Sara started coaching in 2000 after being trained by her father, Dave Ellis, one of the founders of the coaching industry.
She assists individuals and teams to make life-altering, lasting improvements in the areas of leadership, strategic planning, productivity, communication, and time management.
Between her tenures as a coach, Sara was a Manager at Deloitte Consulting specializing in training, facilitation, change management, communication, and organization design. She managed the launch of Deloitte’s sustainability and corporate responsibility practice, where she managed a team of 10 and grew revenue from $0 to $150 million over 3 years.
Sara divides her time between the Bay Area where she lives with her two children, ages 14 and 10, and Maine where she lives with her two step-children, ages 15 and 13. Thankfully her husband is a commercial airline pilot, which makes their bi-coastal life together possible. Sara refills her cup by exercising in nature with loved ones.
Education & Credentials
- MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- BA, Stanford University
- Advanced Falling Awake coach training
- Rockwood Leadership Institute
- Certified yoga teacher
Clients that have benefited from Sara’s support are across sectors, including non-profit (Biomimicry Institute, Help A Mother Out, Net Impact, New Media Ventures, Opportunity Collaboration, RSF Social Finance, Tara Health Foundation, Tides, United Nations Foundation, Young Women Social Entrepreneurs), public (City of San Francisco – multiple departments, City of Santa Ana, Denver Public Schools, UC Berkeley), venture-funded tech companies (Inkling, Newsela, Phylagen, YesWare), and large corporations (Amazon, Applied Materials, Autodesk, Capital One, Chevron, Clorox, Deloitte, Gap Inc., Google, Pfizer).