Who is Kari?

Kari is a marketing and executive leader of over 20 years, she began her career at Wieden+Kennedy, a leading creative advertising agency in both Portland, Oregon and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

In 2002, Kari repatriated to Los Angeles, California and launched Bugaboo Americas with 15 strollers in her garage. Her global marketing sensibilities, entrepreneurial spirit and concise business approach helped launch and position the Bugaboo brand in the Americas. 

Ready for a new path forward, Kari stepped into Coaching in 2014. She is a Certified Transformational Life Coach. Her coaching is grounded in the belief that when we see the truth of who we are beyond our thinking, there is limitless, untapped potential in all of us. When revealed we have the infinite capacity to create our best lives. The very nature of creativity is it comes from nothing. If it was already created it would be known. Discovering that place of ease, is where lasting change and unbelievable innovation reside.

Kari’s professional experience in the corporate world, combined with her approach, creates an unshakable truth that guides clients through difficult moments and towards the way they want to show up in the world.

She stays passionate about the world and those protecting it by serving as a board member for Heal the Bay. Kari also loves to surf, yoga and prefers salty chips to chocolate cookies.