Tami Kesselman

Tami Kesselman is a pioneer and thought leader on impact policy and solutions for sustainability, specializing in strategies that successfully integrate impact objectives with financial success. She is a pitch coach, startup mentor & judge for Harvard Business School’s flagship New Venture Competition and the President’s Innovation Challenge and has led pitch prep sessions for Thought Leader Institute and Hult, mentoring multiple founder teams to $1MM+ pitch competition wins and successful funding rounds.

A former Bain consultant AND one of Tony Robbins' most elite trained coaches, Tami is frequently retained as a board advisor and executive coach on aligning wealth, impact, and legacy. Her clients range from founders raising capital to family office investment committees wanting to improve impact measurement & tracking, and from celebrities & post-liquidity founders needing help transitioning to their next big thing to family office nextgens wanting to make a name for themselves outside of their family. She is unique in the success she gets her 1:1 VIP clients, with coaching that integrates personal happiness and creating game-changing impact in the world.

A dynamic speaker and frequent guest lecturer, Tami chaired the Capital Markets Leadership Roundtable at the United Nations and lectures on identifying ESG shortcomings and evolving impact metrics at Harvard and at family office private wealth conferences around the world, annually receiving top speaker reviews. Her fan base includes Adi Ignatius, Editor in Chief, Harvard Business Review, whose 2021 endorsement speaks for itself: “Many people tout their frameworks on impact, but Tami Kesselman is the real deal. Tami is one of the top minds in thinking about how to strike the right balance between financial success and impact results.” A podcast series based on her work, ‘Alpha Girl (in a) Beta World,” is coming out this year.

Along with her executive coaching and advisory firm, Next Gen Success LLC, Tami is a Partner at LOHAS, and is currently serving as global president of Harvard Alumni in Impact.