Career coaches for veterans
Compare 60 career coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are military transition, career change, promotions and advancement and consulting and finance recruiting. They most often work with veterans, professionals and students. Most charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Inbar G.
Inbar G. coaches software engineers, engineering managers, product managers and other tech roles on interviews, resumes and leadership. Inbar is a Senior Engineering Manager at DocuSign and a former Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. Inbar has run over 100 interviews and has managed people for 17 years. Inbar also mentors veterans who want to move into tech and helps them improve their resumes.
Alex Shushunov
Alex Shushunov coaches people who want to get into top MBA programs and management consulting firms. He is a former U.S. Army officer who worked at Accenture and McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey he was a trained interviewer and recruiting lead. He has coached since 2018 and has helped hundreds of candidates, both veterans and non-veterans, prepare for MBA programs and firms like McKinsey, Bain, and BCG.
Andy Fleischer
Andy Fleischer is a career coach who helps veterans and other professionals move into business, consulting, tech and top MBA programs. He began as a Special Operations Infantry Officer and led soldiers on three deployments to the Middle East. He then earned an MBA at Wharton and worked at L.E.K. Consulting. Today he leads a $1B+ business at Amazon. He has coached more than 60 clients through military transitions.
Brian Landry
Brian Landry is a management consulting coach who helps veterans and career changers break into top-tier consulting or the defense tech industry. He is a former Green Beret and 75th Ranger Regiment officer. He later consulted at Bain & Company and then moved into defense technology. He has made the move from military to consulting and from consulting to industry. Today he works as a business development manager for the Army portfolio.
Cristin Browne
Cristin Browne is a coach who helps veterans move from military service into civilian leadership. Cristin is a former U.S. Army Blackhawk pilot and aviation company commander with an MBA from Harvard Business School. Cristin leads Brave Peak, where they buy and run businesses, advise founders and operators, and coach veterans. Past roles include Chief Customer Officer at Homebot and Business Operations Manager at Twilio.
Gaylan Greenawalt
Gaylan Greenawalt is a product management coach who helps people break into product roles and grow in them. He also coaches military and first responder veterans who want to move into tech. He worked as a product manager at LinkedIn, Amazon, Guideline and Airspeed. He served 11 years as a Navy officer and led teams of 30 to 100 people across 4 deployments. He now works as a senior product manager at Overland AI.
James Thao
James Thao is a management consulting coach. He helps career switchers, MBA applicants, and experienced hires prepare for consulting offers. His case experience spans financial services, aerospace and defense, and technology. He spent 2017 to 2022 as a Senior Manager in strategy consulting and served in the United States Army from 2005 to 2013. He now runs Apstelios and co-founded Nupt.AI, where he is Chief Operating Officer.
Jonathan Javier & Jerry Lee
Jonathan Javier and Jerry Lee run Wonsulting, a career coaching company that helps job seekers from non-traditional backgrounds get hired. Coaches rewrite resumes and LinkedIn profiles, apply to targeted jobs for clients, and run mock interviews. The team includes former Fortune 500 recruiters and hiring managers. Wonsulting also offers a 120-day job offer guarantee and WonsultingAI, a set of AI job search tools with over 1.6M users.
Judy Horton
Judy Horton is a career coach and team trainer in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She helps professionals plan promotions, change careers, and communicate better at work. She spent 20 years leading teams in Information Systems, Human Resources, and Learning. She holds PMP, RCC, and SHRM-SCP credentials. She uses the HBDI thinking style assessment with teams. She also guides military veterans as they map a move into a civilian career.
Kira Dalton
Kira Dalton is a career coach who helps professionals make big career pivots. She focuses on midlife professionals looking for a second or third act. She also works with MBA students, military veterans, and people moving into or out of entertainment. Before coaching, she spent 10 years in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, including DreamWorks Animation, Disney, and Lucasfilm/ILM. She also worked in higher education.
Lenora Lassiter
Lenora Lassiter is a career and life coach who helps women find purpose and make a career move. She also works with veterans, professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders. She has more than 15 years in workforce development and leadership development. She worked as a Senior Career Development Counselor and helped thousands of service members and military spouses. She builds her coaching on her own P.I.V.O.T. Success Framework and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer.
Mark Brostoff
Mark Brostoff is a career and leadership coach who helps college students, recent graduates, and experienced professionals plan their career search. He has over 20 years of senior leadership in higher education. He served as Assistant Dean of Graduate Career Services at USC Marshall School of Business and as Associate Dean at Olin Business School. He also retired as a Commander from the US Navy after 20 years of service.
