Coach, Head of Coaching Operations

Jessica Robaire is an executive, leadership, and career coach who helps clients navigate career transitions, strengthen leadership skills, and step fully into their potential.

Jessica holds a Master’s in Social Work from McGill University, and spent many years as a clinical social worker in healthcare settings, working one-on-one with clients as well as facilitating support groups and workshops.  Driven by a passion for empowering others, she became a coach in 2024 through the Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance program at American University, an ICF level 2 certified program. Since 2023, she has served as the Head of Coaching Operations and Research at Evolved People Coaching.  She is also a certified facilitator in the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, co-leading workshops that foster trust and collaboration within organizations.

For Jessica, coaching is about more than professional development. It is about creating the space for people to see and feel their own growth, step into their potential with confidence, and build futures aligned with their values and vision. She is deeply committed to walking alongside her clients as they uncover strengths, embrace change, and define what meaningful success looks like for them.

Originally from California, Jessica has lived in Canada, the Netherlands, France, and China, and understands the complexities of transitioning into new cultures and environments. This global perspective informs her work, allowing her to support clients in navigating change with confidence and adaptability.  In her spare time, Jessica enjoys reading historical fiction, playing pickleball with her family and friends, and singing in a rock choir.

The Five Behaviors Facilitator

Jerry Villacres is a business consultant with over 15 years of experience in SaaS and professional services.  Over the course of his career, Jerry has worked with startups, MidMarket companies and large multibillion dollar multinational enterprises. His passion for helping others combined with his ability to make complex ideas easy to understand have been the cornerstone of his success.

At Evolved People, Jerry also serves as a consultant and certified facilitator in the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. He thrives in group and team settings, especially when guiding organizations toward greater trust, alignment, and results — all in a sustainable, collaborative way. With a consulting and solution-oriented approach honed over three decades, Jerry has worked with companies such as Elsevier, Digital Science, Presidio and Onix in roles spanning sales, strategy, and client development. He and Nicki first met in 2005, when she hired him as a salesperson for the newly launched U.S. version of eFinancialCareers.com. Years later, their paths crossed again through their children’s school, and they are thrilled to be collaborating once more.

Leadership Coach, Facilitator

Matt Curry is an executive coach, organizational consultant and experienced non-profit leader. With extensive experience working with leaders, teams and boards, Matt is skilled at facilitating events aimed at transformative discernment around program, process, people and purpose. He is adept at both effective presentation and empathetic listening, while creating space for groups to enter into difficult conversations with an outcome of clarity and synthesis. Matt holds degrees from Emory University, Yale Divinity School and Teachers College of Columbia University. He lives in Katonah, NY with his family.

Caitlin Storhaug is an affiliated partner coach at Evolved People.

After many years in marketing and communications at Accenture and McKinsey, she became an executive coach and a communications coach to help executives. She is based on the West Coast in San Francisco and partners with Evolved People as a coach and trainer.

Sandra is an affiliated partner coach at Evolved People.

As an executive coach and leadership consultant, she helps people and organizations gain clarity and achieve their professional and business goals. Sandra actively listening with empathy, reframing perspectives within context, and providing strategic guidance. With her candid and pragmatic approach, Sandra facilitates outcomes for clients that are impactful, particularly in the areas of leadership, team management and motivation, executive presence, and career advancement.

Sandra brings to her coaching and advisory work over 25 years of experience in professional services, having created and executed business informed leadership and talent management strategies that produced measurable results and culture change. Most recently, Sandra served as the Chief Diversity & Talent Strategy Officer at the international law firm, Shearman & Sterling LLP, creating the vision for and leading the execution of the firm’s people development and partner services strategies.

A sought-after subject matter expert, Sandra has spoken and presented at the Practising Law Institute (“PLI”), the New York City Bar Association, the Center for Women in Law, the Conference Board, the Center for Talent Innovation, the Professional Development Consortium (“PDC”), the Professional Development Institute, the Association for Legal Career Professionals, the National Association for Law Placement, the Transportation Lawyers Association, Lawline, various law schools, firms and corporations. Sandra is also a contributing author to An Associate’s First Year: A Guide to Thriving at a Law Firm, published by PLI. She is currently a Trusted Advisor with the PDC. Sandra began her legal career as a litigator in Canada. Her passion for talent development and executive coaching led her from practicing law to people management. Sandra earned her coaching certification after having completed the International Coaching Federation certified Advanced Coaching Intensive at Columbia University, and she is also a Gallup CliftonStrengths certified coach. Sandra currently serves as a selected member of the first cohort of The Columbia Coaching Certification Program New Fellowship Program.

Actualizing her passion for coaching and people development, Sandra founded Sable Group, LLC, a company dedicated to helping people and organizations achieve their professional and business goals. Sandra is based in New York City. and has been a long time collaborator with Nicki Gilmour and a is now a partner affiliated coach with Evolved People.