Leadership growth, grounded in science.

My work as an organizational psychologist began in Mongolia. I was teaching English during an extreme winter — what locals call a dzud — and watched ordinary people draw on resources I didn't yet have language for. Rather than try to forget what I'd seen, I dedicated my career to understanding and improving workplace systems, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

At California Baptist University, I designed and now direct the Master's in I‑O Psychology — a nationally Top‑10 program and the #1 I‑O Psychology program in California. In eight years the program has prepared 200+ practitioners now working across Fortune 500 firms, global consulting groups, and mission‑driven institutions. 80% secure relevant roles within three months of graduation, and over 90% are the first generation in their families to earn a graduate degree.

Through Momentum Coaching + Consulting, I advise leaders on leadership formation, strategic alignment, and organizational culture — drawing on industrial‑organizational psychology and cross‑cultural leadership research. I've designed executive programs for global brands, supported leadership integration through mergers and acquisitions, and led executive retreats for nonprofits and private organizations.

From 2022–2023 I served as International Relations and Protocol Officer for the Office of the Mayor, City of Riverside, leading a trade delegation to Gangnam, South Korea, and advising on a proposed $50M Korean cultural center. My consulting practice spans the United States, Mexico, and India, and I've presented research at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, CIPD Dublin, and the Western Psychological Association.

A dual US/Canadian citizen, I grew up on a family farm two miles outside a South Dakota town of 200 — which is to say, leadership across very different worlds has been lived experience as much as research interest.