Rebecca Zucker
Partner
San Francisco
Rebecca@NextStepPartners.com

Rebecca Zucker specializes in executive and leadership development as well as career transition. She has coached individuals throughout the United States and Europe, from the manager level to CEO, and has worked with numerous executive teams.

Recent projects include designing a conflict management session for the 50 top executives at a privately-held food company, delivering sessions on coaching for performance to a pharmaceutical company and to a major strategy consulting firm, and leading career development workshops at MBA programs at Stanford, UCLA, Duke, Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Denver. Her clients have included Hewlett Packard, Genentech, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company, Mellon Capital and the Sloan Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Rebecca was previously an Associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and later worked as a Vice President at Robertson Stephens, where she ran training and development for over 300 investment banking professionals. She has also worked for Disney Consumer Products in Paris as Manager of Strategic Planning for Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Rebecca has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, among other publications on career and workplace issues. While at Disney, she was also named one the top rising businesswomen by Working Woman.

Rebecca graduated as Valedictorian from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, with a major in International Business & Economics, and holds an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Rebecca's professional coaching certification is from The Coaches Training Institute.

Michael Melcher
Partner
New York
Michael@NextStepPartners.com

Michael Melcher is based in New York. Michael focuses on career transition, leadership development and communications effectiveness. He has particular expertise in working in international environments and is an instrumental part of Next Step Partners international expansion. Michael has a background in business, law and government and is also an accomplished writer.

Recent projects include preparing the founder of a major U.S. corporation for an upcoming media tour; working with a professional services firm to develop a retention and leadership development strategy; and creating a communications document for New York City's leading school-reform organization that was distributed to 370,000 households. His clients have included BDO Seidman, Katzenbach Partners LLC, The Open Society Institute, Simpson Thacher & Barlett, LLP, the business schools at Duke, Harvard, UCLA, Yale, Carnegie-Mellon and Minnesota, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and individual executives at a variety of companies.

Michael's professional experiences include founding a venture-backed internet company, working as a securities lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, serving as a Foreign Service Officer in India and Taiwan, and working as a management consultant.

Michael's publications includes a novel, The Student Body, co-authored with three college classmates under the pen-name "Jane Harvard," as well as several articles on legal and business themes. He is the author of The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction.

Michael holds a JD/MBA from Stanford University and a BA, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. Michael's professional coaching certification is from The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, California.

Heather Corcoran
Partner
San Francisco
Heather@NextStepPartners.com

Heather Corcoran specializes in leadership and management development. She works with both individuals and teams and focuses on the twin goals of improving business results and personal effectiveness.

With more than seven years of consulting and executive coaching experience, Heather has worked with a variety of leading organizations including Bain & Company, Lucasfilm, the Sloan Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Oracle, Genentech, Walmart.com, Yahoo and Point B Solutions Group.

Previously, Heather held senior marketing positions with growing companies and organizations in the U.S. and abroad. She served as Director of Marketing for Schoolpop, Inc., a marketing loyalty company, and Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., a coffee wholesaler and retailer, where over a five-year period she contributed to successive annual growth rates of 20%.

A native of Toronto, Canada, Heather holds a B.A. from McGill University and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management. Heather's professional coaching certifications are from The Coaches Training Institute and New Ventures West. She has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal and other media publications on business career issues.

Jordan Stark
Partner
San Francisco
Jordan@NextStepPartners.com

Jordan Stark has over twelve years of experience coaching leaders in the U.S. and Europe on executive effectiveness and career transition. Her clients include CEOs and other executives in major organizations as well entrepreneurs. Jordan also consults with business to implement strategic change, establish leadership development programs and increase team effectiveness.

Her recent projects include creating biannual leadership programs for the managers and executives of a growing consumer goods company; coaching executives at investment, strategy and search firms to improve their leadership and professional effectiveness; facilitating a senior team offsite for an insurance organization implementing strategic change; developing a leadership competency model to support the growth of a rapidly expanding professional services firm; and helping to build an internal coaching network at a major consulting organization.

Jordan's clients have included AT&T, Audi, Bain & Co., Clorox, Ernst & Young, Gap Inc., Genentech, Hewlett Packard, KPMG, Old Navy, Prides Capital, Spencer Stuart, and Volkswagen. Jordan's professional background includes working as a Director for London-based Nicholson McBride, a top strategic human resources consulting firm, and several years running her own consulting practice.

