Our team

Rachael Davila, Director of Navigation

Rachael Davila manages scheduling and operations for Peaceful Direction, building business systems that keep the practice running smoothly. She also works directly with clients on engagement management.

Rachael is the owner of Extra Hands VA, and has been running a business supporting other small businesses for nearly two decades.

Our partners

Sometimes, a coaching engagement is too big for a single coach to handle. And clients often require a different style, background or worldview from their coach. That’s where the power of teaming up comes in. The following coaches are Peaceful Direction Partners, fellow travelers who collaborate with Alan on coaching projects.

  • Ayana Coston, MSOD, PCC, CPCC

    Ayana is a passionate life and executive coach and facilitator. She has committed her career to helping her clients find purposeful, paying, and passion filled careers. She helps people LOVE the work they do and get paid for it while honoring their values and meeting the organization’s mission. She is also sought after to discuss the most sensitive of topics — including diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.

    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

    • Leadership Circle Profile

    • MBTI

    • DISC

    • StrengthsFinder

    • LUMA Human Centered Design Facilitator

  • DEEPTI GUDIPATI, MSOD, PCC (DG LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS)

    Deepti Gudipati, MSOD, PCC

    Deepti (DG Leadership Solutions) is a leadership coach, consultant and master facilitator with more than a dozen years of experience in leadership and organizational development. In that time, she has demonstrated an ability to coach across cultures, develop transformational programs, facilitate powerful conversations, and coach leaders at all levels – all for the sake of building organizations that work better, together.

    • Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University

    • Leadership Circle Profile

  • Jennifer Hart, MA, PCC

    Jennifer (Intelektularo) is an executive coach, trainer and consultant with a passion for bridging the gaps between leadership and communication and aligning stakeholders with divergent viewpoints. She helps expert practitioners increase their personal impact, be better colleagues and become great leaders.

    • Leadership Circle Profile 360

    • Everything DiSC

    • LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

    • Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team

    • MBTI

  • Grace Aduroja Kolker, JD

    Grace is an attorney and certified executive coach with more than five years of coaching experience and more than a decade of legal training with stints at multiple Top Tier Washington DC law firms. As a coach, Grace has an ability to get to the heart of the matter. She combines compassion, keen insights, support and accountability to empower clients to remove barriers preventing them from producing long-sought results.

    • Assistant Director, Office of Career Strategy, Georgetown University Law Center