emily lily
Leadership coach
culture strategist
business catalyst
I’m Emily Lily (they/them) - Leadership Coach, Culture Strategist, and Business Catalyst with over a decade of experience helping mission-driven organizations create inclusive, emotionally intelligent, and values-aligned workplaces.
My work lives at the intersection of strategy and soul. I bring a trauma-informed, compassion-centered approach rooted in intersectionality, neurodiversity, and collective care.
I’ve partnered with city governments, nonprofits, social justice organizations, and startups - teams who are ready to align their internal culture with their external mission. I’m currently deepening my leadership practice through DIVERGENT, a two-year program focused on decolonial and non-traditional leadership models.
At the heart of all my work is this belief: when people feel seen, supported, and empowered, they create ripples of transformation that extend far beyond the workplace.
- Emily
"Emily has a natural gift for the work of coaching. They will prompt you, listen, offer concrete homework and follow up to keep you engaged in your own work. They are a superbly intuitive listener and will meet you with the same intensity that you bring to your process. The combination of hard skills and experience in leadership and professional development and their intuitive and spiritual practice is exactly what I was looking for in a coach. Emily has helped me be a better mentor, helped me come into my power as a woman in leadership and has helped me find my ways to spiritual practices that enrich my inner life and calm my outer existence."
Sarah H - Nonprofit Executive Director
"Emily is truly a visionary leader who embodies their core values every step of the way. Through compassion, integrity, and by always prompting those around them to ask, “what can I do differently?”, Emily seamlessly integrates personal growth with professional development. Like a true leader, they raise up those around them to reach their full potential. Guiding the way with emotional intelligence, Emily has crafted the most inclusive, engaging, and heart-centered culture that I have ever experienced at any workplace. It is an absolute honor to work with Emily."
Laura W - Recruiting & Engagement Manager
“It’s such a wonderful thing to work with someone who brings integrity to their work. Emily is so perfect for the workplace culture, equity and leadership work because they bring their authentic self to the work and does not require of others what they will not do themself. My experience with Emily is that their calming, professional demeanor created an opportunity for the team to be honest, vulnerable and open to opportunities to lean in, reflect and embrace the changes that were necessary for professional growth and for the benefit of the organization. Emily is talented, experienced and an amazing advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion with the organizations that have been so fortunate to work with them and benefit from their expertise."
Sonya M - Community Engagement Manager
