As the CEO at Joyn Bio, I had the privilege of working with Kelly for over 3 years as she helped build the Joyn team as our Head of HR. She helped develop and run all aspects of our HR services, and she was especially helpful in coaching our managers and senior team. She played a key role in recruiting and developing our team, and we definitely benefited from her broad scope of HR expertise and coaching.

CEO, Joyn Bio

Kelly provided CHRO level support for MBX. Her experience helping biotech companies scale from startup to public company stage is invaluable.

She understands the key issues that can hinder an organization’s effectiveness and offers actionable guidance. I enjoyed collaborating with Kelly on building MBX.

CEO, MBX Biosciences

I have known Kelly for about three years. She was our HR consultant at Joyn Bio where I have worked as a Plant Science Department Head. Being HR in a startup is not an easy job as one needs to build an HR strategy and system from scratch. Kelly was a fantastic support for my exponentially growing team and myself as a leader. She was my source when I needed guidance on how to handle difficult employees and resolve conflicts. Kelly was instrumental in offering multiple resources for the managers and employees through organizing workshops and inviting external facilitators. Although Kelly was a consultant and had a limited number of hours per week dedicated to Joyn Bio, it never felt that way as she was always available for our questions and requests for help. It was a great experience for me to work with Kelly.

Head of Plant Science, Joyn Bio

I am really glad to have had an opportunity to participate in a 6- month productive coaching program under Kelly. Kelly allowed me to request 360 feedback from my direct reports, peers, manager, and mentors and helped me reflect and constructively work on it. She is very focused, direct, and thorough and I have made significant improvements in leadership skills under her coaching. I would wholeheartedly recommend Kelly for coaching for leaders willing to see a step change in their leadership abilities.

VP, R&D, Biotech

We had the pleasure of working with Kelly for 3 years as we grew the company from about 18 to 85 employees. Kelly worked with us seamlessly as a business partner to establish the full framework of a corporate people management system. Her enthusiasm and engagement were essential to help us attract and recruit talent in a highly competitive biotech market and then retain staff during the challenges of the COVID pandemic.

CSO, Biotech

I’ve had the opportunity to work with Kelly at a couple growing life science companies and found her to be a great partner. She understands the startup environment and has been an invaluable resource for building the HR strategy and structuring HR as well as helping to create an engaging culture. She’s skilled at coaching and mentoring leaders and is always willing to listen to all employees. She herself is a leader of high integrity and team members trust her.

CFO, Life Science

Kelly partnered with us during a time of high growth but also great uncertainty due to COVID-19. Though an outside consultant, she became one of the team, a trusted coach and advisor through the changes we experienced, and a people-centric collaborator. With Kelly’s help, we were able to keep our staff safe, productive, and engaged through our transition to remote work and have come through the challenge in a position of strength.

CTO and Co-Founder, Medical Devices

I had the pleasure of working with Kelly in my previous role, and her coaching was instrumental to my professional development in my management role. Together we set measurable goals, and her consistent and timely feedback helped me to achieve necessary milestones that led to future promotion. She has my highest recommendation as a leadership coach!

Scientific Manager, Biotech