Client Testimonial
As a first time executive director who faced staffing changes, board turnover, a financial collapse, and a pandemic in my first six months, Amanda’s coaching was essential to the transformation of our organization and
my development as a leader.
Kirk Hovenkotter
Executive Director
Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association
Elevate your leadership and your business
where it needs to be – to the next level.
Client Testimonial
As a first time executive director who faced staffing changes, board turnover, a financial collapse, and a pandemic in my first six months, Amanda’s coaching was essential to the transformation of our organization and
my development as a leader.
Kirk Hovenkotter
Executive Director
Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association
Elevate your leadership and your business
where it needs to be – to the next level.
As a first time executive director who faced staffing changes, board turnover, a financial collapse, and a pandemic in my first six months, Amanda’s coaching was essential to the transformation of our organization and my development as a leader.
About Amanda Madorno
Leadership Coach. Strategic Advisor. Guide to Leaders Under Pressure.
Amanda Madorno is an executive leadership coach and founder of Roam Consulting LLC, an award-winning consulting firm.
She works with CEOs, senior leaders, and leadership teams who are navigating complexity, change, and moments that truly matter.
Amanda helps leaders strengthen how they lead—not by adding more techniques, but by sharpening self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and presence.
Her work supports leaders in building trust, making clearer decisions, and leading in ways that others experience as grounded, credible, and real.
She brings a unique blend of business acumen, practical insight, and calm candor to her coaching, along with a deep respect for the realities of leadership.
Leadership Experience That’s Lived, Not Theoretical
Amanda’s leadership expertise is grounded in decades of real-world experience. As a seasoned interim CEO with multiple completed assignments, she has led organizations through restructuring, financial turnarounds, leadership transitions, and cultural change.
- The pressure leaders face at the top
- The cost of misalignment and burnout
- What it takes to create sustainable leadership, not just short-term results
Emotional Intelligence as the Foundation of Leadership
Amanda is a certified EQ practitioner and believes emotional intelligence is essential to effective leadership, especially under pressure.
- Increase self-awareness and emotional literacy
- Understand the impact of their presence on others
- Navigate conflict, uncertainty, and change with greater ease
- Lead with authenticity without losing authority
Learning From Powerful Mirrors
Amanda’s approach to leadership development includes unconventional teachers—horses. As a lifelong horsewoman, endurance rider, and student of dressage, she has learned profound lessons about leadership from living and working with horses.
In 2005, she became certified in equine experiential learning and began integrating horses into her leadership development work. Horses respond directly to presence, intention, and authenticity, making them powerful mirrors for leadership behavior.
Through this work, leaders gain immediate, honest feedback that accelerates insight and deepens awareness—often more quickly and clearly than traditional methods alone.
Who Amanda Works With
- Are already in positions of responsibility
- Are committed to growth and honest self-reflection
- Want their leadership to hold—not just perform
How Leaders Describe Working With Amanda
- Direct and compassionate
- Insightful without being abstract
- Grounded, steady, and pragmatic
What Leadership Comes Down To
Leadership isn’t just about what you do. It’s about how you’re being—especially under pressure.
When you get real as a leader, something real shifts.
Professional Highlights
- Broad business experience across the for-profit and non-profit sectors.
- Certified in EQI 2.0 (emotional intelligence) and equine experiential learning.
- Member of the Forbes Coaches Council, a network of some of the world’s most outstanding coaches.
- Popular speaker for Vistage International.
- Earned her leadership ‘PhD’ in real life and real time as an interim CEO.
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We hired Amanda as an executive search consultant, but she brought so much more to the table. She gets the whole big picture. She’s a good facilitator, a good coach, and a good problem solver. I don’t think there are a lot of consultants out there who are that effective with a broad spectrum of consulting. Amanda’s capable of all of it and I enjoyed working with her very much.
