Lina Taylor

Social entrepreneur

Two-time Olympian, scientist, philanthropist, speaker on building resilience, and executive coach to leaders in some of the biggest companies in the world, like AWS, Salesforce, Meta, and others. I design and conduct leadership training and team building events, and have worked with over two hundred of companies, from Google, Intel, Microsoft, Cardinal Health, Amazon, AmEx, to nonprofits (American Red Cross) and educational institutions, like Stanford University. Founder and CEO of Climate Executive Coaching, a nonprofit that provides leadership training and solution-focused professional coaching to accelerate results for climate and sustainability leaders and teams. Growing up in communist Bulgaria, I experienced first-hand the despair associated with lack of opportunities, which propelled me to build resilience in the face of big obstacles. Becoming a scientist in the US, I worked in the pharmaceutical industry, and later, I decided to pursue my Olympic dream - learning to play a new sport and competing in two Olympics. Currently, I am working with the International Olympic Committee's climate initiatives, designing and implementing leadership training for the inaugural group of climate action officers for 18 National Olympic Committees.

Helping climate and sustainability leaders accelerate their results.

At the heart of all climate action are people… improving leaders’ capacities through solution-focused professional coaching helps to accelerate their climate and sustainability results.

Building Resilience, Climate, Executive Coaching, Sustainability

I love connecting with people and being at TED2023 in Vancouver was an amazing experience. I'm really looking forward to being at TED Countdown in Detroit.

Pickle ball, back gammon, and talking to anyone!