I lead a team of exceptionally talented, open-hearted coaches specializing in helping people communicate with clarity, credibility, and real presence.

We shape our work around each organization’s needs and culture, informed by decades of experience in performer training, conflict resolution, high-stakes communication, and mind-body integration.

Areas We Focus On
Whether you’re preparing for a specific event, or seeking more wide-ranging growth, we focus on areas that make a meaningful difference:

Foundational Communication Skills

• Clarifying communication goals

• Shaping clear and effective messages

• Connecting with what matters to you and your audience

• Using stories and examples to make your message land

Presence and Confidence

• Being grounded and responsive in real-world conditions

• Embodying authentic presence

• Learning the art of vibrant relaxation

Working with Challenging Realities

• Preparing effectively for moments that matter

• Responding skillfully when the stakes are high or the room is charged

• Working well with stress and anxiety (rather than trying to eliminate them)

Initial Consultation
If you’re looking for coaching in public speaking or other aspects of communication, let’s begin with a conversation to see if we’re a good fit. We’ll want to hear about your needs and context, answer questions you have, and share something about our work.

Fees
Our hourly, daily, and weekly rates depend on the specific context of each project. For more information, please contact us using the form on this page.

Non-Profit Fees
We offer a sliding scale for non-profit organizations. Please contact us using the form on this page, and give us a sense of what you're looking for.

Locations

• In-person work can be at your location

• Work at our studios in Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, Canada is also available

• Remote public speaking or communication coaching is available for organizations anywhere in the world.

Clients
We’re drawn to clients who are passionate about what they do, care about being successful and about their impact on the world, and have a high level of commitment to their own development.

Our clients include leaders from companies that are major innovators in their domains as well as non-profits and government agencies working for the benefit of our communities and our world:

OUR TEAM

I am driven to help people learn to communicate – and feel more confidence and enjoyment as they do – to benefit themselves, their audiences, and the world.

Soon after I began teaching in 1999, I realized that cookie-cutter approaches to communication training don’t create fundamental, lasting change. I founded Voice Coach L.A. to offer a highly individualized, practical inquiry into what really helps each client.

My clients include corporate and non-profit leaders, TED speakers and Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actors and producers. I’ve taught at NYU, and given public workshops in Boston, Los Angeles, NYC, and San Francisco, and internationally in Barcelona, Bogota, Dublin, Havana, Ljubljana, London, Paris, Santiago, Shanghai, and Vancouver.

I am Director Emeritus of The Fitzmaurice Institute. Founded by Catherine Fitzmaurice, this approach to developing the voice – offering a deep and practical exploration of the dynamics between body, breath, imagination, language, and presence – is now taught at Yale, Harvard, NYU, and hundreds of other institutions worldwide.

In addition to voice and public speaking coaching, I do a wide range of communication-related teaching and consulting: I’ve taught theater games to Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, consulted for the municipal government of Prague in their transition to democracy, done conflict resolution in educational institutions (and at a Zen center), and taught creativity workshops in Russia.

• MA in Buddhist Studies, Columbia University (1996)

• Three-year Somatic Experiencing Professional Training – stress resilience & nervous system regulation (2017)

• Certified Senior Teacher and lead teacher-trainer, Fitzmaurice Voicework® (2004)

• Three-year Foundation Training –- early life experience reframing (2023)

I'm passionate about helping people communicate. I help clients connect to what matters, develop confidence and presence, listen well, and speak impactfully. I also help people improve their ability to distill complex information into vividly clear language.

I’m a tenured professor at Concordia University in Montreal, where I've received awards for both Distinguished Teaching and Academic Leadership. My research focuses on how professionals and performers can increase their stress resilience at a nervous system level, transforming nervousness and other challenges into vibrant, committed communication.

• MFA in Acting, Temple University (2009)

• Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®

• Four levels of training (1.5 years) in Somatic Experiencing™ – stress resilience & nervous system regulation

• Multi-award winning actor, director, writer, sound designer and producer

• Consultant with The Humphrey Group – one of Canada’s premiere leadership communication firms (since 2012)

I specialize in helping people achieve their voice and communication-related goals. I've led presentation skills workshops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, London, Cambridge, Ghent, Heidleberg, and Dublin, in corporate and university settings. I've also had a joyful 30-year career as a performer on stage, screen, and behind the microphone.

• MFA in Acting, Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre (1998)

• Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®

I’m a speech writer specializing in high stakes communications requiring passion, clarity, and cultural sensitivity. I serve as the Associate Director of Strategic Communications for UCLA. Before that, I served as Senior Policy Advisor at the ACLU of Southern California and was the Southern California Director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance/Bend the Arc.

In addition to speech writing, and my own public speaking, I consult for trials and advise on equity, diversity, and inclusion strategy for various organizations. I have a deep passion for civil rights advocacy and have written or co-written several books on race, the arts, and politics.

• JD Stanford Law School (2000)