The coaches
All credentialed. All ex-something else.
Every Halsted coach holds an International Coaching Federation credential and a previous professional life. We have made the moves we coach.
Mara Quinlan PCC, CPCC
Founder & Head Coach
Mara spent ten years hiring people before she started coaching them - agency recruiting first, then senior in-house recruiting for a national health system. She founded Halsted in 2016 after watching hundreds of capable people interview for jobs they did not actually want.
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Devon Marsh ACC, CCSP
Career-Change Coach
Devon is the studio's proof that the method works: a mechanical engineer for fifteen years, he made his own pivot at 38 and now coaches other technical professionals through theirs.
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Priya Raghunath PCC, MBA
Negotiation & Leadership Coach
A former strategy consultant, Priya coaches the money conversations - offers, raises, promotions - and the first months of leadership that follow them.
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Elena Castillo ACC, CPRW
Job Search & Materials Coach
Elena turns careers into documents that get read. A former HR generalist and a Certified Professional Resume Writer, she runs the studio's materials work in English and Spanish.
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Jordan Okafor ACC
Strengths & Early-Career Coach
Jordan is a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths coach who works with people building the first serious chapter of their career - and first-time managers surprised by how different the job is.
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Beth Kowalski PCC, SHRM-SCP
Transitions & Return-to-Work Coach
Fifteen years an HR director, Beth has sat on the delivering side of layoff conversations. Now she coaches people through the weeks after them - and the returns after career breaks.
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Sam Reyes
Client Experience Manager
Sam runs the calendar, the studio, and the small logistics that make coaching easy to show up for. First voice you will hear on the phone; fastest email reply in Lincoln Park.
What the letters mean
ICF ACC / PCC — Associate and Professional Certified Coach credentials of the International Coaching Federation: verified training hours, mentored practice, examinations, and its Code of Ethics. CPCC — Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. CPRW — Certified Professional Resume Writer. CCSP — Certified Career Services Provider (NCDA). SHRM-SCP — Senior Certified Professional, Society for Human Resource Management. Ask any coach about theirs; we like the question.
Next move
Not sure who fits? That is our job.
Tell us where you are in the free consultation and we will match you to the coach whose specialty is your situation - and say so plainly if that coach is not us.
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