Julia Firestone

About Julia Firestone

Julia Firestone is an ICF-Certified Professional Coach who bridges the gap between social impact ambition and sustainable success—for both individuals and organizations. After 10+ years driving change across corporations, nonprofits, and startups, she founded Julia Firestone Coaching and Consulting in 2020 to solve a problem she witnessed repeatedly: talented changemakers and purpose-driven organizations struggling to align their values with effective action.Her dual approach serves both individual professionals and organizational teams. She operates as a Coach-in-Residence for organizations ready to invest in their people and culture from the inside out—providing embedded leadership coaching, facilitating innovative thinking processes, and strengthening culture through sustained partnership. Unlike external consultants with generic solutions, she brings 14+ years of practitioner experience to help leaders navigate real challenges in real-time.For individual changemakers, Julia has served 150+ impact professionals since 2020 through private coaching, Coach-in-Residence partnerships, and her signature Purpose Career Lab—a 3-month intensive for mid-career professionals ready to align their work with their values without sacrificing growth.What unifies her work: Whether coaching individual leaders or entire teams, Julia doesn\'t just address surface-level challenges. She helps purpose-driven people and organizations integrate their values, leverage their expertise, and create sustainable change that honors both impact goals and human wellbeing.Core expertise: Transformational coaching, innovation facilitation, social impact strategy, and leadership development that drives lasting behavior change.Ready to explore working together? Learn more at juliafirestonecoaching.com

Experience

1. Coach and Consultant

   Julia Firestone Coaching And Consulting

   Nov 2017 — Present · Brooklyn, NY, US

   COACHING-Coached +150 private clients ranging from early career to senior executives- Provide coaching and facilitation in partnership with Columbia University\'s Career Design Lab (coaching sustainability graduate students), American Express Leadership Academy, Crowdsolve, Impact Coach, Be Social Change, PEAK Grantmaking, Realized Worth, & The Bloom- Deliver leadership development programming for youth changemaker programs including MCW Global, Wedu Global, and Realized Worth- Created the Purpose Career Lab 12-week group career development program for social impact with curricula including networking and job search strategy, leading 4 cohorts of the program to date- Thought leader in the social impact leadership and career field as cohost of The Cozy Impact Pod, host of monthly Community Open Houses for Social Impact, and +13k followers on Linkedin.CONSULTING- Consult with corporate, nonprofit, and startup organizations offering social impact strategy development, organizational and executive communications, thought leadership, strategic partnerships, community and coalition building, program design, advising, research and recommendations, facilitation, and team coaching- Orchestrated 8 high-impact LinkedIn Live events for consulting clients, generating +64.5k event impressions,+20k unique views, and 267 comments, covering critical topics including startup funding, AI ethics, and career development- Developed strategic LinkedIn content strategy resulting in +5k new followers, achieving engagement growth of 595% and generating 461,184 total impressions across social media platforms- Delivered research and recommendations to clients on topics including: The DEI landscape in 2025, alternative startup funding sources, social impact capabilities- Consulting clients and partners have included Landmark Ventures’ SIS Omni initiative, The Leadership Research Institute, Pencils of Promise, Forbes Impact Lab (as startup mentor), and TechChange.

Education

• Leadership That Works

  Certified Professional Coach, Coaching for Transformation

• Hampshire College

  Bachelor's degree, Global Education & Philosophy

  2006 — 2010

• School of International Training

  Post-Conflict Transformation, Uganda and Rwanda

  2009 — 2009

• Columbia University

  Master of Arts (MA), International Education Development

  2012 — 2015

Skills

• Human Rights
• Staff Development
• Microsoft Office
• Public Relations
• French
• Project Management
• Qualitative Research
• Grant Writing
• Event Planning
• Ngos
• International Relations
• Grants
• Event Management
• Communications Strategy
• Public Speaking
• Press Releases
• Policy
• Proposal Writing
• Facebook
• Writing & Editing
• Nonprofits
• Editing
• Data Analysis
• Research
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Program Development
• Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Communications
• Social Media Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Media Marketing
• Teaching
• Strategic Planning
• Social Media
• International Development
• Fundraising
• Policy Analysis
• French Translation