Jesse Torrence is an Executive Coach and Organizational Development Consultant who helps mission-driven leaders and their teams unfold their full potential and achieve impact and equanimity in their professional and personal lives.
Using a holistic, systems approach to understanding the whole person and the whole organization, he empowers executives and their teams with new habits, structures, and processes that make their personal lives and their organizations more integrated, resilient, balanced, and productive. Jesse draws on cutting-edge research and best practices in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, organizational behavior, design thinking, and contemplative practices like mindfulness to help individuals and groups do three main things: generate deep self-awareness, insight, understanding, and confidence; build compassionate self-management and conscious communication skills; and inspire purposeful, courageous, focused, and efficient action.
Born and raised in Oklahoma and Ohio, Jesse has studied, worked, and lived abroad in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He earned BAs in Economics and International Relations from Stanford, an MPA in International Development from Harvard, and his professional coaching certification from the Co-Active Training Institute. Earlier in his career, Jesse launched and led a variety of social impact organizations engaged with topics ranging from HIV prevention to citizen diplomacy to tech entrepreneurship to mindfulness education. In addition to having worked extensively with K-12 schools in and around the nation’s capital, Jesse also worked for the Obama Campaign and the World Bank and spent 10 years advising social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, political candidates, and elected officials in the US and abroad. In 2020, Jesse helped launch Elevate – an anti-racism and decolonization initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. Jesse lives with his wife and two kids in the Chicago suburbs on the shores of Lake Michigan where he enjoys family time outside, Salsa dancing in the kitchen, philosophy, poetry, sci-fi, and piano. He is the grateful recipient of a heart transplant.
Education & Credentials
- BAs in Economics and International Relations, Stanford University
- Masters in Public Administration in International Development, Harvard University
- Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Co-active Training Institute
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation