Who
Gretchen Pisano is the owner of Sounding Board Ink, LLC, a coaching and
consulting practice founded on using the best verbal and visual techniques
available to drive positive change in individuals and organizations.

A source of both information and inspiration, Gretchen elicits one’s best thinking
- facilitating the process of connecting insight to action. Her energy, enthusiasm
and expertise creates momentum and enables fresh thinking; her processes
equip her clients with the tools and skills to implement their best ideas and
replicate the methodologies in other settings.

Described by some as tough-minded and tender-hearted, Gretchen is fluent in
strategic thinking, applied positive psychology, and motivating people to change
by tapping both their intellect and their emotion. Her skills enable her to simplify
complexity and allow her clients to focus on what really matters.

The results? Her clients gain new insights about their why, what and how and
build their skills in communicating those things to others in a way that is easily
grasped. The point is to create a better reality, to have fun doing it, and to stay
flexible and future-minded in a time of rapid change.

What
Strategy sessions, leadership academies, worldwide annual meetings, national
conferences, think tanks, large-scale corporate initiatives, and executive
development – essentially, anywhere it matters that the people who are leading
are thinking broadly and deeply.

Who With
A sample of the hard-working groups within corporate, government and not-forprofit sectors that she’s had the privilege of working with:

Corporate: Intel, FedEx, Hewlett Packard, Arthur Anderson, Liz Claiborne, Altria
Corporation/Philip Morris, Nestle, Royal Dutch Shell, Quaker, Clos du Bois, Nokia…
Government: Secretary General’s Cabinet of the United Nations, The World
Bank, International Finance Corporation, Air and Army National Guard…
Not-for-Profit: American Institute of CPAs, Richmond Public School System,
Administration for Children & Families and the Ocean Conservancy…

How
Master of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania; BS in
Business Administration/Marketing, University of Southern California; Master
Certified Coach, Martha Beck Inc., and sixteen years of practical experience.