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Meet the KKM Leadership Team

Kathy Krul-Manor

CEO • Founder

Kathy Krul-Manor is the Founder of KKM Leadership and has built her career on being a strategic leadership advisor and performance coach to senior leaders and organizations.

Kathy specializes in building effective, impactful teams and organizations. With more than 20 years’ experience partnering with global executives and their teams, Kathy has built a reputation for leading high-quality, results-focused change.

Prior to starting KKM Leadership in 2020, Kathy was a senior Talent Advisory Leader with Deloitte (Canada and Global) where she led multiple human capital transformation initiatives for the Global Financial Advisory and Global Consulting practices. Kathy also has experience across various industries including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and telecommunications.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kathy now lives with her husband and three dogs in Carlsbad, California and spends her free time doing yoga, hiking, and working within the community to elevate the HR profession.

She also serves on the Board for Casa de Amparo, an organization that supports youth impacted by neglect and abuse and was a professor of Management & Organizational Behavior with the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University.

Riley Cooks

Junior Project Manager

Riley is a PMP certified Project Manager with a background in business relationships and client success. With a Masters degree in Business Administration from DeVry University, Riley strives to organize internal projects and processes while building genuine working relationships to generate business growth.

Previously, Riley was a 2x All-American and the captain of Long Beach State Women’s Track and Field team before competing professionally as a heptathlete. She represented Team USA in international competitions such as the Pan American Games and Thorpe Cup. With a natural affinity for health and fitness, Riley is also currently working on launching her own Fitness app.

Raised in the foothills of Yosemite, Riley enjoys exploring the outdoors, swimming, and playing beach volleyball. Having studied Film Production in her undergraduate education, Riley also loves watching movies in her free time and is a self-proclaimed cinephile.

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Alison Egeberg

Leadership Coach

Alison Egeberg is a certified Neuroscience-based leadership and career coach who has 15+ years of experience as a leading female in various global companies.

In addition to these accolades, Alison has led large HR organizations with 50+ people under her guidance as the Director of Global HR Business Partnering at a medical device company as well as the Chief Human Resources Officer at a global technology company.

For the last several years, Alison has been consulting for various companies ranging in size and industry by assisting them in increasing performance through values and purpose exploration. Alison has traveled to 20+ countries performing leadership development for companies. She also coaches senior leaders to overcome overwhelm, burnout and build a life where they achieve what matters most.

In Alison’s free time, she loves traveling, playing pickleball & golf, exercising and spending time with her husband and daughter.

Shawnna Johnson

Leadership Coach

As an HR professional Shawnna has worked for small, start-up organizations up to large Fortune 500 corporations – from sole practitioner to executive leader. Her experience and background span multiple industries including aerospace & defense, healthcare (hospital & ambulatory), digital marketing, software development, construction, engineering, health and wellness, manufacturing, and more.

Shawnna excels at setting up HR infrastructure for small to medium-sized businesses that are just starting out or have rapidly grown in size. She’s a compliance guru! Her passion lies in improving organizational performance through the development and execution of performance management, employee engagement, employee relations, and leadership development strategies.

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