Facilitator of 3C Triad Leadership Development and Mindfulness Program for founder/CEOs, executives teams and emerging leaders seeking to up-level their personal and professional leadership impact.

I am an Executive Coach, Leadership Advisor, Founder and Principal of Larkin Leadership. After 20+ years as an HR executive in diverse industries ranging from early-stage tech start-ups to luxury hospitality and global retail, I launched Larkin Leadership in early 2020. I am passionate about supporting C-Suite leaders and their teams to create the conditions to deliberately and repeatedly achieve exceptional business results.

NEXT is a company driven by a commitment to provide world-class service to shippers and truckers alike and on a mission to solve a trillion dollar puzzle and offer painless freight. NEXT is venture-backed by leaders including Brookfield Ventures, GLP and Sequoia Capital.

As the first Head of People, designed and built the HR function from scratch to include a talent acquisition team, L&D team, HR business partnership, payroll & benefits, administration & facilities management.

Representative Client List:

The Bouqs Company: An innovative online flower retailer start-up, delivering flowers and plants fresh from eco-friendly, sustainable farms to doorsteps nationwide. Reporting directly to the CEO, serving as interim executive team member and human resources senior leader.

Founded in 2014, Chef’d offered retail and e-commerce meal kit solutions across the US. Chef’d had annualized gross revenue of approximately $50m and employed over 400 employees in Los Angeles and New York.

-Created robust people strategy including talent development and succession planning practices, compensation strategy, organization structure, employee engagement and retention initiatives, legal risk assessment and mitigation plan, and community involvement to drive CSR programs.

Part of LVMH Group (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton), DFS is the world’s leading luxury travel retailer. The North America Division includes over 800 employees with locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

-Collaborated with North America Managing Director to drive annual business strategy and ensure overall alignment to organizational design.
-Served as senior business partner to global executives to attract, engage and retain top talent.

Master Connection Associates (www.masterconnection.com) is a worldwide leader providing dynamic business performance solutions for sales, leadership and service excellence delivery.

-Trainer and Keynote Speaker
-Organizational Change and Leadership Development Consultant

Independent Leadership Consultant:
-Representative client list: Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Las Vegas); The Carneros Inn, Napa Valley; etc.

Talent Acquisition:
-Demonstrated record of successfully filling and retaining specialized executive-level positions.

Executive Coach:
-Designed one-on-one executive coaching programs to achieve individual leadership and organizational objectives.

Led executive learning and development initiatives for The Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver.

-Selected to provide leadership development programming and executive coaching to senior leadership teams in Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Las Vegas and Four Seasons Whistler Resort.