Debra Bednar-Clark (lovingly known as DB among friends and clients alike) is a senior exec with 20+ years of wide-ranging experience from Madison Avenue to Silicon Valley. At Facebook, Microsoft, Accenture, and leading advertising agencies, she covered strategy, technology, marketing, design, and social impact. Along the way, she became known for building exceptionally thriving businesses and high-performing teams alongside some of the greatest leaders of our time. Her winding path has included many personal cross-roads—teaching her how to pivot, take risks, and try new things confidently and authentically. That meant embracing what she loves and finding opportunity in the contradictions: a cheerleader who’s also a coder; a technology leader who cares about style as much as substance; a business-minded academic. Today, DB coaches people through turning points in their careers—giving them the clarity, confidence, and tools they need to plot bold moves and next chapters. Her practice is defined by one core belief: that life is so much more interesting and fulfilling when we give ourselves permission to lead with our truest, fullest selves.