Nancy Fredericks, spent over 20 years managing Operations and Human Resources functions in large law and accounting firms in Los Angeles before deciding to start her own consulting company. Even within these large, conservative organizations, Nancy was known as an entrepreneurial leader. She launched programs that positively impacted the bottom line of the organization through improved processes and skill sets—even when there was no "official" budget to support them. She learned early on that success attracts the funding for more success.

Nancy's first foray into the world of entrepreneurship actually occurred when she was in third grade. She began weaving potholders at night, and selling them to the neighbors the following afternoon. Soon, she organized the first mass-production line in her neighborhood when she convinced three friends to join her little business. They wove the potholders, which she then sold throughout the neighborhood. Here began her first lessons in managing, marketing, and high finance.

In 1987, Nancy accepted her first consulting assignment. It wasn't too many years later that she launched Nancy Fredericks International, a corporate consulting company specializing in improving business results by shifting people and processes. Over the years, Nancy Fredericks International was expanded to include customized training programs, executive-planning retreats, and specialized need assessments to uncover what is and is not working within an organization. She has optimized individual and organizational performance through her cutting edge practices that have influenced excellence at every level of the organization. Additionally, one-on-one executive coaching has been an integral segment of Nancy's business. She has a proven track record working with 1,000's of executives to effectively "managing the gap"—move across the space between where they are and where they need to be—to achieve higher levels of success for themselves and their companies.

Nancy co-authored Dancing on the Glass Ceiling: Tap into Your True Strengths, Activate Your Vision, and Get What You Really Want Out of Your Career (McGraw-Hill, January 2003). The breakthrough philosophy of this book draws on Nancy's fifteen-year coaching/consulting background with men and women, as well as research and focus groups.

Her current book-in-progress speaks to 'The Paradoxical Tensions of Leadership.' Nancy has also written articles and commentaries that have appeared in a variety of business and spiritual magazines. She is also a dynamic, inspiring professional speaker.

The clients of NFI include Allergan, Aegon, Hunt-Wesson, Viacom, DDB Worldwide Communications, Rain Bird Corp., Kia Motors America, Inc., Walt Disney Studios, Hughes Electronics, Ogilvy One, and Rockwell International.

Nancy is a single woman and mother to Bear, a cuddly cockapoo—who has issues—that she rescued from an abusive environment. She is an avid reader and traveler who enjoys just about any outdoor sport. If Colorado had a frequent skier program, she would certainly qualify. She also enjoys hiking and biking, and is a daily swimmer.