Mark Delaney
Mark Delaney is a career coach who helps high-performing professionals make big career decisions. He spent eight years as an Army officer, then earned an MBA at Darden. He co-founded an HR tech startup and later spent two years as a self-funded searcher. Today he also runs an executive recruiting practice focused on data centers, defense, energy, and manufacturing. He coaches people who are weighing pivots or working out what comes next.
Steven Crane
Steven Crane is an executive coach, keynote speaker and business strategist who works with veterans, professionals and entrepreneurs. He is a former Marine who was homeless and disabled after leaving the service. He went on to build multiple businesses and secure over $4.2 billion in benefits for veterans worldwide. He coaches on leaving the military, scaling a business and taking control of personal finances. He holds 2 doctorates and is now in law school.
Alex Olsen
Alex Olsen is a management consulting coach who helps people prepare for consulting jobs and top programs. Alex is a former Bain manager who led consulting teams on growth strategy, tech transformation, go-to-market strategy, and automation projects. At Bain, Alex interviewed 30+ candidates and reviewed 100+ resumes. Alex is also an Air Force veteran with a Harvard master's degree. Coaching covers management consulting, college, communication and public speaking, and master's programs.
Kyle Koenig
Kyle Koenig is a career coach who helps transitioning service members, veterans and career changers plan their next move. He is based in San Diego. He spent nearly ten years as a Navy pilot and officer, then worked as a senior case manager with the Navy Wounded Warrior Program. There he supported 50+ sailors and their families, many heading toward separation. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall.
LaSchwann Killens
LaSchwann Killens is a career and leadership coach in Bisbee, Arizona. He works with mid-to-senior professionals and leaders who look successful on the outside but feel unsure on the inside. Before coaching, he spent twenty years in the U.S. Army and more than a decade in adult learning and development. His coaching centers on psychological safety and clarity about personal values, so clients make decisions from what matters to them.
Wilbanks Consulting Group
Wilbanks Consulting Group is a career and leadership coaching firm for professionals and executives. The team helps clients change careers, move up, and run a job search. The firm is woman-owned and has worked with mid to executive level leaders for over 10 years. Its team includes certified HR professionals, career and leadership coaches, and writers. It also serves companies, colleges, professional associations, and nonprofits across the country.
Brendan Lorton
Brendan Lorton is a management consulting coach who helps people move into consulting and navigate business school. He went from the military to business school and knows what it is like to start from zero. He explored investment banking, worked at a startup, and spent a summer consulting with BCG. He now works at Boston Consulting Group. He has coached 1,516 minutes and has 21 reviews.
Lauren Stephenson
Lauren Stephenson is a coach for people aiming at service academies and ROTC, moving out of the military, or stepping into leadership roles. She is a former Navy officer and decision scientist with a background in operations research and analytics. She worked as a consultant at BCG and as Lead Data Scientist for the US Navy. She built the Surface Force Response Plan, a planning and decision system for Navy forces.
Steven Stein
Steven Stein is a career coach who helps people in tech, MBA candidates and military members plan their next career move. He is a Senior Product Marketing Manager who built go-to-market plans for NVIDIA Data Center platforms. Earlier he worked at Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Google. At Microsoft Teams he trained 25 marketers and launched over 450 features. He also served in the United States Air Force.
Donna Serdula
Donna Serdula runs LinkedIn Makeover, a service of Vision Board Media that writes and brands LinkedIn profiles and resumes. She works with job seekers and executives who want a stronger career story. Her team also builds LinkedIn company pages and profiles for employees. She wrote a For Dummies book on LinkedIn and hosts the Dream Big Conversations podcast. She also offers resources for veterans and military professionals.
Tamika Creekmore
Tamika Creekmore is a career coach in Leland who helps people plan their next move, including veterans moving into civilian work. She is also a working interior designer, project manager and U.S. Army veteran. She has worked in design, sales, client services and retail. She has changed industries herself and returned to school after the military. She helps clients take an overwhelming idea, split it into small steps, and choose what to do next.
Daniel Simpson
Daniel Simpson is a career and leadership coach for veterans and service members moving into civilian work. He is a Special Operations veteran with a social work degree. He is Chief Operating Officer of Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc., a large Department of Labor funded veteran employment provider. He grew it from a small regional provider into a multi-state group. He has coached more than 100 clients on the Leland platform.
Ryan Schuler
Ryan Schuler is a career, leadership and business coach in Covington, Georgia. He helps veterans, transitioning military personnel and small businesses. He is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and runs Bald Eagle Coaching LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. He is a Board-Certified Coach. His work covers leadership development, career readiness and workforce solutions for organizations.
