Consultant, Executive Coach, Co-Founder

Julia believes in transparency, trust and building bridges. In her 25 years experience in the healthcare space she has had to navigate a variety of positions, from being in the trenches of surgery as a trauma scrub, to the Director of Sales Operation at an innovative medical device company. Throughout her career she has experienced the relationship between trust and leadership. This experience inspired her to be certified as an executive coach through the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at UC Berkeley, and continue her education by getting her MBA (STEM) with a focus on Organizational Leadership from UC Davis. She continues to stay involved as a medical mission scrub in the operating room with her volunteer work in South America, in collaboration with Operation Rainbow.

Consultant, Executive Coach, Co-Founder & President of Media Production (Speak For Change)

Thomas Sage Pedersen is a community builder, change maker, visionary, and renaissance man. He is best known for his podcast, Speak For Change podcast, which has more than 100 episodes and was founded on the mission of creating positive and lasting social change in our local and global communities.

He is the founder/CEO of the award winning music school Everyone's Music School.

He co-founded The Black Kings of Santa Cruz County, a local Black men's group, and he is also part of and has been part of numerous organizations like the Community Foundation’s Rise Together Santa Cruz County, an intercultural coalition of BIPOC leaders working to advance racial equity in Santa Cruz County, The equity advisory board for Arts Council of Santa Cruz County and Your Future is Our Business