We’re a team of bold, experienced leaders driven to spark growth for individuals, teams, and organizations ready to move forward with purpose.
Founder
Senior Associate
Leadership Coach
Executive & Leadership Coach, Author, Speaker
Executive Advisor & Lead Consultant
Leadership Coach
Executive Coach & Facilitator
Senior Associate
Project Management Coach
Leadership Coach
Leadership Coach
Founder, Scaling Strategies
Carrie-Ann has over twenty years of proven experience serving clients in the areas of business strategy, leadership development, executive coaching and system-wide organization change and development. Known as a results-driven, direct yet compassionate leader, her genuine and collaborative style, nuanced with a sense of humor, champions the goals of her clients.
As an Executive Coach with a successful background in entrepreneurship, Carrie-Ann knows first-hand the challenges faced by leadership, particularly in organizations preparing to scale.
In 2000, Carrie-Ann founded her first company, an information technology staffing company in Washington, DC with a three-year sales growth of 444.7%, achieving Inc. 500 status. She was featured in the Washingtonian Magazine as a Woman to Watch. She now focuses her energy on executive coaching for high performing leaders and teams. Scaling Strategies is the culmination of her passion for helping others achieve their greatness and business building.
She has an exceptional ability to engage senior executives to maximize their leadership and interpersonal skills, leverage results, build high performing teams, and move strategic and profitable change initiatives throughout their organization. Equally important is her passion for making work fun. She has a natural ability to disarm with positivity and humor and create a safe space for the real work of leadership development and team building.
Carrie-Ann’s credentials include:
Senior Associate
Sharon Gaskins is a seasoned senior executive who brings over 25 years of experience leading transformation efforts in school districts, local and state governments, and non-profit organizations. She has served as an organization leader, a trusted adviser to senior public officials, and a coach and consultant to public and non-profit leaders.
Sharon is a strategic leader who has successfully built teams that achieve measurable results for the communities they serve. As Deputy Education Officer for Mayor Michael Nutter, Sharon coordinated Philadelphia’s successful advocacy for increased state funding, leading to $51 million in additional funds for the district and the adoption of a new school funding formula. As a leader in the District of Columbia’s state education agency and school district, she executed initiatives that improved education outcomes for at-risk students and students with disabilities, including a program that led to math and reading gains for students in D.C.’s lowest performing schools. She also led multiple efforts to safely bring students and educators back into classrooms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a trusted leadership coach, Sharon has helped public sector leaders from across the nation navigate their professional growth, build high performing teams, and make a positive impact in their work.
Sharon couples her work background with a fresh perspective in all that she does. She understands the unique challenges that leaders face as they work to make sustainable, structural change. She is passionate about helping leaders tackle systemic challenges related to race, income, and disability status in order to achieve just and equitable outcomes for all.
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Leadership Coach
Amy Sareeram is a distinguished leader who leverages her deep expertise to help clients overcome obstacles and succeed in their personal and professional goals. As an executive coach, she has worked with clients spanning the globe, adeptly tailoring her approach to accommodate diverse cultural nuances and organizational exigencies.
Amy has partnered with leaders ranging from senior executives to first-time leaders to enhance their leadership proficiency, confidence, interpersonal skills, effective communication, resilience, and decision-making. She also expertly leads team coaching programs to enhance team trust, effectiveness, communication, and accountability.
Amy’s two decades of expertise in leading transformational change and building highly effective teams in both the public and private sectors gives her a unique perspective on the challenges individuals and teams confront. Within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, she led diverse teams addressing national security and criminal threats and successfully implemented two systemic organizational change management initiatives. Breaking barriers, she served as the first analyst in four senior leadership positions, leaving as the Deputy Assistant Director for Intelligence, where she was responsible for leading a team of over 350 individuals and a $100 million budget.
In the private sector, Amy served as the Managing Director of Aon’s Cyber Solutions Intelligence Practice where she led a global team conducting open, deep and dark web research and cyber investigations. Her practice routinely exceeded financial expectations through novel business development opportunities and team efficiencies.
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Executive & Leadership Coach, Author, Speaker
Vinay Kumar is a leadership coach and thought leader with over 35 years of experience in business and management across Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and federal government agencies. His coaching philosophy emphasizes inner growth as a pathway to outer success, helping clients challenge limiting beliefs and enhance self-awareness.
As co-author of “Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence,” Vinay’s insights are integrated into MBA and leadership programs at prestigious institutions, including NASA and Georgetown University. He has worked with diverse clients, including the US Secret Service and Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing on leaders from technical backgrounds.
Vinay’s extensive experience includes various roles in project management, business development, and client services. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University. His commitment to personal and professional growth is reflected in his multilingual abilities (English, Hindi, and Urdu) and his active engagement in community service, including conducting medical missions abroad.
