Michelle Somerday is an Executive Coach and Leadership Development Consultant and the Founder of Neo-Strategic, LLC. She is an experienced speaker and lecturer who has taught at the university graduate level and spoken at international conferences, and she facilitates leadership and workplace skills trainings with a particular interest in The Mindful Leader. She spoke at the 2016 ATD International Conference & Expo on Mindfulness At Work: Why Western Companies Embrace An Eastern Practice, and she has written on mindfulness in the workplace for the ATD Human Capital blog.  Michelle is a Certified Leadership Coach through Georgetown University and through the International Coach Federation (ICF).  She has practiced mindfulness since 1999 and holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia. Michelle’s complete bio is available at www.neo-strategic.com.