About Aurum

Aurum Leadership is a full service consulting, coaching and training firm, founded by Devi Cavitt Razo and Deepika Sheleff. After decades of working with leaders and groups, Devi and Deepika combined forces to establish Aurum in 2017. We specialize in leadership development, people issues, executive coaching and creating high-trust, high performance teams and organizations. 

We work with clients and organizations who are ready for change. Our programs are distinguished by their depth, quality and human-centered approach. We help companies and human beings see and do what is needed to embrace positive organizational change and grow personally and professionally along the way.  

​With corporate offices in the San Francisco Bay area and Amsterdam, and a team of coaches and consultants around the globe, we serve an international client base. We work with public, private, and non-profit organizations, as well as individual CEOs and leaders.

THE AURUM TEAM

Devi Cavitt Razo

Founding Partner, ​Senior Leadership Trainer & Coach
​San Francisco Bay Area

Devi is an international leadership trainer, coach and organizational interventionist. She has been facilitating transformational leadership, culture and human development programs in the US, Europe and Asia for more than two decades. She understands leadership in its many dimensions, having fulfilled roles from founder to executive to parent to facilitator of wide scale change. She founded Aurum with the vision to bring greater aliveness, human connection and creativity into mission-led organizations.

In her 17 years at the world-renowned Hoffman Institute and as the former Director of the Hoffman Process, she led transformational personal development to hundreds of executives and leaders from around the world, including the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. 

​Devi holds advanced degrees in psychology and organizational systems, has a background in systems leadership, constellation work, organizational culture, meditation and restorative conflict resolution. She is passionate about bringing mindfulness, presence and authenticity to people’s work lives and organizations. Devi understands what it means to be a leader, a professional, a partner, a parent and an evolving human making a powerful difference in the world.

Deepika Sheleff

Founding Partner, Senior Leadership Trainer & Coach
Amsterdam & San Francisco Bay Area

In 15 years as an international trainer and leadership coach, Deepika has guided hundreds of people to find greater wholeness and power, and to transform the way they lead, create and live their lives. At Aurum, she brings together years of experience as a marketing consultant with her expertise as a leadership and personal development coach, to guide others to greater success in their work lives. She has led workshops, training programs and seminars all over the world, working with people across multiple languages, cultures and backgrounds. She has created programs for organizations around the world to teach leaders to bring their whole selves to their work – including body, heart and mind. 

​Deepika has a gift for seeing people in their wholeness and nurturing their true brilliance. She has the depth of life experience and creative skills to call forth the full range of who you really are, and help you create a life that is in true alignment with that.

Tiffany Lach

Partner, CFO, Leadership Trainer & Coach
Larkspur, CA

Tiffany Lach advises leaders with a big heart and vast experience. Over 35 years, through more than a dozen customer-facing businesses, she has focused on strong operations, community-centered marketing with an emphasis on leadership and staff development.
​As an Aurum partner and our CFO, she heads up strategic partnerships, and works closely with partner organizations to maximize the positive impact of our collaboration.
Tiffany has received awards and accolades such as SBA entrepreneur of the year, Prospera Women Entrepreneur of the year and Bozeman Professional Women's Network, Employer of the year. She aims to help others profitably and sustainably realize their goals and dreams.

Kelley McGlone

Operations Manager
​Sonoma County, CA

Kelley comes from a background in communications, hospitality and customer service.  She brings her love of positive customer interaction and close personal connection to Aurum Leadership.

​Kelley wears many hats at Aurum Leadership, supporting daily operations and communication. She keeps the Aurum office running smoothly, assists Devi and Deepika on a daily basis and coordinates client events and projects, with grace and kindness.  In other words, Kelley takes good care of everyone she interacts with - clients, partners and team members!

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Deanna Chapa

Finance Manager
Gilroy, CA

Having been a small business owner, Deanna has a passion for seeing other small business owners succeed in their businesses and helping others with making numbers make sense.

​When not elbow deep nerding out on P&L reports or cash flow statements, she can either usually be found homeschooling her four kiddos or at church in her role as music director. She’s happy to be with Aurum and part of a wonderful team!

AURUM COACHES & TRAINERS

Aurum team members and partners are seasoned trainers, coaches, consultants and educators who have backgrounds in leadership, organizational development, psychology, human development, transformational education and business. 

We have a wide network of seasoned coaches that we call upon to support specific clients and projects, based on their unique skills, experience and location. A few of our coaching partners are listed below.

Katy Stone

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
​Boulder, CO

Katy is an Executive and Leadership Coach and Facilitator who is passionate about helping her clients discover their authentic leadership style. Through clarifying their key values and identifying barriers to change, her clients create more purpose-driven lives and become powerful agents of change within their organizations.
​Katy has served as Adjunct Faculty for several universities. She has used her dynamic instructing and leadership skills to work in the business sector, facilitating skills training and leadership programs for companies seeking to empower their employees and managers, and create a more value-driven mission/vision for their leaders. 
​Katy thrives on variety and continues to integrate new knowledge and training into her coaching and counseling practice. Katy is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation, and is based in Colorado.

Sarah Healy

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Petaluma, CA

For over 20 years, Sarah has worked as a trainer and facilitator in the fields of leadership, team systems and organizational change. She is invested in the work of transformation and the grit and discipline that is required to get there. She finds great fulfillment in offering practices and skills that raise self-awareness, create connection and empathy, and improve effectiveness that aid in helping people and their departments to operate at their highest capacity in a world of rapidly changing conditions. 
For Sarah, working with fellow imperfect humans is both a privilege and a partnership. It is part jazz and part structured chords in that there must be room for the unexpected, but it is also essential to have basic practices to lay the groundwork for change.
She holds a master’s in psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is grounded in the work of somatic leadership practices. Sarah a mother to two strong willed and wise daughters. Some days she is their teacher, and other days they are hers. She has an affinity for anything active—especially if it involves music and the ocean.

