Patti Cotton brings over twenty-five years of leadership experience, both domestically and internationally, in diplomatic relations and corporate administration within the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She is a second-generation business owner and seventh-generation entrepreneur. Her extensive background in leading and managing diverse teams equips her to infuse cultural understanding and practical insights into her work as a leadership and executive coach, organizational development consultant, and facilitator. This rich experience enables her to deliver impactful executive and team coaching, leadership development, group learning, team performance enhancement, and change management.
Patti’s approach is both strategic and intuitive, utilizing evidence-based processes and methodologies to drive results and help her clients achieve their goals. She specializes in CEO and senior leadership development, high-performing teams, fostering healthy organizational culture, succession planning, conflict management, and facilitating sustainable change. In addition to her coaching and consulting work, Patti is a guest instructor in graduate programs, teaching advanced coaching methodologies and business conflict management and mediation.
As a PCC-certified executive coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF), Patti focuses on leadership development that supports successful transitions and growth. She holds master’s degrees in Organizational Management and Development from Fielding Graduate University and in English Literature from La Sierra University. She has also earned a year-long graduate certification in evidence-based coaching from Fielding Graduate University, advanced certification in Immunity to Change coaching methodology from Harvard University, and is a certified mediator for the State of California. She has been recognized by Inland Empire magazine as one of the most influential women in the Inland Empire, and is a three-time recipient of the U.S. President’s Lifetime Award for Volunteer Service.
Patti’s clients include leaders and teams from a wide array of family businesses, privately-held companies, and other organizations, such as Bank of America, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Girl Scouts of America, Harvard University, Edward Jones, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Rodman Media, SSAI, Sysco Food Services, and Qualcomm. For more information, please visit www.patticotton.com/about/.
