David Sheingold

The through line of David’s over 20-year business experience has been focused on helping senior leaders, leadership teams, and companies imagine, plan for, and implement change. He brings a wide view of leadership from his experience holding in-house leadership roles, co-founding and standing up a backend cooperative and partnering across industry as a consultant. Diversity, equity and inclusion are core to his interests and values. Whether he is helping companies set and cascade strategy and culture or working with executive teams to evolve and animate their ability to collaborate, innovate and drive performance, inclusive leadership and DEI are central to how he drives lasting change.

In David’s 14-year coaching practice, he has worked with over 150 senior leaders from the private and public sectors, spanning tech, fashion, retail, arts & entertainment, legal, pharma, philanthropy, and education. Whether he is coaching C-Suite executives, board leadership, or creatives working at the forefront of their industries, he brings compassion, deep curiosity and challenge, opening up space to balance the often-isolating dynamics of leadership with frank partnership. He works to co-create shifts in perception and behavior to unleash leader’s potential and elevate their impact.

David has extensive experience as a guest lecturer, panelist, moderator, and speaker, addressing an array of topics around leadership and culture with entities that include Columbia University, Cornell University, Creative Capital, CUNY, Fordham University, New York University, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage and The New School University, among others. He holds an MBA in Management and Organizational Behavior from Baruch College and a BA in Urban Studies from Vassar College.

David lives in Brooklyn, New York with his husband. He loves to break bread with family and friends and has a deep and abiding belief in the restorative power of game night.