Jordan has served as an executive coach for the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs' Next Gen CEO program, a program that helps up-and-coming women leaders make the transition to CEO. She has appeared on BBC Television, given radio interviews and written several articles on workplace issues.

Jordan graduated summa cum laude from U.C Berkeley in psychology and earned a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in England. Jordan's professional coaching certification is from The Coaches Training Institute.

Melissa Karz
Senior Consultant
Los Angeles
Melissa@NextStepPartners.com

Melissa Karz helps highly capable people, teams and organizations be and stay at their best. She partners with her clients to reach their next success by leveraging their strengths. Melissa's background combines substantial organizational consulting experience with leadership development, training, executive coaching, and career management expertise. Melissa has developed and led seminars on a variety of topics including activating your leadership effectiveness, coaching for leaders, giving effective feedback, and professional relationship building effectiveness. Melissa has coached managers and executives at companies including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Agilent Technologies, Health Net Inc, and O'Neil Industries and previously worked as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Human Capital Solutions practice. Melissa earned an MBA from UCLA and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a certified executive coach with Lore International Institute and is a graduate of The Coaches Training Institute. Melissa serves on the Board of PIHRA, Women in Organization Development, and the Anderson School of Management Alumni Association and has been featured in the LA Times as well as Fortune Magazine.

Deb Rosenbloom
Senior Consultant
Boston
Deb@NextStepPartners.com

Deb Rosenbloom is a Career and Executive Coach, specializing in career management networking. She has led training for organizations including Harvard University's Business Leadership Program, The Wharton School of Business, Bentley College Alumni Organization and Northeastern University. She has presented on career management strategies, personal marketing plan development, networking for success, interviewing best practices and women's leadership issues. An experienced executive recruiter, Deb was formerly with Russell Reynolds Associates where she recruited top executives for clients ranging from large multi-national corporations to early stage, venture backed companies. Deb started her career with the U.S. National Security Agency as a cryptologic mathematician and was later a Management Consultant with Bain & Company, Inc. She earned an M.B.A. with distinction from The Wharton School of Business, and a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. Deb serves on the Board of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, and in leadership roles with The Young Professionals of the Boston Public Library Fund and The Esplanade Association.

Juliet Saxe
Senior Consultant
San Francisco
Juliet@NextStepPartners.com

Juliet Saxe is a consultant and executive coach who works with companies and nonprofit institutions to improve individual and organizational performance. Her background in the fields of business and psychology gives her a unique understanding of the dynamics of workplace success and satisfaction.

Juliet has extensive professional experience in market research as well as coaching and counseling. She has worked with private-sector companies including Amgen, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Hanes, as well as several major nonprofit organizations. Her projects have included developing training programs; interviewing and assessing market trends in the healthcare and consumer sectors; and developing and interpreting quantitative surveys.

Juliet was previously a highly successful senior manager at Telephia, a fast-growing and innovative start-up in the wireless sector. Before transitioning her interpersonal, research and consulting skills into business, Juliette was a staff researcher at the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, and held management positions in several mental health organizations.

Juliet graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Psychology and earned Masters and Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles, California.

Shannon Small
Senior Consultant
San Francisco
Shannon@NextStepPartners.com

Shannon Small is a highly skilled coach as well as an experienced manager and strategy consultant. Shannon brings to her coaching and leadership development work not only the acumen of a seasoned business professional, but also the strength of a collegiate All-American athlete and the resilience of a Breast Cancer survivor. Shannon works with individuals, teams and organizations in a variety of industries. She has coached clients ranging from CEO's and senior managers to students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her clients have included professionals at Xerox, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Mercer Management Consulting, Wachovia, Leap Frog, and SAP. She is also an experienced speaker and workshop leader. Committed to empowering members of her communities, Shannon currently sits on the alumni board of the Yale School of Management Alumni Board as well as the Association of Women MBAs of the Bay Area. She is a devoted community volunteer and avid world traveler.

Shannon holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BS from Northwestern University. Her coaching certification is from New Ventures West, and she has completed additional coaching coursework from Coaches Training Institute.