Kelli Hendrickson, ScD, ACC, is both a Researcher and a Career and Leadership Coach. As a Leadership Coach, she helps professionals in STEM fields thrive in their dream careers. She holds an Associate Certified Coach designation from the International Coaching Federation and works with people with STEM backgrounds wanting to define their leadership style, overcoming imposter syndrome in these roles, or thrive as leaders.
As President and Founder of Pathmakers Coaching, Kelli partners with clients to identify the obstacles stopping them from being the leaders they want to be and then to create the right mindset and action steps to pursue their dreams and bring them to life. Kelli is currently serving as the President of the ICF Raleigh Area Chapter for 2023. She holds dual engineering research positions at MIT and UNC-Chapel Hill where she uses her Doctor of Science in Ocean Engineering to study how air-sea interactions and mixing play a role in ocean modeling of microplastics.