Ryan Schuler
Ryan Schuler is a career and leadership coach in Covington, Georgia. He works with veterans, service members leaving the military, and small businesses. He is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and runs Bald Eagle Coaching LLC. He holds a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. He is a Board-Certified Coach. His focus areas are leadership development, career readiness, and workforce solutions for organizations.
Spencer Shih
Spencer Shih is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants choose schools and tell their story based on career goals. He is a Navy veteran who used a full-time MBA to move into marketing. He has worked with more than 60 MBA clients and has coached full-time MBA students on recruiting for over 5 years. He starts by asking what career you want after the MBA and what experience you want during the two years.
Alec Emmert
Alec Emmert coaches people who want into top MBA programs and elite consulting firms. He works with applicants from non-traditional backgrounds. He was admitted to Wharton at age 35 with a 2.85 undergraduate GPA. He then joined McKinsey & Company as an Associate and worked in its Private Equity practice. He also led Service to School, a nonprofit that helps veterans get into top universities, and wrote a book on MBA success for veterans.
Alex Clark
Alex Clark is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications for top business schools. Alex is a Stanford GSB graduate, a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer and a former Strategy Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Alex also served as a TALK Coach at Stanford. Alex has worked with more than 10 MBA clients on strategy, essays and personal stories, with a focus on applicants from non-traditional paths.
Bryan Stewart
Bryan Stewart is an executive and leadership coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs, transitioning veterans and high-potential leaders. He is a former military officer and corporate executive with over two decades of leadership experience in healthcare, medical devices and startups. He has guided hundreds of senior leaders and emerging talent. He also holds governance credentials from the Private Directors Association, covering private companies, private equity portfolios and ESOPs.
Dee Taylor
Dee Taylor is an MBA admissions consultant who helps veterans, engineers, and other non-traditional applicants get into business school. Dee is a Harvard Business School MBA and a former U.S. Navy officer with an engineering background. Through Service2School, Dee has supported applicants admitted to Tuck, Wharton, Harvard Business School, Kellogg, and Chicago Booth. Dee also works as a product leader in gaming and has founded a business.
Grant Miller
Grant Miller is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps clients with consulting recruiting and the move from military to civilian work. He has conducted over 30 MBA admissions interviews for Georgetown and interviewed job candidates at Deloitte and in government. He is a Georgetown MBA candidate and a former Deloitte Senior Consultant. He now works at Visa Consulting & Analytics. He also has U.S. Army experience.
Greg Furnia
Greg Furnia is a life, executive and career transition coach who works with first responders and their families. He also coaches leaders and professionals who want success at work without losing what matters at home. Greg spent 26 years in federal law enforcement, including special operations and leadership roles. He founded Living the Good Life LLC and coaches clients online across the United States. He also partners with agencies on retirement readiness and leadership training.
Hugo Velazco
Hugo Velazco is an executive and leadership coach in Torrance, California. He helps leaders, professionals, founders and veterans who carry heavy responsibility and need clarity before a big decision. He holds a PhD in Business Psychology and is an ICF Professional Certified Coach. His background includes military service, human resources and organizational systems. He created Judgment Intelligence, a framework for sound judgment under pressure. He offers a 30-minute private conversation as a starting point.
James Palmer III
James Palmer III is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches students, veterans and professionals on service academy and ROTC applications, career strategy and leadership. He is a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer with a Columbia Business School MBA. He has coached more than 100 people. He serves as a Columbia Business School Admissions Ambassador, a Management Leadership for Tomorrow coach and a West Point Admissions Liaison.
Jeremy Wano
Jeremy Wano is an admissions consultant who helps people get into MBA and MPA programs, get into dental school, and land jobs in consulting. He studied at Tuck School of Business and worked at Boston Consulting Group. He served as a dentist in the US Navy. He has also worked as a strategy consultant and as a Head of Customer Success Strategy.
Kasey Crumpton
Kasey Crumpton is an MBA admissions consultant who helps non-traditional and military applicants. Kasey has a Kellogg MBA from the Class of 2026 and has worked in consulting at Boston Consulting Group. Kasey also served as Director of Network Operations for the Space Force and as an Army Signal and Infantry Officer. Kasey has guided 5 clients through the MBA application process and received offers from multiple top-25 MBA programs.
Kim Green
Kim Green is a life and leadership coach who helps people through major life and career transitions. She is a retired Navy Commander with 18 years of leadership experience. She has worked in military and professional settings, building workforces and improving global operations. She holds a Masters in Human Systems Integration and an M.B.A. in Human Resources. She uses the Energy Leadership Index to help clients find what blocks them and gain clarity.