Executive Advisor & Lead Consultant
Victoria Stattel is an executive advisor and former U.S. Naval officer who brings rare, lived credibility at the intersection of national security, executive leadership, strategic engagement, and transformation. Her work spans frontline military operations, Pentagon-level strategy, senior executive advisory, and high-stakes stakeholder engagement across the Department of Defense, interagency, Congress, and allied partners.
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Victoria spent over sixteen years embedded within the U.S. Navy and broader DoD ecosystem—first as a line officer and helicopter pilot, and later in strategic, policy, and advisory roles. Her military experience includes operational aviation, deep exposure to the Navy’s acquisition and maintenance enterprise, service in the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon, and deployment to Afghanistan, where she worked directly with senior command teams and international partners.
At the Pentagon, Victoria served as a senior advisor and speechwriter to flag officers, contributing to thought leadership and strategic visioning for Navy Irregular Warfare and future operating concepts. Her work focused on helping senior leaders anticipate and adapt to shifts driven by climate change, technology, and evolving threat environments—particularly in littoral and complex operational domains directly relevant to maritime geo-data and oceanographic capabilities.
During her deployment to Afghanistan, Victoria worked with the Strategic Action Group and represented the command in international and interagency settings, including engagements with NATO partners and Ministries of Interior and Defense in Jordan and Turkey. Though operating in a joint and coalition environment outside her home service, she quickly became a trusted representative of the command—advising, briefing, and engaging at the highest levels.
Following military service, Victoria continued to operate at the center of U.S. national security decision-making. She worked at the U.S. Institute of Peace, advising senior executives in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC), on strategy, policy, and future force considerations. She later joined Deloitte as a consultant supporting a rapid acquisition organization at DoD headquarters, contributing to strategic analysis and senior-level thought leadership, including materials used by organizational leadership to shape direction and priorities.
Victoria went on to become a founding executive of a boutique government-focused consulting firm, helping build and scale the business while continuing to serve senior leaders across DoD, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies. Her work included strategic engagement planning and execution for the VA’s Chief Acquisition Officer during the transformation of a $300B supply chain, preparation of congressional testimony, and advisory support for complex internal and external stakeholder environments. She has repeatedly served as a trusted speechwriter and strategic communications advisor to Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense and other senior executives navigating organizational change. In that role, she helped scale the business at ~75%+ compound annual growth rate, earning Inc. 5000 recognition three years in a row. She served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer.
Across these roles, a consistent throughline of Victoria’s work has been helping leaders move from where they are to where they need to go—by reframing strategy, narrative, and engagement to align with evolving realities. Her thought leadership has often taken the form of briefs, speeches, vision documents, and engagement strategies that enabled senior leaders to shift organizations internally and reposition externally with credibility.
Today, Victoria brings this depth of experience into her work as an executive advisor and coach, combining strategic consulting, contextual fluency, and transformational coaching. She is uniquely positioned to support leaders entering defense-adjacent and national security environments—helping them develop confidence, fluency, and presence while designing deliberate strategies for influence, engagement, and visibility.
Victoria lives in Washington, D.C. with her three children.
Leadership Coach
Ely S. Ross is an experienced senior executive, attorney, and veteran with 20+ years of experience optimizing processes and building programs for diverse state and federal agencies. He works to create nimble, organized, appropriately resourced organizations that can quickly pivot to address stakeholder and organizational concerns. As a transformational leader, Ely implements large-scale, lasting change by stabilizing and strengthening operations and removing barriers to shared success.
As an Executive Coach, Ely draws on his diverse leadership background and experience building high-performing teams to partner with his clients to accelerate individual and organizational performance. He is passionate about helping leaders and organizations tackle complex problems to reach their potential.
Ely’s previous work experiences deeply inform his coaching practice. Ely previously served as the Chief Operating Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools, overseeing the agency’s day-to-day operations and managing the agency’s $2.5 billion capital construction program. As the Chief of Staff for the Department of Parks and Recreation, he led operational and policy priorities related to the agency’s combined operating and capital budget of $218 million, more than 1,000 employees, and a diverse portfolio of 104 recreation facilities, 930 acres of green space, and 212 fields and playgrounds. DPR served more than 2 million visitors annually through expanded programming and facility access and was twice recognized as the best urban park system in the nation during Ely’s tenure. As the Director of the Office of Veterans Affairs, Ely built new programs from the ground up. These programs now serve over 10,000 veterans annually and provide an annual benefit of $3 million to the District’s veterans.
Before joining local government, Ely was a practicing attorney with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, where he focused on transportation law, economic regulation, administrative law, and alternative dispute resolution. Ely also served as a Presidential Management Fellow with the General Services Administration’s Public Building Service and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Asset and Enterprise Management.
Ely is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. His forward deployments included Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Executive Coach & Facilitator
Myrna Jackson is an executive coach and leadership consultant who helps leaders bridge the gap between potential and performance with clarity, courage, and purpose. She partners with executives, business owners, and teams to strengthen communication, build trust, and align purpose with performance.
