Anita coaches analytical leaders who have been promoted based on their technical skills to feel less “lonely at the top” by helping them breakthrough their technical ways of leading to inspire their teams, both through their minds and hearts.

A former scientist & management consultant, Anita brings an open, honest and direct approach from her global experience coaching executives across all industries, especially biopharma and healthcare. Anita works with senior executives, executive directors, and senior government administrators to help them understand their leadership choices and pilot new ideas and behaviors.

Anita has taught Leadership Development to executives at New York University (NYU) as an Adjunct Associate Professor & the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Anita is an Adjunct Faculty for the Executive Coaching Certification Program at iCoachGlobal.

Prior to executive coaching, Anita coached underrepresented MBA students with Management Leadership for Tomorrow for over a decade.  She launched her international business career at Bain & Company, Sandoz International, Pfizer, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.

She holds a BS from Yale University, a MSc from University of Melbourne Australia, a PhD from the University of Georgia and an MPA from NYU School of Public Service.  She holds an ACC from the International Coaching Federation and is Minority & Women Business Enterprise Certified.

Anita hails from rural Kansas and brings an international flair from living on three continents, which suits her well now that she lives in the world’s most diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, NY.