Kelly Meerbott, PCC, CCTS-I is an award-winning executive leadership coach and trauma-informed strategist who supports senior leaders through moments of growth, burnout recovery, and bold reinvention. With over 16 years of experience, she has coached thousands of professionals—from Fortune 100 executives and military officers to founders scaling from early traction to $100M+ operations.

Kelly’s work stands at the intersection of high-performance strategy and emotional intelligence. As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist–Individual (CCTS-I) via the Arizona Trauma Institute, she creates psychologically safe coaching containers that catalyze both identity transformation and measurable results.

Her coaching has helped founders 30x revenue in under two years, led national organizations to cut attrition rates in half, and consistently delivers a 90% post-engagement success rating. Clients rely on Kelly not just to elevate performance—but to reconnect with purpose and lead with radical authenticity.

She is the founder of YOU – Loud & Clear, host of Hidden Human: The Stories Behind the Business Leader, and the voice behind the TEDx talk Our Trauma: A Bridge to Belonging. Her second talk, This Joy Is Sacred, explores joy as a leadership imperative and act of resistance.

Kelly’s specialties include C-suite coaching, founder growth, post-traumatic leadership recovery, culture transformation, and women’s leadership. Clients describe her as a “strategic truth-teller,” a “soul mirror,” and “the only coach who could hold both my trauma and my vision at the same time.”