Life Junctions LLC 180 West End Avenue, Suite 21E New York, New York 10023 917.250.8251 www.LifeJunctions.com Stacy@LifeJunctions.com

Stacy S. Kim, Ph.D., Founder Dr. Kim is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) helping talented and caring women find time and energy for meaningful work and the people they love. She is also the author of The Lighthouse Method: How Busy Overloaded Moms Can Get Unstuck and Figure Out What To Do With Their Lives. Through her coaching, writing, and speaking, she translates research into practical strategies in a style that is intellectually stimulating yet fun. She both energizes and reassures her clients, readers, and audiences, enabling them to pursue rewarding careers, deepen their relationships, and live more fulfilling lives. She loves speaking to professional organizations, employee groups, alumni associations, parents, and schools. Venues include: New York Times, LaSalle Investment Management, Merrill Lynch, Ellevate Network, National Association for Legal Professionals, MomCorps, Northwestern U., Georgetown U., Columbia U., Lighthouse International, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, Mandell School and Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

Dr. Kim has over 15 years’ experience in early childhood education and work-family research. She has worked for such institutions as Columbia University and the Families and Work Institute, where she coauthored Feeling Overworked: When Work Becomes Too Much with Ellen Galinsky and James T. Bond. She earned her doctorate in educational policy and leadership at the University of Pennsylvania, her coaching certification at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), an International Coach Federation-accredited program, and her bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University. Dr. Kim has appeared on media outlets such as NPR and CNN, and

her work has been featured in print and online publications such as Real Simple, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Quartz, and Prevention. She was born in Seoul, Korea, grew up in Evanston, Honolulu and Los Angeles, began her career in advertising research in Chicago, and currently lives with her husband and two children in New York City. She is a Girl Scout troop leader, a New York Women's Foundation grant reader, and a life-long knitter.