Lida Citroën
Lida Citroën is an executive coach and personal branding expert in Denver, Colorado. She helps executives, professionals and military veterans shape how others see them. She also handles reputation repair after a crisis. For over 20 years she has worked with hundreds of global executives, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. She has consulted for Google, Disney and SiriusXM, and she has written 7 books. She also gives time to veterans moving into civilian work.
Matt Kilby
Matt Kilby is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools and undergraduate schools. He has coached for over 6 years. He is a former nuclear submarine officer and a Project Leader at BCG. Clients he has helped were admitted to Harvard Business School, Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg and MIT Sloan, including the LGO program. He also works with military veterans, engineers and athletes.
Patrick Weeks
Patrick Weeks is a startup founders advisor and executive coach. He helps entrepreneurs and leaders who are scaling themselves and their teams. He is a Marine Corps veteran with 15+ years in leadership, operations, recruiting and communications. At Sonder he built a team of 30+ direct reports and grew the market to an 8-figure P&L. He now serves as a Vice President of Operations. He also chairs the board of DonorSee.
Shikina Tellis
Shikina Tellis is a leadership and life coach who helps professionals, veterans, and entrepreneurs build success without burnout. Shikina founded TWS Coaching & Consulting Group, LLC. Shikina is a military veteran with more than 26 years of senior leadership experience. Shikina holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and an MBA. Shikina also coaches couples and offers workshops and speaking. Shikina works with clients across the country by video.
Stephen Morris
Stephen Morris is a leadership and career coach in Indiana. He helps CEOs, managers and team members grow their leadership skills and plan their careers. He spent 21 years in the military and corporate worlds, and he is a United States Army veteran who led deployments worldwide. He runs Renowned Leadership, which builds coaching around three ideas: Community, Consistency and Clarity. He works with STEM leaders and with people leaving the military.
Taylor Applegate
Taylor Applegate is a law school admissions consultant who helps transitioning military members, veterans, young professionals and senior undergraduates plan a future in law. Taylor served six years on active duty as an Air Force officer, then earned a JD at Stanford Law School. Taylor clerked for the Ninth Circuit and now practices as an attorney at Salahi PC. Taylor also helps clients apply to other graduate and fellowship programs.
Tyler Oates
Tyler Oates is a management consulting and MBA coach. He helps candidates get into elite MBA programs, land jobs at top consulting firms, and move into entrepreneurship through search and acquisition. Tyler worked at McKinsey & Company after Harvard Business School. He later became CEO of a Michigan-based manufacturing company. Before business school, he spent ten years as a U.S. Army Green Beret. He also coaches people leaving the military.
Walter Woo
Walter Woo is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps with master's programs, venture capital paths, and military transitions. He served as a US Army officer from 2015 to 2023 after graduating from the United States Military Academy. He later earned a Master of Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School. He has invested in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia and other markets. He also interviewed and mentored prospective candidates for the Military Academy.
William Chung
William Chung is an MBA admissions consultant who helps veterans and service members get into business school and move into tech. He is a Product Manager at Microsoft and a former Army MEDEVAC Black Hawk pilot. He earned his own MBA at MIT Sloan. He has helped 20+ people win acceptances at top 25 programs, including HBS, Stanford GSB, Booth, Columbia and Kellogg. He also coaches career changers into product management and product marketing.
Zack Doherty
Zack Doherty is an admissions consultant and career coach. He helps clients with MBA applications, college applications and career pivots. He turns each client's experiences into a clear story. Zack is a Marine Corps officer with a Stanford MBA and a philosophy degree from Dartmouth. He captained the Dartmouth swimming and diving team and later served as Chief Revenue Officer at a startup. He focuses on people with nontraditional paths.
Zormarah Lyda
Zormarah Lyda, known as Coach Zhee, is an executive and life coach in Maryland. She coaches emerging leaders, managers, executives, veterans and college students through career and leadership change. She is a U.S. military veteran with more than 18 years of leadership experience in federal service. She founded Candidly Unsed and also prepares people for the RBLP, RBLP-C and RBLP-T certifications. She runs workshops and webinars on perfectionism and life seasons.
Austin Welch
Austin Welch is an MBA admissions and consulting recruiting coach. He helps candidates get into top business schools and land jobs at firms like McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. He is a former McKinsey Engagement Manager and interviewer who now leads a team of 30 as a Managing Director at FedEx. He was accepted at all seven business schools he applied to, then earned his MBA at Stanford.
Mark A. Mitchell
Dr. Mark A. Mitchell is a life, career, and leadership coach who helps professionals get clear on their next step. He is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran with more than 20 years of leadership experience in the military, federal government, and private sector. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration and runs Pay Attention Coaching in Spokane, Washington. He coaches clients across the country by video or phone.
