Expert Coaching for Leaders in High-Stress, High-Consequence Roles
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We All Need a Deeper Bench
Physicians and health system executives. Public health and government leaders. Attorneys and judges. C-suite leaders carrying the daily load. Teams navigating a critical incident and its aftermath.
We coach professionals whose jobs put them in steady contact with other people's hardest days.
All our faculty have advanced degrees and decades of experience across industries.
We understand the pressure and the pain you’re experiencing because we are the professionals we coach.
We know what happens when the strategies and skills that used to work are no longer enough:
It isn’t a failure of leadership
It isn’t a failure of character
It is an entirely predictable outcome when nervous systems work under sustained load and high-threat uncertainty over time.
Lodestar has helped tens of thousands of professionals rediscover their True North and chart a path forward.
Never tie your growth to things outside your control
Start today. Every engagement begins with a complimentary discovery call.
Ready?
Start your journey with a Lodestar Executive Coach, today.
Twelve sessions
Twice-monthly cadence
Six-month commitment
Senior Faculty all carry advanced degrees, decades of experience and advanced coach certification and training in Lodestar’s proprietary coaching methods
Packages start at $6,000
Choose a coach and book your discovery call
Meet Your Lodestar Coach
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Kemia Sarraf, MD, MPH, CCC, TIPC
Founder and CEO. Physician, public health, & critical incident response expertise. New clients and high acuity engagement by request.
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Kiana Joersz, JD, SHRM-SCP, TIPC
COO & Senior Advisor. Attorney specializing in Employment Law and Administrative Policy. Not currently accepting new clients.
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Ann Deaton, PhD, PCC, CTPC, TIPC
Director, senior faculty coach & facilitator. Neuropsychologist & coach development expert. Co-creator of TMMC & True North.
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Antoinette DuBois Ayers, CPCC, RCC, TIPC
Director, senior faculty, coach development expert. 25+ years healthcare, financial, and nonprofit leadership.
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Michael Forlenza, PhD, MPH, PCC, TIPC
Director & senior faculty coach & facilitator. Leadership consultant across academic medicine, legal services, and government.
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Kerri M. Lockhart, MD, FAAP, CPC, TIPC
Director of Client Engagement, senior faculty coach, medical educator & program facilitator. Board-certified pediatrician.
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Ellie Hirshberg, MD, MS, CCC, TIPC
Senior faculty, coach & program facilitator. Adult and pediatric critical care physician & medical educator; Professor, University of Utah.
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Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD, RCC, TIPC
Senior faculty, program facilitator & executive advisor. Professor of Family Medicine & academic coach. Coaching by contract.
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Lawrence Henderson, PhD, MSHRD, PCC, CPC, TIPC
Senior faculty & executive coach; 20+ years organizational leadership expertise; U.S. Army veteran.
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Lynn Black, MD, MPH, CHWC, CEC, TIPC
Senior faculty & executive coach; Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical School; Internist, Mass. General; 30+ years disaster response
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Luis Rodriguez, JD, LLM, MS, TIPC
Senior faculty facilitator & advisor. 45 years military leadership. Attorney, former judge, deputy general counsel. Not currently accepting new clients.
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Ken Jenkins, MA.S, ACC, TIPC
Senior faculty, facilitator & executive coach; 25+ years emergency management, training, planning & disaster response, including terrorist attacks.
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Michael Hersh, MD, ACC, TIPC
Senior faculty & executive coach. Gastroenterologist and senior faculty physician coach specializing in leader overwhelm and sustainable practice.
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Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, TIPC
Senior faculty, facilitator & executive coach. Founding Dean and Professor Emerita of George Washington University School of Nursing.
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Kate Deaton, MS, PCC, CPCC, OTR/L, TIPC
Senior faculty, facilitator, trauma-informed coach and occupational therapist. 30+ years in healthcare, education, and business.
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Dianne Rizzo, BSN, RN, ACC, PCC, TIPC
Lodestar senior faculty, program facilitator, leadership coach with 25+ years as a hospice clinician, educator and team leader.
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Liz Peintner, MSW, PCC, CPCC, TIPC
Lodestar senior faculty, executive coach & program strategist with 20+ years developing mission-driven leaders and organizations.
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Debbie Beardslee, RN, BSN, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & program facilitator. Decades as a critical care nurse across specialties; coaches clinicians and nurse leaders.
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Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF, TIPC
Senior faculty, program facilitator & executive coach. Professor, George Washington University; Fellow, Harvard IOC
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Sunny Nakae, PhD, MSW, TIPC
Director of Professional Development, senior faulty coach & facilitator; Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Medical Education.
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Stephanie Byerly, MD, ACC, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & facilitator specializing in life transitions. Physician & Professor of anesthesiology & pain management.
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Lydia Johnson, MD, ABLM, CHC, TIPC
Senior faculty coach, program facilitator & medical educator. Dermatologist with 20 years in academic and private practice.
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Sookyung Suh, PhD, PMP, ACC, TIPC
Senior faculty. Associate professor, director of change management. 20+ years consulting and academia.
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Steve Wendell, PhD, PCCP, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & program facilitator. Asst. professor, researcher, educator & academic coach, University of Pittsburgh.
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Kelly Hurst, EdD, MEd, TIPC
Director of Data and Strategy, senior faculty. 30+ years in education & advanced facilitation. Asst. Professor, SIU School of Medicine.
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Floyd Carlson, MS, ORSCC, PCC, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & facilitator. Team and executive coach; 35 years leading teams in manufacturing, military, and technology.
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Laura Berenstain, MD, FASA, PCC, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & facilitator. Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist. Fellow, Institute of Coaching at Harvard.
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Jennifer Pernfuss, LL.B, ORSCC, TIPC
Senior faculty coach & facilitator. Attorney, mediator, and restoration practitioner; workplace human rights and complaint resolution.
Traumatic stress exposure is inevitable
The exposure is part of life.
For many of us, it is also part of the job we signed up to do…
When a traumatic or critical incident occurs, coaching for leaders is essential to preserving capacity and longevity.
Executive coaching runs in parallel with Lodestar Second Responder (L2R) team engagements.
Capacity-building can occur even in the midst of our biggest challenges.
You don't have to face any of it alone.
Connect with our CEO
Coaching with Dr. K is by contract only
Limited engagements available each year
Need high-acuity support due to a critical incident or traumatic event?
Request a conversation.
We’ll respond quickly with a priority appointment.
Critical Incidents & Leadership Coaching
In the aftermath of a critical incident or disaster response, the leaders who carry their teams deserve additional support.
Trauma-responsive leadership coaching runs alongside Lodestar Second Responder (L2R) engagements.
No one should be left to recover alone.
We cannot predict when hell will visit
Only that it will.
Only that it does.
One thing we do know for certain…
Sooner or later, we all need a deeper bench
Book a call.
Let’s talk about how Lodestar can help.
