Meet the Team

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

Kelli Oberndorf, Co-Founder

Head of Learning and Development

Facilitator, Leadership Coach

Kelli embarked on her professional journey as a healthcare leader in 2007, gaining invaluable insights into the intricate dynamics of leadership, witnessing firsthand the challenges organizations face in nurturing effective leaders and cohesive teams while also navigating strategic objectives and daily operations.

Drawing from this rich experience, Kelli has crafted comprehensive organizational training programs focused on empowering leaders, cultivating constructive conflict resolution strategies, and nurturing cultures of curiosity. She remains dedicated to enriching workplace environments by fostering resilient, human-centric leaders. With over two decades of expertise in leadership, interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution, and team facilitation, Kelli empowers leaders to fortify their organizational cultures and amplify the joy and fulfillment in the work they do in the world.

Sara K Myers, Co-Founder

Head of Business Development

Organizational Community Builder, Leadership Consultant, Facilitator

As a seasoned executive, consultant, and entrepreneur, Sara applies her expertise in leadership development and her passion for empowering leaders to elevate organizations. With 30 years of experience in providing leadership consulting and management to diverse teams, she facilitates transformative workshops and programs that ignite a culture of empowered leadership.

Sara is dedicated to infusing organizations with essential principles of leadership development, conflict resolution, and community building. Her mission extends to organizations grappling with challenges such as high attrition rates, ineffective leadership, poor employee engagement or internal conflict. Collaborating with companies across diverse industries, she fosters an environment where authentic leadership thrives, creating a safe and empowering space for growth.

Our Leadership Coaches

Meet our Leadership Coaches! Empowering your leaders to success!

Kelli Oberndorf

Empowered Leadership Coach

Kelli brings extensive experience in leadership coaching, guiding leaders to find their most authentic selves. Her wholistic approach and organic process focuses on each leader’s needs. Through personalized coaching sessions, Kelli equips leaders with the skills and insights necessary to thrive in dynamic workplace environments, fostering growth, resilience, and sustainable success.

Rick Harrigan

Heart-Centered Leadership Coach

Rick has been a heart-centered, soul-driven leadership coach for 20+ years. Rick understands the needs of contemporary leaders who need to cultivate a skill set that is deeply rooted in communication, emotional intelligence, and community-building. Rick aims to coach the ‘whole” person in order to help his clients identify and align with their strengths, values, and purpose while become highly effective, synergistic leaders.

Our Story

Our journey began in 2001 when Kelli met Justin, who would later become her husband, and who also happens to be Sara's cousin! As our relationship blossomed, the bond between us grew. Our friendship became stronger with each passing year, and today, we are inseparable.

Our shared passion for fostering authentic communication and building communities through transformative education brought us even closer together. With a deep desire to empower others and create thriving corporate cultures, we decided to venture into business together. In the year 2020, we were presented with the perfect opportunity to realize our dreams by becoming group facilitators, which ignited the path we find ourselves on today!

Fueled with excitement and a vision of endless possibilities, we set out to create powerful programs that inspire profound change in teams and organizations. Through our efforts, we now offer carefully curated transformative experiences that enhance communication, foster connections, and strengthen communities within workplaces.

Today, we are on a mission to make a lasting and positive impact on organizational cultures, ensuring that the value we impart resonates long after we have gone. We are thrilled to collaborate with you and your organization and build an amazing workplace community together.

If you're ready to embrace transformation and elevate your workplace culture, empower your leaders, and learn effective conflict resolution strategies, we are here to guide you on this incredible journey! Welcome to Ekatā!

Meet the Team

Our Leadership Coaches

Our Story

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