An accomplished motivational and leadership coach with over 20 years’ experience, April has served as MentorLead’s Master Motivational Coach for over 15 years. She has also served as the Director of Career Development in higher education as well as the Director of Leadership and Business Development within various industries. April has developed proven training, coaching, and a certification program that are strategically focused on guiding professionals and teams in career advancement and enhancement.

April focuses her coaching on helping professionals clarify, develop, and achieve their career goals. She also specializes in coaching individuals and teams to better understand their top motivations and how to actively engage them in daily work resulting in deeper satisfaction. April utilizes a unique co-active coaching approach recognizing each person has unique motivations, gifts, talents, and strengths when identified and expressed increases engagement and meaning in their work and life.

April has a Master of Arts in Leadership and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. She graduated from Coaches Training Institute and is certified in various career assessments. She has honed her expertise as a Motivational Master Coach through her extensive study of motivational science from the team at Motivations AI and certification in Motivational Code known as the MCode assessment.

As a former Silicon Valley corporate attorney and a current CEO, Ann knows people from many dynamics. In 2003, Ann launched MentorLead to bridge the gap between culture and strategy. When mentoring is used as a strategic initiative, clients create an agile workforce that is intentionally driving the organization's critical goals and objectives... leadership regardless of title.

MentorLead's programs are loved by clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Stanford, and Cedars Sinai. Ann has been honored as an Outstanding Business Woman of the Year by ABWA and with the Vanguard Award from The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Ann has been influencing audiences from the stage and in her books for over 15 years. She is the author of Ambition on a Mission (2007), Moxie for Managers (2011), Why Mentoring Matters (2013), and In a Flash! (2018).

When not on a stage, Ann is on her bicycle. In 2011, Ann cycled 4,200 miles from San Francisco to San Diego; in 2012 she cycled 2,600 miles from Key West, Florida, to Bar Harbor, Maine; in 2014 she cycled 1,600 miles from Seattle to San Diego; in 2016 she cycled from Crater Lake to Yosemite; and in 2018 she cycled from Banff to Yellowstone.