Hemda draws on her background in Executive Coaching, Healthcare Operations Leadership, and Content Strategy in her most recent focus: coaching families who manage the care of loved ones with chronic health conditions in the home. Hemda’s work as a family coach is informed by her personal experience in managing her parents’ care for over nine years after the onset of stroke and Parkinson’s.
Hemda partners with families to create stability so they can take care of themselves and their loved one. She interfaces with the family and care team to facilitate change management, conflict resolution, and decision-making. Hemda strategizes with families to build resilience and make work-life adjustments that support wellbeing. She also collaborates on personal adjustments that enable the family unit to function more synergistically and in concert with the loved one’s wishes and legacy. Her goal is to support families in converting hardship into growth and finding meaning that fuels their effectiveness as care managers.
Hemda served as a coach for Leadership Development, Career Advancement, and Talent Reassignment programs at JPMorgan Chase for over 12 years. She was an Administrative Director and the Director of Special Projects for the Medicine Department at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, and the Director of Alumni Relations at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Hemda earned an Ed.M. in Psychological Counseling and M.A. in Organizational Psychology at Teachers College, where she also served as an elected member of the Alumni Council and chaired the Metro NY Alumni Club Community Relations Committee.
Hemda completed a B.S. in Hospitality Management with a concentration in Human Resources at Cornell University. She is a Board Certified Coach, a Certified Health and Well-being Coach, and is both certified and licensed (NYS) in Mental Health Counseling. Hemda is certified in Team Coaching and is trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Image Consulting, and Mediation.
As a first-generation American who was raised in a family-run business, Hemda knows family dynamics. She lives in Battery Park City, New York with her husband and daughters.