Perri Strawn

Perri Strawn, PhD, is an executive coach and leadership development expert specializing in coaching senior executives and mid-career high-performing leaders. Perri’s work with clients combines a focus on generating highly practical solutions to immediate challenges with support to develop clients’ long-term capacity to live and work from a place of resilience, wisdom and power. Perri is proud to be certified in DYL, and uses DYL exercises and approach in coaching engagements to help clients gain clarity and alignment. Perri holds a BS in Journalism (Northwestern) and a PhD in social-cultural anthropology (Yale). She is a Fellow with Harvard University’s Institute of Coaching and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the ICF. As a trained meditation teacher, she uses a variety of mindfulness approaches to support client growth. In her 17+ years as an executive at The Advisory Board Company and EAB in Washington, DC, she was instrumental in launching several businesses. As an independent leadership consultant and executive coach she has worked with hundreds of senior leaders across prominent healthcare, media, professional services and technology firms.