Charlene is hired by individuals, companies, and organizations when they need a fixer – whether that means a keynote speaker to motivate, inspire, and empower audiences; a communications and issues consultant for strategy and reputation recovery; a Diversity diagnosis, or a leadership and inclusion coach to help them get the best from their investment in their people and their company. Before starting her firm, she served as the principal vice president of Corporate Affairs of Bechtel Corporation, a $40B global infrastructure company. She was responsible for internal and external communications, reputation risk management, issues management, crisis communications, marketing communications, sustainability, and social impact for multinational firms. All that changed in 2017 when Charlene began a four year battle with breast cancer that nearly took her life several times, and stripped her of everything she knew and thought about who she was and her purpose in life. As she says,...