As a Work-Life Strategist for high-level performers, Hemda focuses on leadership effectiveness and career mobility in the context of personal and organizational well-being. She provides an environment of hospitality in which clients benefit from support, perspective, and skill building. Hemda conducts strategy sessions on topics such as Personal Branding, Internal and External Communications, 360 Feedback/Performance Reviews, Meaningful Events, and Leader/Team Success Factors. She incorporates findings and tools from behavioral science research, including emotional resilience and flourishing in the workplace, in working with her clients to design and implement approaches that boost performance and quality of life.
Hemda has coached innovative executives, entrepreneurs, and other leaders in a wide range of industries and functions, including Finance, Technology, Human Resources, the Military, Publishing, Higher Education, Law, Executive Staffing, Healthcare, Fashion, Food and Beverage, and Professional Sports. As a content strategist and writer, Hemda’s work has included partnering with individual and organizational clients on professional talks, autobiographical and other branding and marketing materials, blogs, book projects, and philanthropic case statements. She has conducted interviews for feature articles and as a podcast host and producer, including interviewing former NBA and WNBA players and other pro athletes.
Hemda provided coaching and developed and facilitated learning sessions through global leadership development and career mobility programs, as well as national talent reassignment programs at JPMorgan Chase for over 13 years. In the context of DEI initiatives, she provided career advancement coaching for programs including Women in Latin America. She was part of a team that created tailored learning and development experiences for individual lines of business and employee networking groups. She also coached technology innovators participating in a global leadership development program for top performers. In addition to serving as an external coach for other industry-defining organizations with global reach, Hemda has been a member of advisory boards and an internal leader in Healthcare and Higher Education.
Hemda earned an Ed.M. in Psychological Counseling and a M.A. in Organizational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also served as an elected member of the Alumni Council and chaired the Metro NY Alumni Club Community Relations Committee. She is a former board member of the NY Chapter of the Association for Career Professionals International.
Hemda completed a B.S. in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Human Resource Management at Cornell University. She is a Board Certified Coach specializing in Executive and Leadership Coaching, a Certified Health and Well-being Coach, and is both certified and licensed (NYS) in Mental Health Counseling. Hemda is also certified in Team Coaching and as an administrator of the Hogan Personality Assessment Suite and the Center for Creative Leadership’s 360 feedback assessments. She is trained in Image Consulting and Mediation.
Hemda is a first-generation American. She lives in Battery Park City, New York with her husband and two daughters.