About Me

I almost became a Pilot.

Growing up, there was one thing I was absolutely certain about: I would never join the family business. Never. I said it like I meant it — because I did.

So I studied business management in college, picked up minors in economics and human resources, and kept my options wide open. For a stretch, I seriously considered becoming a commercial pilot. The draw was real. But somewhere along the way, something quieter started calling — and it wasn't the cockpit.

It was my mom's company.

Gayle had built Strategic Alignment Partners, Inc. into something meaningful, and slowly, almost without noticing it, I found myself drawn in. What began as joining the family business grew into something neither of us quite expected — a true partnership built on two very different perspectives working in unison.

Clients often tell us that what they value most is exactly that contrast. Gayle brings deep wisdom earned over decades of experience. I bring a fresh lens — a different generational vantage point, and a tendency to question assumptions. Together, we think through things differently, and clients feel it. A few have called us the dynamic duo, and honestly, we'll take it. When two people genuinely see the world through different eyes and still arrive at the same commitment to your growth, you get something you can't manufacture: two perspectives, working for you at once.

"What I said I'd never do turned out to be exactly what I was meant for."

Then came Vedic astrology — and everything shifted again.

I received my first Vedic reading and it stopped me in my tracks. Things that had felt confusing or out of sequence in my own life suddenly made sense. The timing. The patterns. The decisions I'd wrestled with. It all clicked into place. I remember thinking: this is real, and this is important.

I dove in completely. I studied under Joni Patry, Barry Rosen, Ronnie Gale Dreyer, and others. I earned my Jaimini Scholar certification. I still attend weekly classes and conferences — not because I have to, but because this science, Jyotish, has never stopped surprising me with how much there is to understand.

Today, coaching and astrology are both central to my work — though I keep them distinct. With coaching clients, I follow the conversation. I listen for the moment when someone is ready to go deeper, and when that moment comes, we bring in the astrology. Not as a replacement for the coaching work, but as another lens. The natal chart reveals patterns, areas of growth, and innate strengths that can be easy to miss from the inside. It gives a different perspective — another data point for someone to use on fulfilling their journey toward their own potential.

That experience — of having something suddenly make sense after years of uncertainty — is what I bring to every client. You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to be willing to look.