Dana Merkel, MOL, PCC

Consultant, Coach & Facilitator

Dana serves as a holistic, developmental and transformational coach helping individuals and organizations thrive in this chaotic landscape of rapid change to remain competitive in today’s world. To accomplish this, she works with individuals, groups and teams to identify strengths and growth areas tailored to each unique individual. Her coaching philosophy begins with bringing her authentic self to the coaching process using open, direct and honest communication. Everything she does in her work with clients is designed to work towards helping them attain their specific goals in alignment with the organization’s overarching mission. Coaching sessions provide a safe, confidential and highly encouraging conversational process. Focus areas in her work with senior executives, emerging leaders and their teams include: leadership of self, leadership of the business and leadership of others; organizational change/transformation; communication/emotional intelligence and strategic career planning. Clients describe Dana as easy to connect with, open, supportive and a life changer.

 As an Executive Coach, Dana brings more than twenty years’ experience in business acumen, professional services, leadership, business development/marketing, product development, business process re-engineering, risk management, organization assessment, organization transformation and human development in both corporate and consulting areas. In the corporate area, she’s held VP/Director level roles in the financial and retail industries where she led several successful business development and organizational transformation efforts. Her breadth and depth of business acumen is drawn from her experience working with small startups to large global Fortune 500 organizations. Her expertise includes results-based coaching for increased individual and team performance ensuring alignment between the individual’s development objectives and the organization’s strategy.

On a personal note, Dana values creating and sustaining positive and healthy human connections in life as reflected in her family and friendships of thirty years. She is an entrepreneur, lifelong learner and enjoys being surrounded by nature.

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Professional Highlights

  • 20+ year’s business acumen

  • 10 years cross-cultural experience

  • Deep expertise in finance, professional services, leadership, business development, marketing, product development, business process re-engineering, risk assessment, organization assessment, organization transformation and human development in both corporate and consulting areas

  • Held VP and Director roles in her mid-thirty’s

Industry Experience

  • Finance / Banking

  • Retail

  • Technology / Engineering

  • Healthcare

  • Biotech

  • Legal

  • Energy

  • Management Consulting

  • Defense & Space / Government

Certifications & Education

  • International Coaching Federation, PCC

  • EI Practitioner by GENOS

  • M.A., Organizational Leadership – Systems & Global, Regent University

  • B.S., Business Administration, VCU

  • Career Development Coach, LHH

  • Career Transition Coach, LHH

  • Conscious Business Coaching, BetterUp