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Meet the coaches

Our team brings thousands of hours of teaching, facilitation, and coaching experience to every program we run.

Every Bold Font coach is credentialed through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), with many completing the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), the most rigorous professional coach certification program in the industry.

98%

of our participants rate their Bold Font coaching
experience as "great" or "exceptional."

Our Leadership Team

Lauran Arledge, M.Ed., CPCC

Founder & CEO, Executive Coach

Lauran spent 25 years working across education, public health, and the tech and telecom industries before founding Bold Font. She's a trusted mediator for leadership teams navigating conflict, a creator of leadership curricula spanning DEI, culture transformation, and executive coaching.
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Cindy McCown, CPCC

Director of Projects, Executive Coach

Cindy brings two-plus decades in executive-level marketing and communications—including high-stakes work with major Hollywood studios—to how she listens, coaches, and helps clients tell their story. She partners with leaders to build the relational skills needed to guide resilient teams.
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Katie Beaubian, M.Ed., CPCC

Director of Programs, Executive Coach

Katie has coached 86+ managers through leadership development and has a reputation for getting to the heart of a challenge fast. She specializes in work-life integration and supporting working parents, and has partnered with HR directors on talent pipelines and organizational goal-setting.
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Our Coaching Team

Margaret Selby, CPCC

Conflict resolution, building connection

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Beth Kirke, MS, CPCC

Career transitions, strategic leadership

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Safia Abji, CPCC

Trauma-informed coaching, sustainable change

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Grace Adele Boyle, CPCC

Neurodivergent leaders, creativity & resilience

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Tal Erlanger Mashiah, CPCC, ACC

Family dynamics, relocation, resilience

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Dr. Tolonda Tolbert, ACC

Inclusive leadership, culture by design

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Dana Sandberg, ACC

Career transitions, organizational design

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Eugene N'Komba, CPCC, CTPC, PMP

Culture change, executive coaching

Meet Eugene →

Darleen Davies, CPCC, ACC

High-performing teams, career coaching

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Work with us

Every leader in our programs is matched with a Bold Font coach who meets them where they are. Whether you're enrolling as an individual or bringing Bold Font to your organization, the team is ready.
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