Senior Director of Learning and Development
Faculty & Executive Coach

Reba Rose is a seasoned executive coach, social impact leader, martial artist and talent development executive. As the Senior Director of Learning & Development at Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute (BECI), Reba works with a global audience offering leadership programs that focus on the mind and heart of the leader. As a coach, Reba is a thought partner who listens deeply, engaging coaching clients in holistic inquiry to embrace emotional, physical and spiritual intelligence to catalyze sustainable transformation. She has a passion and agility for activating leaders, rebuilding trust in teams and strengthening organizational culture.

A Certified Executive Coach with BECI, Reba works as a faculty member and master coach for their executive coaching certification intensive. Over the last 20+ years Reba has worked with a global community of senior leaders in tech, finance, health, social sectors, government, life sciences, including several Olympians. Her specialty is in strengthening our ability to embody confidence and leadership as a daily practice.

Throughout her career, Reba has led strategic growth and people development both as an external consultant and internal change agent. Reba is the founder of Stand Tall Leadership Consulting and a highly skilled designer, facilitator and trainer who develops customized experiential training to shift leadership behaviors, strengthen management practices and build team collaboration. Most recently, Reba was the Vice President of People at Fair Trade USA where she focused on employee engagement and organizational culture transformation.

Invested in the development of business leaders, Reba has coached and led leadership programs at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Olin School of Business and Nanyang Technological University. Reba is dedicated to facilitating inclusive processes that build conscious communities and accelerate positive social impact.

Reba has a Masters in Educational Psychology from University of California at Berkeley. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from International Coaching Federation.

Known for her intuitive, dynamic style, and as a theater and movement artist, a martial artist with a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kajukenbo and an advanced practitioner in Qigong, Reba offers a creative and robust toolkit for living in balance. Reba grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan then found her way to California where she put down roots. She lives in Oakland with her family and energetic big black dog.

Director of Program Development for APAC
Faculty & Executive Coach

Praewta Sorasuchart is a facilitator and certified Executive Coach by the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, with a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She has experience working in both the public and private sectors within Thailand and internationally, with a wide range of people from students to executives, and across a variety of industries including branding, human resource development, technology and education. She specializes in communications, presentations and confidence; self and leadership development; and team building.

In addition to her work with BECI, Praewta is a PhD Candidate in Counseling Psychology at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, with a focus on positive psychology and resilience through person-centered and creative-based therapy. She is also an international debate coach with more than 15 years of communications coaching experience; she currently co-coaches the Thailand High School National Debate team.

She has a Bachelor’s Degree in British and American Studies from Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, and her Master’s Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, giving her a cross-cultural background, and a familiarity with working within and navigating diverse environments.

Praewta believes passionately in the power of lifelong learning, and importance of continuous self-improvement and education. She believes in the ability for individuals to transform themselves and, as a result, transform society. Her passion lies in helping others to discover and develop that leadership potential in themselves at all points in their lives, whether that is in the workplace or in schools and universities because she believes that compassionate and authentic leaders create positive impacts on those around them and change the world for the better.