Anders Engen

Executive Coach
Boston, MA

Anders is a certified executive and organizational coach for senior and emerging leaders, teams and cohorts. He has over 25 years of senior level operating experience in early stage and high growth healthcare delivery and technology organizations. His areas of focus are leadership development and team effectiveness.

Prior to establishing his coaching practice, and following a chapter in outdoor education, Anders served as an operations leader in a series of venture-capital backed healthcare delivery and technology companies, including Athena Health. Anders formed the company's professional services, account management and client operations groups.
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Anders' academic credentials include an MS in Organizational Psychology from the University of Oregon and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is certified as a Professional Executive Coach by Columbia University and a Trained Mediator by MWI.
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Kit Pappenheimer

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
San Francisco Bay Area

Kit has been a school principal running public schools (elementary, middle and high), where she handled the challenges of leadership for individuals, small teams, and organizations. 
Kit served as the Executive Director of Open Floor International, the conscious movement organization in which for many years she has danced, and studied. In this role she coordinated and creatively solved problems with a worldwide group of working members, across the Middle East, Europe, New Zealand and the US.
Today she’s primarily a leadership coach and trainer, bringing years of experience and a range of tools and skills to the teams and leaders she works with. She offers her unique brand of coaching and facilitation to leaders and leadership teams as well as non-profit boards and staff. 
​She holds aside a set amount of time for pro-bono work, and serves as a volunteer caregiver for Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco.

Devaa Haley Mitchell

Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Nevada City, CA

Dr. Devaa Haley Mitchell is an executive leadership coach, as well as a transformational learning and development expert. She supports her clients to unleash their leadership gifts, reconnect with their depths, and step into their full potential.
Devaa is also the Co- Founder of the Shift Network and was instrumental in launching this multi-million dollar global education brand, serving clients in over 160 countries.
​Earlier in her career, Devaa was a Management Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group where she consulted with Fortune 500 Companies. She later worked as the founding Executive Director of the Full Circle Fund, a thriving venture philanthropy group, followed by a senior Director role at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. She is also a member of the prestigious Evolutionary Leaders group. 
Devaa earned both her BA and MA from Stanford University. She received her doctorate from Wisdom University (now known as Ubiquity University). Devaa is also a Fulbright scholar who spent time living and working in the Brazilian Amazon.

Abigail Hall

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Netherlands

Abigail is a certified leadership and organizational coach who takes a strong stand for radical self-acceptance and leading and living from a place of truth. From her own place of truth she inspires clients to embrace their own personal and professional quest for authentic leadership. 
With a 20-year plus background in PR and corporate communications as a consultant and manager, her contagious enthusiasm for increasing awareness within organizations individuals led her to transition into coaching and leadership several years ago. In this last decade Abigail has impacted thousands of people around the globe with her compassion, courage and ability to be with truth, mostly with a sense of lightness and humor.
​As a front of the room leader for CTI’s Co-Active Coach Training, she also contributes to the growth of trained coaches as well as to the health and sustainability of organizations who adapt a coaching approach. As a strong believer in ‘giving back’, she’s on the Board of United World Coaches, an organization that provides pro bono coaching to employees of nonprofit companies in the humanitarian sector. Originally British, Abigail lives in the Netherlands with her two feisty teenage daughters, who help her in keeping it real.

Dominique Lando

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Vancouver, Canada

Dominique has been facilitating and training leaders, coaches and therapists individually and in groups for over 15 years. She has been a licensed psychotherapist as well as co-founder and Executive Director of Anam Cara, a well established therapy center in Berkeley, CA. She is passionate about working with systems, and has worked with start-ups, foundations, co-housing communities, organizations and collectives. 
​She trains leaders in a mindfulness-based somatic psychology modality called Hakomi, which is known to be extremely effective with individuals and groups. She integrates years of organizational experience with her expertise in somatic psychology, coaching tools and community development to be an ally to innovative leaders and teams in moving forward with their vision and running their teams skillfully. 
Having grown up in France in a multicultural family, she has an affinity for different global cultures, which feeds her commitment to having conversations with diverse perspectives for a common mission.

Christopher Kyle

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Miami, San Francisco & Costa Rica

Chris brings to the table deep expertise in strengthening and scaling nonprofits and mission-oriented organizations. — with a particular focus on facilitation, leadership development, and strategic planning.
Chris has spent the last 30 years successfully guiding and growing organizations, developing leaders and teams, and building individual brands. Earlier in his career, he worked for and consulted with Fortune 500 companies in the arenas of business development, sales and marketing, international operations, and leadership effectiveness.  
​Chris is a seasoned group facilitator, and an invited motivational speaker for a variety of events including national conferences, corporate rallies and business meetings. He is also passionate about his volunteer work with The ManKind Project where he has served on the national board for many years.

Rosy Elliott

Senior Leadership Trainer ​& Coach
Philadelphia, PA

Rosy Elliott delivers a cutting edge, courageous approach to leadership and team development. Rosy holds several certifications and has over 15 years of experience providing leadership coaching and development across multiple industries. Rosy is known for coaching leaders to identify their unique spark, align with their purpose and commit to their potential. Her style is engaging, fun and challenging—inspiring growth and in-the-bones learning. She is passionate about human potential and the magic that can happen in teams when people are firing on all cylinders.
In addition to her work with leaders and organizations, Rosy also works with couples. She provides individually designed relationship coaching for couples who want to show up and thrive in their relationship.