As Vice President of Client Experience, Lynn partners with senior leaders to design and implement leadership development solutions that achieve their individual and organizational priorities. Leveraging 20 years of experience – across higher education, legal education, human resources, and leadership development – Lynn focuses her client work on law firms and universities. Her approach to client relationships includes authentic connection, empathetic listening, and a commitment to building an impactful partnership, and she enjoys bringing Nebo’s unique value to each of her client’s critical objectives. Lynn is also an engaged facilitator and compassionate coach, at her best when helping others learn and grow.

Lynn earned a PhD in Leadership Studies, and her dissertation, “Building Agency Through Sensemaking: The Transformational Journey and Identity Development Process of Working Mother Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” tells about the lived experiences of working mothers. Her research articulates important findings about how compassionate and resilient leadership is needed in our evolving, post-pandemic work environment.

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Organizational Leadership and Consulting, University of San Diego
• Executive Certificate in Facilitation, Georgetown University
• Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University
• Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Georgetown University
• Bachelor of Arts in Communications, University of Pittsburgh

Personal

• Advocate for working moms through coaching, workshops, and research
• Lover of the get-outside culture in San Diego: beaches, hikes, and bluebird skies nearly all year round
• Proud volunteer for The XXYY Project, a nonprofit with the mission of supporting families of males with XXYY Syndrome to lead purposeful, productive lives
• Lifelong learner, mostly via reading, journaling, traveling, and exploring with her family