I Lead Your Important Ideas from Vision to Reality
For more than three decades, I’ve helped organizations bring important ideas to life. From launching brands and products to leading strategic communications and community initiatives, my work has always centered on one goal: transforming vision into meaningful result.
Whether serving as an internal leader or a trusted external partner, I bring structure to complexity. I align stakeholders, build practical roadmaps, solve obstacles, and stay with the work until it moves from concept to implementation.
I believe great ideas deserve more than strategy. They deserve leadership, momentum, and someone committed to carrying them across the finish line. That’s the work I love—and the work I continue to do.
Whether serving as an internal leader or a trusted external partner, I bring structure to complexity. I align stakeholders, build practical roadmaps, solve obstacles, and stay with the work until it moves from concept to implementation.
I believe great ideas deserve more than strategy. They deserve leadership, momentum, and someone committed to carrying them across the finish line. That’s the work I love—and the work I continue to do.
Experience That Shapes Execution
The Experience Behind the Work
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Turner Broadcasting
Led a communications team supporting C-level executives and enterprise-wide initiatives, translating complex business objectives into strategic communication and organizational alignment.
11 years
11 years
1988
Hawthorne Communications
CEO/Founder. Built a communications firm into a multimillion-dollar corporation, leading brand development, strategic communications, and business growth initiatives for organizations across multiple industries.
15 years
15 years
2000
Brand & Marketing Strategist
Partnered with organizations to clarify strategy, strengthen brand and market positioning, and guide complex initiatives from concept through execution—aligning vision, stakeholders, and measurable results.
2015
Certification
Earned executive and personal coaching certification to deepen my understanding of leadership, motivation, resilience, and lasting change—insights that continue to strengthen every initiative I lead.
2018
Highly Achievable
Founded Highly Achievable as a coaching practice and evolved it into a firm dedicated to helping organizations turn vision into reality. Today it brings together decades of experience in leadership, strategy, communications, brand development, product/service launch, event expansion, and execution to support meaningful initiatives from concept to implementation.
2018
Published Author
Authored books that transform meaningful ideas into stories that connect across generations. From children's literature to memoir, each project reflects a belief that the right message can inspire, teach, and create lasting impact.
2018
Framework & Resource Developer
Developed practical tools, educational resources, and structured learning systems that extend the impact of organizations long after a workshop, presentation, or initiative has ended. Created Attainable, the first in a growing collection of proprietary frameworks.
Children's Book Author
In one sitting, as my daughter delivered the tiny human bundle of love who will come to know me as Mimi, I wrote "Oh, How, You Sparkle! A Love Story for Every Child." Using a pen name, Kiki Ollie, this book is touching hearts everywhere. Available at KikiOllie.com
My Certification
Throughout my career, I’ve believed that experience alone isn’t enough. I pursued executive and personal coaching certification because I value continuous learning and wanted to better understand how people grow, adapt, and navigate change. Those perspectives continue to inform my work, but it is decades of leading organizations and bringing ideas to life that remain my greatest teachers.