage with a diverse range of clients, across the US as well as internationally, serving as a consultant, advisor, facilitator, designer, and executive coach to:
- C-Suite and Start-Up venture/organizational leaders, including Co-Founder teams.
- Families engaging in a shared venture involving joint decision-making.
- Individuals, couples, and families who are continuing and building on the existing path and stages/phases of multi-generational wealth transfer, business and/or philanthropy.
- Those who are interested in beginning to develop their own, or a shared, path.
- Family Offices & Family Office Advisory Teams.
- Family Foundations & their Advisory Teams.
- Wealth Advisors/Advisory Teams.
- Philanthropic Advisors/Advisory Teams.
I have been privileged to be part of the advisory community that crosses the spectrum of Philanthropy, Impact Investing/ESG, and Social Finance. Over the years, my work has led me to be a part of the dynamic ecosystem of mission-driven change, double and triple bottom line (people, planet, profit), generated by philanthropic families, entrepreneurial leaders, and social change organizations.
Over the past 20+ years...
In addition to launching and operating my private practice, Impact Coaching & Consulting LLC, I have held a range of roles over the last 20+ years, including:
Founder/Owner/Principal: Impact Coaching & Consulting LLC
Executive Coach: Torch Labs
Consulting Partner & Practitioner: National Center for Family Philanthropy
Family Wealth Advisor/Consultant: Wells Fargo/Abbot Downing National Family Office/Family Dynamics Division
Co-Founder, Managing Principal: The Wealth Legacy Group
Partner, Schaffer & Combs, LLC: former Social Impact/Management Consulting Firm
Senior Consultant/Family Facilitator, 21/64: Consulting practice specializing in next generation succession and multi-generational engagement in family philanthropy
Executive Leadership Coach: Leadership Strategies, a boutique coaching firm for C-level executives and teams
Educational Journey
My educational journey began with my undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College, a B.A. in Psychology, Literature, and Theatre (direction, playwriting, acting), followed by a graduate degree, a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute at The University of California, Berkeley. Along the way, I did graduate-level coursework in both Conflict Studies at Lesley College in Boston as well as Health Education/Public Health at Rutgers University.
Research Work
Read/Download Dr. Rebecca Trobe’s doctoral dissertation: