To help managers
be the kind of
manager they would
want to work for

Cristina is a program manager for Elevate Leadership. She facilitates client and coach relations for workshops and coaching, handles logistics of scheduling, and is the link to Elevate’s founders for easy flow of communication.

Cristina has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from George Washington University and is an entrepreneur in the niche market of women’s health. With over 10 years in healthcare, she knows the value of excellent customer service and believes organization and systems drive a wonderful client experience.

Cristina enjoys being active outdoors, spending time with her husband and three kids and has a never-ending desire to travel and learn.

Dale Saxman supports all things sales and revenue for Elevate Leadership. She comes to Elevate with 15 years of experience helping early stage companies create, scale, and problem-solve their sales organizations. Her career includes tenure at unicorns like Tesla, Twitter, Gusto, and Samsara where she has helped scale revenue organizations from zero revenue to $100Ms while creating cultures of empowerment, inclusivity, and accountability. She has been part of 3 successful IPOs, but more importantly, has been instrumental in launching hundreds of successful sales careers.

Dale received her BA from Princeton University and MS from Duke University, and when she’s not selling, you can find her playing with her kids, running with her dog, swinging a tennis racket, or reading.

Hannah leads customer strategy and success at Elevate Leadership. Drawing from over 8 years of experience, she’s specialized in building and scaling high-performing teams. She knows first-hand the vital role that quality coaching and training play in enhancing employee engagement, performance, and retention.

Hannah’s passion lies in forging robust relationships with people leaders, founded on mutual trust and shared value. She has made it her personal mission to align and empower customers with science-backed tools and resources with a goal of helping them cultivate inspiring leaders who, in turn, create an improved work environment for their teams.

Hannah holds a BBA degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Beyond her professional endeavors, she revels in the great outdoors, traveling, cooking and sharing moments of adventure with her husband, two children, and pup, Milo.

Jess is an experienced sales executive, advisor, and consultant. Driven by a deep commitment to helping others tap into their inner excellence, she takes pride in bringing action-oriented, science-based and practical management training to businesses of all sizes.

With 15 years experience as a sales leader in tech companies such as Checkr, Monster ad Automic Software, Jess understands first-hand how critical manager coaching and training is to sustained organizational growth. In her career she consistently outperformed sales targets, transformed underperforming teams, spearheaded global programs that improved sales productivity by more than 3x.

Jess earned her B.S. from Colorado State University. When she isn’t championing Elevate’s mission, she can be found on a trail somewhere outside her hometown of Boulder, CO, with her three kids, husband, and new pup, Ziggy.

Lia Bliss is a seasoned professional in the realm of social media, particularly LinkedIn. With a background as a Strategy and Sales Enablement Director and LinkedIn Sales Trainer, Lia's expertise lies in understanding LinkedIn algorithms, social selling, and building online engagement.

Lia is also a mindset coach, empowering others to live their best "Bliss Life". She is known for her engaging speaking skills and her ability to help sales leaders and their teams master their online presence. She believes in the power of writing and encourages everyone to hone this skill.

Lindsey is an Executive Coach and Leadership Development Trainer. After years as an executive in clean-tech, where she was SVP of sales, she realized her true passion was in leadership coaching and organizational development. She loves to help individuals, teams and organizations evolve and grow. Her superpower is partnering with People and HR leaders to develop the perfect program to train their managers and scale their organizations.

Lindsey brings the perspective and understanding of what it is like to sit in the seat. Over her tenure, she successfully managed turnarounds increasing sales by 1000%, led $200 million business units, and delivered a billion dollars in enterprise sales. As SVP of sales, she scaled a sales organization - created the vision, culture, go-to-market strategy and developed the talent and established the play books to drive success. She has helped sell two companies and led teams through all the change that comes with new ownership.

Lindsey studied at Harvard Business School and Middlebury College. She is certified in New Ventures West Coaching to Excellence, DISC, Booth, and Center for Creative Leadership 360 assessments. Lindsey is also a First Round Capital Mentor. When she is not with her clients, she is mountain biking, skiing, and spending time with her family.

In London and Silicon Valley, Lucy has spent over a decade coaching Founders, CEOs, executive teams and leaders of all levels. She’s spent thousands of hours helping them work through challenges, communicate effectively, achieve their goals, and lead their people. Lucy has deep expertise in designing, writing and running management workshops that people remember and enjoy. She has designed large-scale, multi-year management development training programs over the last 8 years in various size companies across the US.

Her background is in cognitive neuropharmacology and vision and brain development, which is all about understanding the relationships between the brain and human behavior. Based on her background and her experience coaching and training the best and brightest leaders, she knows what works. She loves nothing more than creating really relevant, actionable content so as many people as possible can feel well equipped and confident to lead.

Lucy is an Oxford University graduate with a Bachelors and a Masters in Experimental Psychology and she specialized in neuroscience. She has diplomas with distinction in Corporate & Executive Coaching and Personal Performance Coaching from The Coaching Academy, U.K. She also has a National Diploma in Fine Art from Wimbledon School of Art & Design. In her spare time Lucy loves swimming and painting canvases for family and friends.

Matt leads B2B and growth marketing for Elevate Leadership. Matt has extensive experience partnering with founders at early and growth-stage startups, especially in growth marketing, marketing strategy and operations, and business development.

Matt has a Bachelor degree from Dartmouth College, cum laude. A strong believer in mentorship, Matt serves on the board of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network of DC, and has been involved in a number of non-profit initiatives supporting the LGBTQ+ community.

Matt enjoys going on backpacking adventures, exploring the neighborhood with his partner, and reading memoirs and first novels.

Meri is a dedicated member of the Business Solutions team at Elevate Leadership and is passionate about building relationships with People & Talent teams to make a significant impact on the business world, one manager at a time. With nearly a decade of experience on people/talent teams at high growth companies herself, Meri's unique blend of knowledge allows her to create a holistic and effective approach to driving employee experience. Her first-hand experience has proven instrumental in fostering high levels of productivity, reducing turnover, and enhancing employee engagement.

A New Yorker born & raised, cultivating efficiencies and driving engagement in a NY minute is her style. Outside of her professional life, she is a true science nerd at heart and loves spending time in nature with her husband and fur baby in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Meri graduated with her undergraduate degree from Elon University and has a Masters in Education from SUNY Buffalo, where she studied science. Her passion for education, science and human resources meet at the point of hard data and empathy.

Tifa is our talented and experienced copywriter who specializes in creating SEO-friendly, relevant and actionable content for Elevate.

With a strong background in lead generation through blog writing, Tifa has worked with notable companies such as Mindvalley and Mednefits. Tifa's expertise in email marketing has also allowed her to collaborate with marketing coaches, providing top-notch services to their clients. When not working, Tifa loves to stay active by practicing yoga and playing computer games. She is also an avid reader of fiction, constantly seeking out new and exciting stories to indulge in.