Happy Clients

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Vera as my Executive Coach for several months. She’s helped me to problem solve through deep fears, complicated personnel issues while helping me to hone in on my approach to becoming an authentic and improved executive leader.  She regularly provides me with tools and resources to augment and strengthen our coaching sessions.  She’s very good at helping me get to the root of an issue and problem solve more strategically leading me to a desired result. She’s insightful and provides great feedback and follow up. I appreciate Vera most of all because she’s effective.  She’s helped me to make progress in my leadership development by giving me valuable tools that has led me to be a more confident leader.

- Takina Wilson

Vice President of Health Programs, Planned Parenthood, DC Metropolitan Area

I had a wonderful 4 session coaching experience with Vera. I am in the midst of several important transitions - becoming a leader in my organization, and having a new baby- all in a pandemic, and I found sessions with Vera so helpful to gaining more perspective on my current situation and how to balance all the different forces pulling me in all directions. Vera is a wonderful listener, asks excellent questions that really gave me new ways to think about things, and always helped me reframe situations along what I had identified as my priorities. I think a good coach understands that the client has the answers and their job is to draw them out; I very much felt that this is Vera's approach and it was a huge benefit to me. I highly recommend her.

- Elizabeth Patton

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center

Vera worked with me and two members of my team as a coach over a period of one year. I’ve greatly enjoyed working with her and benefitted from her mature and thoughtful presence, helping me to think through my own transition process and developing a vision for the next steps in my career and personal life. She was praised by my team members as being highly professional, insightful and open. She displays a genuine curiosity that invites others to open up to more deeply explore their goals and values and gain more clarity of their strengths and what may be holding them back. Her coaching helped them to grow professionally by making the career move they desired or reorienting themselves towards a more fulfilling career path. She is particularly strong on helping with professional transitions, including retirement coaching as well as working with professional women to build up their confidence and soft skills. I personally benefitted from Vera’s ability to ask the right questions and provide frameworks that helped me to think through options and issues. I think Vera is an excellent coach, thought partner and counsel and can highly recommend her.

— louise cord

Global Director World Bank Group

Vera is exactly the coach I was looking for at this current stage of my life.  Over the course of 6 months, Vera supported me in achieving several personal and professional goals including developing confidence with public speaking, examining my leadership strengths and growth areas, and navigating work-life transitions. Combining her extensive leadership experience in international development with her knowledge of somatic coaching, Vera created a safe and non-judgmental space for me to truly notice how I was feeling in different professional situations and then use that information to integrate new behaviors and form new patterns.

For example, I was very nervous about an upcoming public speech; during one session Vera had me begin by naming the sensations I was feeling in my body when practicing my talk – a tightness in my chest, heat and prickly sensations throughout my body, and  lightheaded-ness. I sat with those sensations. Then, Vera pin pointed parts of my speech where I had been more animated and authentic. I described how I felt in those moments – excited, eager to share, and connected to myself and audience. I learned how to stay with those feelings and integrate them through the rest of my speech.

 Vera’s approach allowed me to realize things about myself that I hadn’t before; I have greatly benefited from Vera’s intentional listening, gentle guidance, and thoughtful questions. I can authentically connect with my audiences, I have greater clarity on my leadership style and growth areas, and have a sense of peace and confidence about my personal and professional path moving forward. I highly recommend Vera!

- Nicole Crescimanno

Director at Climate Care

Vera is a fantastic coach! She is very talented and committed to her clients. Her warm and non-judgmental approach allows you to deep dive on your own coaching journey with freedom and openness. She understands very well the complexities of leadership positions and all the competing priorities that you face while on those assignments. She has a solid and vast pool of sources that provides you with additional support thru the coaching journey. I highly recommend Vera!!

— susana batlle

Country Director CARE

I very much enjoyed the positive intelligence program with Vera as my coach and looked forward to each of our sessions. She was encouraging, insightful and provided just the right balance of inquiry and insight. I also found the substance of the Program to be relevant, clearly presented, practical and actionable. I would wholeheartedly endorse this program as highly relevant and helpful not just professionally but even more importantly, as life skills. I would also very strongly endorse Vera’s coaching approach, expertise and philosophy, and the manner in which she “walked along with me” throughout the Program. Her substantive expertise, insightful and encouraging presence, and wisdom made all the difference for me. Thank you, Vera, for being a source of insight and inspiration. I will continue my PQ practice and look forward to remaining in contact!

-Elena Rosa

Assistant Director International Monetary Fund