Ricki Frankel specializes in helping people make big
transitions in their lives.  Her clients are ready to take
the next step and play a bigger game.  Typical clients
are senior professionals and entrepreneurs who want
to pursue more fulfilling career paths, become better
leaders and managers, get promoted, start or grow
businesses, follow their passions -- any and all of the
above!  

Ricki is deeply committed to supporting her clients in
creating what they want – at work and in the rest of their
lives. Combining professional coaching skills with
sharp insight,  intuition, compassion and laughter, she
coaches her clients as they transition to creating the
work and life they want.

In addition to maintaining her own practice, Catalyst
Partners, Inc., Ricki is a Principal with Gould &
Associates, an Executive Coaching and Organizational
Development firm.  Prior to making her own career
transition in 1995,  Ricki held senior product and
marketing management positions at Sun Microsystems
and Autodesk.  She also worked for Apple Computer
and Dalcomp, Inc.

Ricki has been awarded the Profesional Certified
Coach (PCC) designation from the International Coach
Federation, and earned her coaching certification
(CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute.  She is
also a graduate of Martin E. P. Seligman's evidence-
based Authentic Happiness Coaching Program.  At
Stanford's Graduate School of Business, she is a
Facilitator for the Inter-Personal Dynamics class.  
Ricki's various community involvements include having
been selected as a Wexner Fellow, and having served
on the Board of Directors of two San Francisco-based
not-for-profit agencies.    

Ricki has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA
from the Wharton School of Business.  
To read about Ricki's own transition
story,
click here.
"I especially appreciate the openness of
Ricki's approach -- the right balance
between being structured and directed
toward the goal, while at the same time
remaining very open and flexible.  We
achieved positive results in the short
term in an unexpected direction and
have kept the long term goal in sharp
focus."
Financial Services Professional    
Ricki Frankel, CPCC, PCC
Executive and Career Coach
Ricki Frankel
Executive and Career Coach
Create the change you want