Al Lopez
Al Lopez is a leadership and military transition coach. He helps people grow as leaders, make hard decisions, and move from military service into new careers. He is a retired U.S. Navy Captain and a certified coach. He also works full time as Director of Operations at Sterigenics, where he leads multiple manufacturing facilities. He is working toward full ICF accreditation and coaches people from many backgrounds.
MBA & Beyond
MBA & Beyond is an admissions consulting firm that helps applicants get into global MBA and MIM programs. The team works on school selection, essays, resumes and interviews. Clients have won admit invites from INSEAD, HEC Paris, LBS, Oxford, Darden, Kellogg and Tuck. Applicants come from fields like consulting, product management, finance and the military. The firm also helps people with a low GPA or GMAT score build a strong case.
Mark Bergquist
Mark Bergquist is an accountability, career and life coach who helps people work through change in their personal and work lives. He is a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Desert Storm and has nearly three decades of leadership experience. He rose from hourly supervisor to operations manager and has led teams in Fortune 500 companies and churches. He is an iPEC certified coach and works with a practice in Katy, Texas.
Kat Andrews
Kat Andrews is a burnout recovery coach in Hawaii. She helps professionals, veterans and adult college students who deal with burnout, chronic stress and ADHD-related overwhelm. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Her clients include nurses, healthcare workers, IT professionals, first responders and therapists. She also works with career changers and neurodivergent clients who give a lot to others and want a life they do not need to escape from.
Jose Samayoa
Jose Samayoa is an executive and career coach in Connecticut. He helps leaders, first-time managers, career changers, and small business teams. He runs Eels Professional Development. His work draws on 20 years of leadership in the military, corporate management, and small business operations. He uses a framework built on Experiences, Expectations, Feedback, Actions, and Self. Sessions can be virtual, in an office, or onsite at a client's workplace.
Richard Burke
Richard Burke is a business, career and life coach in Illinois. He helps people in transition, including recent college graduates, veterans leaving the military, and executives who want to grow their careers and businesses. He spent ten years as President of a $25 million ecommerce company and five years as a Vice President of ecommerce at a Fortune 500 company. He also led the Graduate School of Management at Lewis University for three years.
Greg Guglielmo
Greg Guglielmo is an MBA admissions consultant who founded Avanti Prep and helps business school applicants with applications, interviews, waitlists and scholarships. Poets & Quants ranked him the #9 consultant in the U.S. in 2026. He is one of 23 MBA consultants worldwide with 100+ lifetime reviews on that site. His firm reports a 42% lifetime Harvard-Stanford acceptance rate and works with military applicants.
Shikina Tellis
Shikina Tellis is a life coach for professional women and a relationship coach for couples. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach and a military veteran. She helps women grow their careers, build financial strength, and form healthy relationships. She also coaches premarital and married couples with the Prepare/Enrich assessment. Her practice is TWS Coaching and Consulting Group LLC in Bethesda.
Robert L. Cummings Sr.
Robert L. Cummings Sr. is a life coach who works on relationships, parenting and careers. She is a retired U.S. Army Vietnam veteran with 26 years of service. She served as the NBA chaplain for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2004 to 2011. She also teaches anger and domestic violence classes for Riverside County court providers. She has been free from drug addiction for 43 years and draws on that story in her coaching. Sessions are in person, by phone, or on Zoom for international clients.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Inbar G. | Interview coaching and Resume and LinkedIn | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Alex Shushunov | Consulting and finance recruiting and Interview coaching | $80 to $165 an hour |
| Andy Fleischer | Career change and Consulting and finance recruiting | $90 to $185 an hour |
| Brian Landry | Career change and Consulting and finance recruiting | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Cristin Browne | Career change and Military transition | $90 to $185 an hour |
| Gaylan Greenawalt | Career change and Tech careers | $90 to $175 an hour |
| James Thao | Consulting and finance recruiting and Interview coaching | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Jonathan Javier & Jerry Lee | Career change and Job search | $125 to $200 an hour |
| Judy Horton | Career change and Promotions and advancement | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Kira Dalton | Career change and Job search | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Lenora Lassiter | Career change and Resume and LinkedIn | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Mark Brostoff | Career change and Job search | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Mark Delaney | Career change and Salary negotiation | $90 to $185 an hour |
| Steven Crane | Career change and Military transition | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Alex Olsen | Interview coaching and Consulting and finance recruiting | $75 to $150 an hour |
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Most career coaches charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Common focus areas include military transition, career change, promotions and advancement and consulting and finance recruiting.
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Last updated September 2026.