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Cultivating Connection
Cultivating Connection
Cole Consulting is comprised of a core team of dedicated, passionate individuals who work closely with Peter to support the needs of each of our clients.
Peter also works with a consortium of like-minded, committed and experienced professionals who are dedicated to helping organizations adapt to a rapidly changing world. These partnerships further support Cole Consulting’s ability to create a completely customized approach. They are listed below the Cole Consulting team.
Alexa Cole, Principal, Trainer & Coach
Alexa is a coach, facilitator and mediator with over fifteen years of experience. She has managed teams in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors and helped hundreds of executives and mid-level managers–in companies as diverse as Kaiser Permanente, Google, Coach, and SAP gain greater confidence and connection in their business and personal lives. With a Masters Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Resolution and advanced training in emotional-intelligence tools, effective communication, and group facilitation, Alexa employs a discerning, solution-forward approach with each of her clients. You can learn more about her at: www.alexacoleconsulting.com
Robert Baruc, Facilitator, Mindfulness Trainer & Executive Coach
Robert has been teaching yoga and meditation on and off for over 45 years. In 2019 he completed a two-year mindfulness meditation teacher training program, with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, given through UC Berkley. For the last four years, Robert has been teaching mindfulness courses online. After a successful 35-year career in the movie industry, he is turning his focus to his long-time passion of teaching Mindfulness. He is a founding partner of The Center for Mindful Business, where they are committed to bringing mindfulness into businesses and business to mindfulness teachers. An executive in the entertainment business for over 35 years, Robert’s keen eye on financial sustainability and his entreprenuerial spirit helped him launch and manage a number of successful businesses.
Gabriel Cole, small business consultant and Executive Coach
Gabriel Cole has worked in food and farming his entire lif
e, starting with a year of culinary school at Essex Tech. He is a co-founder and executive of a social impact catering company in Oakland CA, called Just Fare. At the start of the pandemic, his company pivoted from mostly catering to workplaces to a non-profit model. They have served over 400,000 dignified meals (using organic ingredients and providing living wages and benefits to employees) since the start of the pandemic. With 100 employees, Just Fare plans to become employee-owned in 2023.
Prior to founding Just Fare, Gabriel was the Global Food Program Director at Airbnb, an Executive Chef for Bon Appetit Management Company at Google’s HQ, and worked as an Advisor for a number of West Coast SBDC’s. He also worked as a chef at Cafe Shelburne, Waterworks, Iron Wolf in Burlington, and Firefox Inn in Stowe.
He has coached hundreds of food and farming entrepreneurs and believes that food and farm entrepreneurs are the fabric of our food system. They have the ability to drastically alter the climate crisis and put us on a trajectory to building healthy soil, people, communities and food systems for generations to come.
Born and raised in Vermont but spending the last 20 years in California, Gabriel is a new resident to Addison County and excited to participate in the bread basket of Vermont’s thriving agricultural area. He plans to continue growing his food and farming knowledge by turning ten acres of degraded Vergennes clay into an educational permaculture and carbon sequestration farm.
Cole Consulting Partnerships
With over 30 years of experience, Diane helps organizations identify and reach strategic goals for growth, especially when internal resources are stretched. She takes a systems approach to strategic communications which involves strong messaging and design to ensure that marketing materials tell a compelling story about your organization.
Chris Wahl – an ICF Master Certified Coach who created and founded the Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University. Chris offers executive, leadership, and team coaching, as well as tailored retreats for clients.
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