Management
Janet Crawford
As Founder and CEO of Cascadance, Inc., Janet Crawford, has over 20 years of experience working with executives in Fortune 500 companies and high potential start-ups.
Combining traditional leadership development and coaching with cutting-edge insights from neuroscience and psychological science, she primes leaders and organizations for productivity, innovation and collaboration in the 21st Century. A thought leader on the science of bias and belonging, she works across the technology and entertainment industries to help companies leverage the power of diversity through building cultures of inclusion.
Team
Karen Lam
Karen Lam has coached Nobel laureates, Olympic medalists, celebrities, rocket scientists and leaders from all walks of life. Over the past 25 years, she has conducted trainings on Wall Street, in a semiconductor plant, in the Tsing Tao Beer factory in China and a Napa Valley winery. Having lived and worked in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, Karen brings a global perspective to her work. She grew up speaking English, Cantonese and Mandarin and is a student of French, German and Spanish.
Dina Silver
Dina Silver is a facilitator, program designer and executive coach with Cascadance, and the President of Pegasus Coaching Group. Dina began her career as a coach and facilitator in 1999. Prior to that she worked in the entertainment industry as President of Midwest Film Productions, an independent film company, where she ran multi-million dollar projects on budget, managed large teams under high pressure and was involved in the creation of award-winning films.
Alyssa Levy
Alyssa Levy is an executive coach and program designer with Cascadance, and the Principal of Alyssa Levy Associates. Alyssa’s extensive experience as both an internal and external consultant affords her a unique ability to effectively address complex issues in organizational redesign and development. She has worked in high-tech, biotech, financial services, health care, professional services, commercial real estate and manufacturing sectors and facilitates a course in Interpersonal Dynamics at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Merideth Mehlberg
An executive coach and career strategist, Merideth Mehlberg is a team member at Cascadance as well as the Principal of Merideth Mehlberg International, LLC. An expert on conscious career management, Merideth’s approach helps clients realize significant professional and personal progress through practical action-oriented strategies.
Advisors
Lisa Marshall
Lisa Marshall is known for bringing leaders’ stories to life: whether an executive who wants to create new magic in her technology business, an engineer who wants to work in an organization where people honor their commitments, an entrepreneur who wants to spark a renaissance in her community with a brewpub, or the trio who want to start a custom butcher facility for small animal producers. Before moving into the business world, she spent 12 years producing documentary films on social change.
Barbara Baill
Barbara Baill brings wisdom and learning from over twenty-five years of Human Resources and line management experience in the fast-paced environment of high-tech, bio-tech and pharma industries. She holds a deep understanding of the leader’s role in building great organizations and successful businesses. Throughout her career, Barbara has been committed to helping women leverage their strengths while managing their self-limiting thoughts and behaviors to become powerful game-changing individuals and leaders.
Rani Borkar
Rani Borkar is a highly experienced technology executive and product visionary who was instrumental in leading Intel’s silicon product development strategy to fuel the growth of the PC and Data Center business. Leading with the philosophy of “Mission First, People Always”, she creates change-ready organizations through building close-knit communities that share common purpose and mutual ownership.
