Meet the team

Michelle
Moore
Hernandez
CEO.
Breakthrough Coach. Org Culture Geek.
Secret weapon
Michelle gets at the heart of complex leadership challenges, surfacing unspoken conversations in ways that bring healing and possibility.
Specializations
Executive leadership. Leadership teams. Human centered change management. Organizational culture. Facilitation.
Her story
When not at work
Michelle lives with her husband and twin boys in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is obsessed with farflung global adventures and thrives on the adrenaline rush of a good skydive or powder day on the slopes.

AmbeR
Mackay
Managing Director. Strategic Leader. Jane of All Trades.
Secret weapon
Amber turns messy, ethereal ideas into concrete, achievable realities.
Specializations
Heart-centered, systems level leadership. Strategic planning. Complex organizational change. Operationalizing and impact monitoring.
Her story
Amber is passionate about
Helping leaders thrive. She was first exposed to the transformative work at Leading Elephants as a coachee, and she loves to share how her ongoing journey toward greater human-centered leadership enriches her life.
When not at work
Amber is based in Menlo Park, California. She loves her family, travel, her faith, and good food. And (to the chagrin and begrudged appreciation of her recipients!), she enjoys infusing work with cheesy memes and impromptu celebrations.

Marion
biglan
Coach. Community Builder. Working Group Magician.
Secret Weapon
Marion helps teams and leaders to embrace difficult conversations and see new paths forward - together.
Specializations
Facilitation. Working Group Design. Talent Practices. Leadership Development. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Her Story
When not at work
Marion is a proud resident of Cheltenham Township just outside of Philadelphia, where she is the mom of two teenagers and a black lab. A Louisiana native, she especially appreciates the four seasons and abundant nature of her adopted region.
Marion is passionate about
Marion is passionate about helping mission-driven leaders and organizations amplify their impact. Particularly, she is energized in continuing her journey to learn and foster racial justice in her community and all areas of her life.

Miwa
Kamras
Leadership coach.
facilitator.
talent guru.
Secret weapon
Amber turns messy, ethereal ideas into concrete, achievable realities.
Specializations
Heart-centered, systems level leadership. Strategic planning. Complex organizational change. Operationalizing and impact monitoring.
Her story
Amber is passionate about
Helping leaders thrive. She was first exposed to the transformative work at Leading Elephants as a coachee, and she loves to share how her ongoing journey toward greater human-centered leadership enriches her life.
When not at work
Amber is based in Menlo Park, California. She loves her family, travel, her faith, and good food. And (to the chagrin and begrudged appreciation of her recipients!), she enjoys infusing work with cheesy memes and impromptu celebrations.
OUR COMMUNITY
At Leading Elephants, we expand the community of support to bring diverse and technical skills to complex challenges. Where appropriate, we partner with other organizations to help our clients receive help they need most.
MEET OUR
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Diversity, Equity, And
Inclusion Partners

Academic strategy and
implementation partners

We seek to provide a seamless experience when our clients engage with multiple partners.
We work to jointly scope an initiative and what is needed. Often, our partner will bring deep expertise and technical credibility and will facilitate meetings and advise on the “what” of an initiative. Leading Elephants may support in the initiative design, stakeholder engagement, cultural healing, leadership coaching, and other elements of the “how” experience.
See how Leading Elephants works with our partners to meet each organization's unique needs.
Case Study 1
Our Client's
Story
A Charter Management Organization located in the North East came to Leading Elephants for help with:
1. Merging three organizations into one
2. Navigating a redesign of their central office
3. Redesigning their academic team
What Leading
Elephants did
—Facilitated merger conversations
—Developed the change management plan
—Reconstituted the leadership team
—Advised the new COO and CAO in day to day leadership
What our
partner did
—Created a new academic model
—Selected curriculum
—Developed consistent academic practices
—Advised the organization design of the Academic Team