The Embrace Change Coaching Team

We’re proud to be an all-BIPOC team of expert coaches with different specialities to best meet each client’s needs.

Coaches

  • Brandon Johnson, M.Ed., CPCC

    Brandon Johnson is a certified job and career transition coach who is passionate about helping BIPOC job seekers and leaders get the tools, skills, and confidence they need to succeed in their careers. Read more →

  • Vince Zabala, M.Ed., ACC

    Vince Zabala is a Gallup-certified leadership coach and educator with over 15 years of experience empowering diverse individuals to thrive. As a queer, Filipino American and neurodivergent person, Vince brings a unique, open, and rooted perspective to his transformational, strengths-based coaching practice. Read more →

  • Naseem Kapdi

    Naseem Kapdi is a compassionate career coach who specializes in coaching immigrants, introverts, and first- or second-gen BIPOC navigating career transitions. Her quiet strength and intuitive understanding allow clients to feel seen, heard, and supported as they transform their professional lives. Read more →

  • Steve Branch, MPAc

    Steven Namar Branch is a career development professional dedicated to creating fruitful pathways for other BIPOC professionals across gender. Steve coaches both women of color and men of color, and is passionate about creating relationships and networks for the benefit of Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive workspaces.

Interested in joining the coaching team at Embrace Change?

Operations

  • Payal Shah, PCC, ELI-MP

    Director of Coach Education
    In her role as the Director of Coach Education at Embrace Change, she manages the Embrace Change Coaching Certification program (ECCC), facilitating a “ripple effect” of impact by enabling BIPOC coaches to make a difference in the lives of other BIPOC through strengthening their skills and capabilities as coaches.

  • Tristan Evans Richardson

    Facilitation and Community Support Specialist
    As the Facilitator and Community Support Specialist for Embrace Change's Leadership Accelerator and Leadership Network, Tristan Evans Richardson draws upon her experience as an educator, trainer, and program manager to foster community building and support valuable learning opportunities for WOC leaders to grow, connect, and thrive.

  • Vince Zabala, ACC, M. Ed.

    ECCC Curriculum Designer
    Vince Zabala is a transformational leadership coach and educator with over 15 years of experience empowering diverse individuals to thrive. As a queer, Filipino American and neurodivergent person, Vince brings a unique, open, and rooted perspective to his curriculum development work for Embrace Change and ECCC and coaching practice.