Bio
Sandy is an international business and executive coach through her firm, Positive Shift Coaching. An engaging coach, consultant and facilitator, her programs support increased engagement, effectiveness and productivity with individuals, teams and organizations by utilizing the science of Positive Psychology and skills gleaned from over 20 years of human resource and business leadership in life sciences & biotech, finance, sales, intellectual property, and non-profit firms. Sandy currently coaches and advises early to mid-stage start-ups and fast growing global firms in domain spaces including healthcare, high-tech, medical devices, biotech, pharmaceuticals and contract research and manufacturing.
Sandy is one of the first 80 people in the world with a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a certified coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also a certified Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner through the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at Champlain College. Sandy has taught Psychology and Positive Psychology at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont and Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio and Human Resources at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She has also contributed to several books, most recently “Character Strengths Matter-How to Live a Full Life” and “Making Hope Happen-Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others”.