Myrna has invested more than 1,000 hours coaching and developing hundreds of leaders across corporate, government, and nonprofit environments. Her approach blends strategy and empathy—grounded in a belief that integrity, self-awareness, and authentic leadership create meaningful impact. Clients value her calm presence, intuitive insight, and ability to help translate clarity into confident action.
Myrna’s perspective is shaped by more than twenty-five years of corporate leadership, program management, and organizational change experience with organizations including Lockheed Martin, UIC Government Services, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. This background allows her to bridge executive realities with the reflective depth of coaching, equipping leaders to navigate complexity with steadiness and intention.
At the heart of her work is a commitment to helping leaders show up with clarity, confidence, and purpose — and to make decisions aligned with who they are and what they value most.
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Senior Associate
Ken Coleman boasts an impressive 25-year career in government contracting, specializing in contract management, finance, and accounting. His journey includes managerial roles in the government contracting division of Argy, a prominent public accounting firm, and the position of Director of Finance and Operations at a thriving $500 million information technology company. Prior to founding Lewis-Price & Associates, Inc., Ken held key positions like CFO, COO, and director in companies with annual revenues spanning from $1 million to $200 million.
As a seasoned corporate leader, Ken has adeptly overseen all facets of business operations, demonstrating hands-on management and providing strategic guidance to clients. His expertise extends to tactical roles, actively participating in strategic planning, securing funding from banks and financing institutions, and ensuring organizations are well-prepared for expansion and growth.
Beyond his professional accomplishments, Ken is deeply committed to community service. He serves on the board of directors for Prosperity Media, a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to introducing youth to media arts. Additionally, he contributes to the Alexandria Olympic Boys and Girls Club Alumni Committee, actively supporting fundraising initiatives and campaigns.
Ken holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MBA with a concentration in Management from Strayer University. His wealth of experience and commitment to excellence make him a standout figure in the field of government contracting.
Project Management Coach
John Connolly, MLIS, PMP is an accomplished project management consultant and educator with over 15 years of experience helping organizations and professionals deliver successful projects with confidence and clarity.
As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) Instructor, John has trained and mentored hundreds of professionals, many of whom have gone on to earn certifications and take on key leadership roles in their organizations. His training sessions are known for being highly engaging, using real-world examples, interactive methods, and practical tools that stick.
John has led large-scale initiatives across sectors, helping teams implement project frameworks, streamline operations, and recover struggling projects. He has advised leadership teams on how to improve cross-functional collaboration, align stakeholders, and strengthen decision-making under pressure.
In prior engagements, his work has contributed to measurable improvements in delivery timelines, resource coordination, and project outcomes. With a strong commitment to service and self-determination, John sees project management as a people-centered discipline. He helps individuals and teams perform at their best, deliver meaningful results, and lead with intention.
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Leadership Coach
With over 30 years of Human Resources experience spanning a variety of roles, industries, and work environments including financial services, luxury retail, telecommunications, engineering, government contracting, and professional services, Janine knows first-hand the challenges that leaders and employees face within their organizations.
Janine has expertise in the areas of strategic planning, leadership and employee development, project management, operational excellence, training and development, and coaching. She specializes in helping organizations identify and solve underlying challenges, leading to improved team efficiency and performance, streamlined operations, and aligned processes.
Some of her successes include building and leading high-performing teams that are adaptive to organizational and environment challenges; utilizing assessment tools, focus groups, and data-driven analytics to identify and address gaps in business performance; developing and implementing processes to achieve operational excellence; increasing productivity through implementing onboarding efficiencies; increasing employee retention; and designing and implementing an internal coaching program.
Janine has worked with executives at many organizations to implement their HR strategies including Nextel Communications, Curtiss-Wright Corporation and YRCI.
Janine earned her professional coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), has a Masters of Business Administration from Fordham University (New York) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Rochester (New York).
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Leadership Coach
Alexandria Scobee is an accomplished Leadership Coach with nearly 20 years of experience dedicated to enhancing emotional intelligence, communication, long-term goal achievement, strategy planning, as well as personal and team development. Known for her innate curiosity and compassion, Alexandria embodies a “but why?” approach that drives her to explore deeper insights and foster meaningful conversations with her clients.
Throughout her diverse career, Alexandria has worked across multiple industries, including addictions within the Department of Corrections, mental health in hospitals, technology leadership in managed services and construction, and leadership development. This breadth of experience equips her with unique perspectives and strategies to help clients navigate complex challenges across industries and departments to achieve their goals.
Her educational foundation in psychology, business, and information technology, combined with her certifications as an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), NLP Master, and Diversity to Belonging Facilitator, enables Alexandria to deliver a holistic coaching approach. She is passionate about empowering leaders to cultivate emotional intelligence, communicate effectively, and build high-performing teams, ultimately driving sustainable organizational change.
Alexandria is committed to fostering equity, growth, and authenticity. She is dedicated to transforming the leadership landscape and helping her clients thrive in their personal and professional journeys.
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