Meet Kristen

Kristen spent nearly 20 years in entertainment, media, and tech, at companies including Creative Artists Agency, Miramax, IDG, and Allergan. Everywhere she worked, she saw the same pattern: unresolved friction quietly wearing down productivity, trust, and morale. In 2020 she founded Brightside Team Coaching to do something about it.

She is a certified Organization and Relationship Systems Coach (CRR Global), a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and an ICF Associate Certified Coach, and holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Her clients have included Yale University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Kristen spent three years in Rio de Janeiro, where she founded Carioca Coaching and served clients from eight countries. She speaks conversational Portuguese.

Outside of work, she’s an avid rock climber, kitesurfer, and yoga practitioner. Her favorite role, though, is mom to her son, Wyatt.