Amber is the Chief Enlightenment Officer for Conscious Public Accountants—whose mission is to guide accountants back to their wholeness. As a coach, Amber works with a select number of clients who are the best at what they do—yet they still hunger for education. They chose Amber because of her intellect, authenticity, and drive to educate them in ways they've never experienced.

Amber holds a Masters in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego and a Bachelors in Business Administration, Accounting from San Jose State University. She is a graduate of Accomplishment Coaching—an ICF accredited Coaches Training Program—and also completed their Advanced Leadership Program as a Mentor Coach. Amber is an inactive CPA and an ICF Professional Certified Coach.

Amber was recognized by CalCPA as a Woman to Watch in the Experienced Leader Category. She is a national expert on building coaching cultures within the accounting profession. Her professional experience includes serving as an internal and external coach, facilitating and coaching within leadership development experiences, and building a nationally recognized learning and development function.

Kris Russell is a former Big4/public accountant who left the field after a series of transformative personal experiences (including hiring a coach!)  Coaching so profoundly impacted Kris that he realized he wanted to become a coach in order to help others in the ways his coach helped him.  After leaving public accounting and undergoing a year-long professional coach training program, he launched Kris Russell Coaching to work with professionals who have achieved everything they thought would make them happy but are left feeling unfulfilled, stuck, and confused about how to find their way.

Kris’ is a graduate of New Ventures West, an ICF-accredited coach training program, and is currently working to earn the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) designation.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Master’s in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University.