ABOUT DR. NATALIA

Future of Work and Change Leadership Expert. Workplace Culture, Diversity and Innovation Consultant. Psychologist and Wellness Expert. Best-Selling Author, Speaker & Forbes Contributor

I am a multi-hyphenate psychologist, business & career consultant, best-selling author, speaker & Forbes Contributor. I am the founder and CEO of the Catalyst Innovation Group, a human-centered innovation and design consultancy dedicated to helping people and companies prepare and reprepare for the future of work, build great cultures, and close the educational and economic opportunity gaps that have widened over time.

Throughout my career I’ve worked as a clinical psychologist, a leadership and performance consultant for large national Fortune 1000 companies to small businesses, an executive and personal consultant. a Chief Officer of a foundation, and CEO of a nonprofit organization. Whether I am working at the individual, organizational, or societal level, the common thread throughout my experiences is that I am driven by a desire to solve our big challenges involving how to grow and lead, particularly through disruptive change.

I am the author of the Amazon Bestseller in 5 categories, Future Proofed: The New Rules of Success in Work & Life for our Modern World.

I am a SXSW 2021 presenter and a Forbes Contributor. I have been featured in various media outlets including Harvard Business Review, NYT, FOX, Wall St. Journal, Barron’s, Yahoo Finance, Oprah Magazine, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor, Elite Daily, Thrive Global, as well as a speaker at events ranging from small group workshops to three-thousand-person events.

I served on the Federal Reserve Board, 10th District, and earned my B.A. with Honors in Psychology from Brown University, my PhD. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland, and completed my Clinical Internship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.