Meet our team

ABOUT US

Wind + Sail was born out of a question…

 

How do we scale the transformational change that develops through individual coaching to communities of leaders in organizations? When leaders learn and grow together, they positively shift together, creating waves with organizational reach.

In 2018, we began working on offerings that answered this call. Knowing that true leadership is as much about being as it is about doing, we set out to create unique leadership development experiences that put people to work building the skills of leadership - the hard and soft. Both types of skills are teachable, learnable, and necessary. Our results prove it.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDERS

From the time we first met in 2015 at Georgetown University’s program for Transformational Leadership Coaching, we have been respected colleagues and friends. We are passionate about our work and love partnering with our clients to become more evolved, mindful and skillful. We are obsessed with learning about our fields of expertise. Our own lives are used as laboratories to practice everything we teach. This is the work we’re meant to do in the world, and we’re better together. Learn more about us and our growing team below.

-Amanda & Katrina

OUR FOUNDERS

Katrina Calihan
PCC, MAPP, Partner

Katrina Calihan is a Co-Founding Partner at Wind + Sail, where she partners with executives and leaders through coaching, facilitation and training. Her purpose is creating supportive spaces for leaders to discover, connect with, and reach their highest potential, while using the best of science, applied practice and inner wisdom. An experienced executive coach, Katrina has engaged with hundreds of leaders through her coaching practice. Katrina is also an established human capital leader, previously serving senior roles in HR and Leadership Development at Bain & Company.

Katrina holds a MA of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate in Executive Coaching from Georgetown University, a BA of Business from Gonzaga University, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation through the International Coach Federation, and is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, Hogan 360 and MBTI assessments. Additionally, Katrina is a certified yoga instructor with over 20 years of experience in mindfulness practices and yoga asana. Movement and music are Katrina’s other loves - cycling, tennis, yoga, crossfit, piano, guitar and recently, ukulele! She lives in Chicago with her husband, Nash, and rescue pup, Keeper. They love to travel and together are always planning their next big adventure.

LEARN MORE ABOUT KATRINA.

Amanda Mills Cutright
PCC, Partner

Amanda Mills Cutright is an executive coach, former senior leader of teams, and expert leadership facilitator. As a Co-Founding partner at Wind + Sail, she has established and grown the business with the mission to create communities of evolved, mindful, skillful leaders. Amanda's coaching lives at the intersection of applied science, cutting edge leadership research, and her powerful intuition. Coaching hundreds of senior leaders across private equity, financial services, and high impact non-profits continues to fuel her insights and the context she’s able to bring her clients. Senior leadership is familiar to Amanda as she held the role of Vice President, Executive Learning and Strategy at Teach For America. Alongside her team, she created the learning experiences for senior executives to manage a period of complex change and tremendous growth. Amanda holds a Certificate in Executive Coaching from Georgetown University, is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation, and is certified in the EQi Emotional Intelligence, Hogan, and The Leadership Circle Profile assessments. Amanda has studied mindfulness and systems change through programs at Brown University and MIT, both of which inform her approach. Amanda started her career as a 5th grade teacher in St. Louis as part of the Teach For America program. She now lives in Washington, DC with her husband and 3 children. She is an avid sports fan, especially cheering for her Kentucky wildcats, serves on multiple non-profit boards, and loves to cook.

LEARN MORE ABOUT AMANDA.

OUR TEAM

“As a company we wanted to give our employees and managers a chance to stretch, grow and refine their leadership skills. Insert L6 here! Each module builds a foundation for the next. From the very first session there was an obvious and visible shift in the room by the end of the day. At the beginning we had a few people in the room who were clearly a little skeptical, but as Amanda and Katrina worked through the material, everyone relaxed and recognized they shared similar management challenges. Throughout L6 our leaders became a bonded cohort that supported and leaned on each other. Was amazing to see in action! L6 layers in both tactical strategies and solutions as well as personal awareness, reflection and 1:1 coaching for a very well rounded program. We’ve just embarked on our second class with a new set of managers and leaders, and I can’t wait to watch the changes unfold with this group!”

Catrona Pacheco, Chief People Officer