Kathy Longaker is the founder of ACTIVESTRIDES Coaching. She believes we all can have successful careers that also support our desired lifestyle. Kathy leads by example through her own career and athletic achievements.
Kathy is a graduate of CTA (Coach Training Alliance), an ICF accredited Personal Coaching program and holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University.
Professionally, Kathy possesses over 12 years of project management, corporate employee mentoring, consulting and athletic coaching experience. Kathy’s years in the corporate world include roles such as IT Project Manager for Accenture, a Services Director for an HR incentive web-based startup, and an operations manager for a triathlon retail and coaching business. Through her management roles, Kathy has led multi-million dollar system implementation teams, guided individuals through challenging tasks and mentored many employees through difficult career transitions.
Kathy brings her corporate professionalism, personal career transition experience, project management expertise, professional coaching background and unlimited energy to each coaching session. Kathy’s coaching style uses a blend of intuition, mentoring experience, and a strong focus on taking action. In order for clients to make lasting decisions, she encourages each client to properly understand their career history, desires, personal obstacles, talents and interests. Kathy’s approach encourages clients to take daily action and constantly move forward.
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Kathy’s clients and colleagues describe her supportive, bright, a leader by example, easy to connect with, and always full of energy. Kathy currently resides in San Francisco and enjoys exploring the outdoors through sailing, skiing, trail running, soccer and triathlons. She also extends her athletic interests as an outdoor bootcamp fitness instructor. (PacWest Atheltics)
