Carrie is a Certified Life Coach, author and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience providing people with the strategies to make positive changes in their lives. Over the years she worked in the nonprofit world as a teacher, counselor, trainer and program director. She has worked with children, teens and families dealing with a wide range of challenges and trauma, and in her different positions she had the privilege of witnessing people, young and old, grow and evolve in ways that inspire and awe.

Always searching for new ways to reach people, Carrie went through a coaching training program, with the goal of eventually starting her own business. In 2005, she realized she couldn’t keep talking about what she wanted to do, it was time to do it. She left her job in the nonprofit world and founded the Say Yes Institute (SYI), a company focused on building emotional intelligence skills through workshops, coaching and trainings.

She has worked with over 50 nonprofit agencies and specializes in supporting leadership to develop management/supervision skills. She works with individual clients, ranging from teens to Executive Directors, and is always amazed at how similar people are, and how much we have in common, despite our perceived differences! It seems everyone is looking for ways to do the best job they can in expressing themselves, connecting, building relationships and finding their meaning and purpose in life.