Robin's Bio

Over 18 years experience in agency and corporate recruiting, career consulting/counseling/training, interviewing, corporate mergers/acquisitions/reorganizations/outsourcing, employee appreciation and retention programs, leadership development, non-profit leadership, executive coaching, federal executive (SES) talent management, retreat/workshop facilitation, and public speaking.

Successful coaching of over 2000 professionals through career transitions.
Experience assisting over 200 military personnel with transitions to the private sector.
Experience guiding students, graduate students, executives, retirees, and stay-at-home parents into fulfilling careers.
Founder and former CEO of Appreciate, Inc - a provider of corporate employee retention programs.
Extensive expertise with the development and comprehensive implementation of inaugural programs for the federal government's Senior Executive Service (SES).
Trusted advisor to Commander/Admiral/SES level clients across the federal government.
Former Director of Development for City Year, Washington, DC – a non-profit providing full-time community service opportunities, career and leadership training, and civic engagement for 18-24 year olds
Certified Job and Career Transition Coach
Member - International Coach Federation
Professional Speaker / Professional Development Committee Member - Women in Technology
Professional Speaker – the Wharton Club of DC & Georgetown's McDonough School of Business Alumni
Professional Speaker – Marymount University - Strategic Leadership
Professional Speaker – American Marketing Association
Facilitator for Washington, DC's "Life Choices" Seminars
Certification approval by the National Board for Certified Counselors, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and by the Institute for Career Certification International
Member - Association of Coaching and Consulting Professionals
Successful E-commerce Entrepreneur
Founder and Facilitator for "Find Your Authentic Career" weekend retreats.
Developer of a proprietary methodology - "What do you want to be when you grow up?" – Helps adults gain career clarity and/or determine their ideal business niche.
Featured multiple times in The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal, and Natural Awakenings Magazine
Featured "Career Coach" - The Washington Post - 2007 and 2011