Rebecca Zucker

Partner

Growth requires both vision and action. Rebecca’s clients rely on her intelligence, pragmatism, and unwavering professionalism to demystify the process of growth and achieve their goals.

As an expert in executive coaching as well as leadership and career development, Rebecca coaches C-level executives and other senior leaders across the globe. In addition to several venture-backed startups, her clients span multiple sectors, including technology, venture capital, private equity, financial services, law, consulting, consumer products, media, healthcare, biotech, education, and philanthropy. She is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes.com and is frequently quoted in the press on career and leadership issues.

Rebecca graduated as valedictorian from the Leonard N. Stern School of business at NYU and later received her MBA from Stanford. She then worked as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in New York and held leadership positions at Disney EMEA in Paris and at Robertson Stephens. She received her coaching training and certification from the Coaches Training Institute and from Minds at Work.

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Education
NYU
Stanford University | Graduate School of Business

Certifications
The Coaches Training Institute
Minds at Work Immunity to Change
Myers Briggs Type Indicator®
Enneagram
Leadership Circle Profile
Leadership Circle Culture Survey
Hay Group Inventory of Leadership Styes and Organizational Climate Survey
Team Coaching International’s Team Diagnostic™
Psychological Safety Assessment

Selected Clients
5AM Ventures, Clorox, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, DocuSign, Dropbox, Exabeam, GI Partners, Hall Capital Partners, The James Irvine Foundation, Morrison Foerster, Norwest Venture Partners, Rodan + Fields, Rubrik, Russell Reynolds, Santander USA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Unity Technologies

Inspiration
Anything French, international travel, photography and good coffee

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