Our Team
Executive | ADHD | Career
The most important thing to start off a coaching relationship right is to make sure you and your coach are a good fit. Our coaches are all trained and certified by top coaching programs and selected for their ability to compassionately connect with clients. All of our coaches work with clients across focus areas, but we have noted each coach's specialty. Please explore our coaches' backgrounds to see who might be the right fit.
Meet Our Coaches
Elle O'Flaherty, JD, PCC, CCSP, CPRW
Keynote | Facilitation | Coach
Speaker & Facilitator
Elle O'Flaherty is a sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator who
consistently draws large crowds. Her goal for any speaking event is to
have participants walk away with implementable information. Elle
speaks on many topics, including productivity, creating ADHD-friendly
environments, and changing workplace cultures to support mental
health. To inquire about booking Elle for an event, please see her
speaker page.
Executive, ADHD, & Career Coach
After a 17+ year legal career and certifications in ICF-accredited executive coaching, career coaching, and ADHD coaching, Elle O'Flaherty founded Interlace Solutions to help people get out of their ruts and learn new ways to use their strengths. Elle uses traditional coaching and practical career guidance, assessments, interactive 360 feedback, follow-on exercises, and resources to complement her practice. She coaches professionals from c-suite executives to recent graduates with the unique experience of a former applicant, regular interview panelist, and federal hiring manager. Her single greatest advice from this experience is: don't wear a flannel shirt to an interview. She weaves humor into her coaching to put clients at ease while tackling tough issues.
Elle coaches executives, executive teams, and professionals. She coaches around leadership, productivity, workplace culture, prioritization, organization, and building upon ADHD strengths to overcome difficulties. She also coached on professional skills, performance improvement, strengthening teams, career pivots, stress reduction, and work/life balance, among many other areas.
Elle lives in Washington, DC, and has a dog named Penny, who is the most beautiful dog in the world, obviously. And a great family, but the dog is hard to beat.
Certifications
Professional Certified Coach | International Coaching Federation
Associate Certified Coach | International Federation of Coaches
Certificate in Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance | American University
Certified Career Services Provider | National Career Development Association (NCDA)
Certified Professional Resume Writer | Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (PARWCC)
Certified Professional Career Coach | PARWCC
Certified Digital Career Strategist | PARWCC
Member | Virginia State Bar
Melissa George Kessler, MSOD, ACC
Executive | Career
Melissa George Kessler is an executive and career coach with
expertise in strategy and organization effectiveness. She helps
clients identify goals, develop strategies, and design tactics
to achieve success. As a builder of relationships, ideas, and
operations, she thrives in helping those she works with get things
done efficiently in complex environments and with diverse and
competitive stakeholders.
Melissa began her career as a reporter and editor and later ran the communications shops for the
National Association of Wheat Growers and the U.S. Grains Council. Over her 20-year career, Melissa has worked with partners throughout the urban and rural United States and Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She has a significant writing portfolio, including bylined and ghosted op-eds, news, features, and advocacy. She has also served in various volunteer roles, including on boards or advisory councils of several organization development-focused associations, a publications board, two condominium associations, and a public television show. She has facilitated a networking group for agriculture-focused communicators for over a decade.
Melissa holds a master of science in organization development from American
University and a bachelor’s of political science from the University of Oklahoma. She also holds a certificate in leadership coaching from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership and the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) designation. She is certified in the MBTI and EQi 2.0 instruments.
Based in Washington, D.C., Melissa splits her time between the nation’s capital, and
her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Certifications
Associate Certified Coach | International Coaching Federation
Certification in Leadership Coaching | Georgetown University
Certification | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Certification | Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0)
Robyn Sotolov, LCOP
Executive | Career
Robyn Sotolov is an ICF-accredited executive leadership and Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator coach. She brings nearly 15 years of U.S. and international
experience working for the Federal government in foreign affairs. Robyn
earned her Master’s Degree in Security and Conflict Resolution from the
George Washington University and a Bachelor's Degree from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robyn is passionate about her clients’ ability to find solutions and paths
forward within themselves and is skilled at partnering with them to
proactively remove obstacles that stand in the way of their progress. She's adept at creating safe and trusting environments and focuses on identifying her clients' strengths and values, which help them rely on their own unique characteristics to attain their goals. Her practice incorporates traditional coaching, formal assessments, action plans, and resources; her clients also have access to the Interlace Solutions Client Portal to measure their progress, access additional resources, keep notes, and see upcoming appointments.
In addition to the time she devotes to coaching, Robyn loves to travel, hike, box, cook, and read, and spends a fair amount of her time collecting photos of and traveling to California to spend time with her three adorable nieces. She lives in Alexandria, VA, and can often be found saying yes to any adventure that crosses her path.
Certifications
Certificate in Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance | American University
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