Michele Berry

As a challenging and supportive partner, Michele Berry coaches and consults with leaders and teams to achieve results while learning and thriving. Michele’s methods are facilitative; she helps clients develop skills to help themselves. One-on-one work, especially with leaders in significant transitions, is both a core skill and a personal passion. As a founding partner in Imagine Us, a multi-racial and multi-generational organizational development consulting firm that centers racial and intersectional identity equity, inclusion, and justice, Michele works with unions and nonprofits to improve their results, create generative cultures, and transform their leadership. She helps leaders to be intentional about navigating issues of identity, power, and culture. She draws on over twenty years of experience in leadership development and coaching, including a background in the private sector, giving her a unique perspective on creating deliberate cultures to help everyone to bring their talents and purpose. Michele has a BS in Industrial Relations from Cornell and an MS in Organization Development from American University. Michele is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), the Denison Model, and the Center for Creative Leadership assessment suite. She is a local volunteer leader with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).