Kelly Meerbott

Kelly Meerbott, PCC, CCTS-I

Executive Leadership Coach | Trauma-Informed Consultant | C-Suite Strategist for Growth, Alignment & Culture Transformation

Kelly Meerbott, PCC, CCTS-I, is an award-winning executive leadership coach and trauma-informed facilitator, certified by the Arizona Trauma Institute. She has spent over 16 years coaching thousands of senior leaders—from Fortune 100 executives and high-growth founders to special operations officers and C-suite teams navigating high-stakes transformation.

Kelly’s clients don’t hire her to maintain the status quo. They come to her when it’s time to scale boldly, recover fully, or realign with what matters most. Whether guiding a founder from $4K/month to $132K/month in 16 months or helping a global payroll company scale from $30M to $100M in under a year, Kelly’s coaching drives tangible, lasting impact.

Her methodology is a rare fusion of executive strategy, emotional intelligence, and clinical trauma-informed care. As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist–Individual (CCTS-I) from the Arizona Trauma Institute, Kelly creates psychologically safe coaching experiences that transform both performance and identity.

Signature Specialties: Executive Coaching for C-Suite, SVPs & Emerging E-Suite Talent Founder Coaching for Startup & Scale-Up Growth Post-Traumatic Growth & Burnout Recovery High-Performance Culture Building & Strategic Alignment Women in Leadership & Glass Ceiling Navigation Military-to-Civilian Transition Coaching Personal Brand, Visibility & TEDx Thought Leadership

Industries Served: Technology, SaaS & Cybersecurity Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Government & Military Transition Programs VC-Backed Startups & High-Growth Enterprises Professional Services & Mission-Driven Organizations

Client Outcomes Include: 30% average increase in profitability, productivity, and trust 50% reduction in leadership attrition at a national healthcare organization 27% improvement in morale and retention across senior teams 90% success rate based on anonymous post-engagement surveys

Kelly is the founder of YOU - Loud & Clear, a boutique leadership coaching firm, and the host of Hidden Human: The Stories Behind the Business Leader. Her TEDx talk, Our Trauma: A Bridge to Belonging, has been praised for its raw honesty and healing clarity. Her forthcoming second talk, This Joy Is Sacred, explores joy as a radical act of leadership and resistance.

Clients describe Kelly as a “strategic truth-teller,” a “soul mirror,” and “the only coach who could hold both my trauma and my vision at the same time.” Her work is data-driven, deeply human, and unapologetically transformative.