Communicator · Chief of Staff · First Follower

Helping founders and leaders scale their vision, and untie knots along the way

I'm a first follower by nature. Partner me with a leader who's thinking farther ahead than the organization can yet articulate — whose teams are telling different versions of the same story, who leaves a meeting thinking everyone is aligned when in reality, they're not — and I'll get underneath it, sort out the friction, and get everyone moving in the same direction.

I'll stay after the room clears to make sure what the leader intended is what gets executed and to have hard conversations others won't.

My communications experience and chief of staff instinct aren't separate. One without the other is half the job.

I've done this before, from early scaling through private equity and IPO, alongside the CEOs and founders at The Container Store, The Motley Fool, and others. All very different companies, united by leaders who believed in business as a force for good.

20+

Years alongside founders & leaders

Private → PE → IPO

Full transition experience

Player-coach

Strategic and hands-on

"Our partnership became one of the most trusted and consequential I've had in business."

Kip Tindell · Co-Founder & Former CEO, The Container Store

"She extends a leader's reach — making their vision more coherent and more impactful than it would be without her."

Karen Katz · Former President & CEO, Neiman Marcus

"I'm upset she's not still at our company."

David Gardner · Co-Founder, The Motley Fool

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What I do

Close to the work. Close to the leader.

Executive Voice & Narrative

Building the narrative that lets a leader speak with clarity and conviction to boards, investors, teams, and the outside world. CEO and executive positioning, high-stakes media and board preparation, and the content that carries a leader's voice into the world with intention.

Untying Knots

When teams are telling different versions of the same story, decisions are taking longer than they should, or leadership isn't quite moving in the same direction — that's the work. Finding where the friction is hiding, getting everyone aligned, and getting things moving again.

Defining Moments

PE transitions, IPOs, leadership changes, restructuring, crisis, including a co-founder transition that could have fractured the organization and the brand. I've been through all of them, and I know where things could go sideways before they do.

Being In It With You

Sometimes the most valuable thing isn't a deliverable — it's having someone close enough to the leader to know what they actually mean, and trusted enough by the organization to help them understand it. The person who figures out not just what goes on the calendar, but whether it should. It's what makes it possible to have the conversations others won't and to ensure what's decided is what gets done.

Building Something Bigger

Turning a strong point of view into a platform, a media presence, a community. I've helped build nationally beloved brands and scaled a movement around a business philosophy that resonated far beyond any single company.

Beyond the Business

For leaders thinking toward legacy. I help shape and communicate the work that extends impact over time. Purpose, legacy, and what matters most beyond the next quarter.

What others say

In their own words

Audrey spent nearly 20 years at The Container Store, and over time our partnership became one of the most trusted and consequential I've had in business. She was central to how we scaled the brand, the culture, and the business — helping bring our vision to life across every stakeholder: employees, customers, vendors, the community, and investors.

When we became a public company, she partnered with me on assembling our public Board — and then she managed it. I was Chairman, but Audrey kept us cohesive, aligned, and more productive than we would have been without her. It's a rare ability, and one that made us better. I trusted her to represent the essence of our business with our most sophisticated investors.

She made it her job to help build a business where everyone connected to it thrives. And if you get the chance to work with her, just know that the best is yet to come.

Kip Tindell

Co-Founder & Former CEO, The Container Store

I have known and admired Audrey for 17 years, first through her presence in the Conscious Capitalism movement, then through contracting work she did for our company communications, and ultimately through her full-time work at The Motley Fool and our Fool Community Foundation, which she helped build from inception.

Audrey exhibits a love of business done well, and business done right. Her expertise will immediately be evident across areas like brand-building, communications, competitive strategy, managing up and down, and working with diverse communities. What may not be as visible on a résumé, though, are her emotional intelligence and sound judgment, both of which are exceptional. I watched her firsthand work with founders, executives, and boards of directors to find extremely high-degree-of-difficulty compromises and win-wins. She has stories!

Audrey is a consummate professional possessed of manifold talents that will help every team and organization fortunate enough to work with her. I'm upset she's not still at our company! She has my highest recommendation.

David Gardner

Co-Founder, The Motley Fool · Chairman, Fool Community Foundation

Through our work together at the National Retail Federation and NRF Foundation, I had a front-row view of how Audrey operates alongside a visionary leader.

What she does is extend a leader's reach — making their vision, their platform, and their influence more coherent and more impactful than it would be without her. A leader like Kip Tindell, Co-Founder and former CEO of The Container Store, trusts very few people at that level. Audrey was one of them. It's why I've connected her with other founders and CEOs I believe she could genuinely help.

Anyone who needs someone who can think at the highest level and do the work to bring it to life — Audrey is exactly that person.

Karen Katz

Former President & CEO, Neiman Marcus · Board Director: Humana, ROKT, The RealReal

I've observed Audrey's work across nearly two decades and through multiple lenses — when The Container Store earned multiple top spots on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, when I sought her out to learn from her communications approach, and as a collaborator on a U.S. Secretary of Labor committee focused on organizations that don't see people and profits as mutually exclusive.

What I've watched her do, consistently, is build remarkable relationships at every level and use that trust to unlock potential and drive results. She leads with integrity and intentionality and makes every organization she's part of genuinely better.

Erin Moran

Former EVP, Great Place to Work Institute · Former Chief Culture Officer, Union Square Hospitality Group · Executive Director, Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute, Towson University

Audrey brings a rare ability to bridge worlds. She connected our Foundation to The Motley Fool in ways that made both organizations stronger, while bringing a valuable private-sector perspective to our nonprofit work. She was also a terrific partner — someone who challenged our thinking, brought fresh perspectives, and helped turn big ideas into actionable strategies. She has a gift for taking complicated ideas and turning them into clear, compelling stories that reach a broader audience.

George Khalaf

Executive Director, Fool Community Foundation