Dina, with her husband, Darren and son, Noah.
With over 20 years of corporate experience, I am passionate about helping professionals awaken to what life success looks like for them, and guiding them towards it.
My own career transitions have included moving cross-country to join Perkins Coie as a lateral labor and employment associate, being the first professional in the Portland office to transition to a reduced hours schedule, leaving the practice of law to become the first Director of Professional Development in the Portland market, and then transitioning to the position I created as an internal career coach.
In 2016, I founded GC2, which has led to the most fulfilling and meaningful professional years of my life.
Background and Experience
Recipient of Perkins Coie’s inaugural Firmwide Diversity Champion Award
JD from NYU Law School; BA from Colgate University, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude
Integral coaching certification recipient and graduate of New Ventures West, San Francisco. ICF (International Coach Federation) certified professional coach.
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) program graduate (OHSU)
19 years inside Big Law (AmLaw 50 firms); DLA Piper and Perkins Coie
7 years litigation practice experience at DLA and Perkins Coie; first lawyer to work a reduced schedule in the Portland office of Perkins Coie
10+ years of Big Firm Attorney Development experience, including 5 years as Director of Attorney Development at Perkins Coie, a role I co-created, which remains the most senior attorney development role in the firm
4 years as internal Attorney Career Coach, including experience coaching 100+ individual lawyers, across all seniority levels, 14 geographic locations and 8 practice groups (developed the job description for the role, one of the first designated internal law firm coaching roles in the country)
Co-founder of Internal Coaching Peer Group, including more than a dozen coaching professionals inside Big Law
Longstanding member of Professional Development Consortium (PDC)
Individual coaching engagements with more than 200 professionals across a range of seniority levels and practice areas