Build bridges of understanding and compassion while tearing down walls of prejudice and fear.
I couldn’t sleep. It was 2:00 am, and my then one-year old had been asleep for hours – a sure sign I should have long been in dreamland. But you know those nights when your mind is so active that you simply can’t go to bed? I felt like something deep inside my gut was yearning to burst out, and any effort to ignore this “thing” was not working. I finally sat at that creaky table, pen in hand, a notebook open to a blank page, and began to write. And write. Liberally, messy, scattered across the page, words trailing up the page vertically, scribbles and circles highlighting a point I could barely read as I wrote quicker than my hands could write legibly. Three hours and at least four cups of tea later, I sat back in my chair and stared at the page. Finally, what needed to come out was born.
It was my life’s mission contained in a single sentence.
We work with leaders and teams navigating professional (and often personal) inflection points, overwhelm, generational divides, burnout, or a sense of misalignment. As part of this work, we support organizations grappling with how to integrate AI into their culture and teams.
Our Leadership Team
Stephanie Mikulasek
Managing Director and Founder
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A former U.S. Diplomat, Stephanie is an executive coach, meditation teacher, and founder of The ServantEDGE. Her career has taken her from Silicon Valley boardrooms to the mountains of Chile and the savannas of Africa, coaching and guiding leaders along the way.
She helps people rediscover who they are, why they matter, and how to lead with courage, compassion, and clarity. Through engaging keynotes, immersive experiences, and transformational coaching, Stephanie invites audiences to unravel fear and come home to themselves—then go out and lead with deep alignment, profound awareness, and action with significance.
She speaks and coaches on what it means to be human in systems that often forget it—and how belonging is the real ROI of leadership as it rebuilds what division has broken.
Serving as an International Coaching Federation coach, Stephanie holds multiple awards and certifications such as Georgetown University Executive Coaching certification; Transforming Teams with Jim Dethmer; Symphony of Self with Dr. Richard Schwartz; Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certification with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach; Conversations on the Edge with Cultivating Leadership; Human and Organizational Development with Matriztica; Improving Quality in Education Systems with Harvard University; and Wine, Spirit and Education Trust (WSET) training. Her PhD work focuses on how to leverage immersion experiences to build transformational leaders, supported by a Master of Public Administration in International Management and a Master of Arts in World Religions and Cultures.
Originally from California, Stephanie has two college-aged daughters and now calls the Pacific Northwest home.
Maggie Weiss
Director of Strategic Design
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Maggie has spent her entire career developing effective team-building programs, directly managing training/consulting organizations, and consulting with organizations, communities, and families to maximize effective performance through the development of people.
Her commitment is to people working joyfully and powerfully together, and each individual’s unique contribution is fully expressed. Always at the center of what she does is tapping into the collective intelligence and heart of those engaged, resulting in often surprising yet always profound accomplishments.
Specializing in numerous approaches, she has found useful and effective, including Integral Leadership in Adaptive Situations, Somatic Awareness, Trust Building, Coordinating Action Conversations, and Appreciative Inquiry. She has designed and led engagements in global corporations, government agencies, and large capital projects, primarily working with the Executive Team to lead the cultural change necessary for innovation and care for people and the environment. Clients included Chevron, BP, Shell, Irving Oil, Intel Fab Construction and Chip Manufacturing, AT&T, Microsoft, Johnson Controls, and BARDA within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Maggie is a sister, aunt, mother, stepmother, and grandmother. She loves the great outdoors, farmer’s markets, musical theater, foreign movies, and gathering with loved ones for dinner.
Monique Nathan
Director, Immersion Operations
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A global connector with a heart for service, Monique Nathan has dedicated her career to building bridges between cultures, communities, and causes. Raised between San Diego and cities abroad, she forged her path through international program management, government, and nonprofit leadership—working across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Monique’s legacy centers on strengthening maternal and child welfare organizations, notably through her roles in Nepal, where she coordinated earthquake relief and facilitated partnerships among local and international NGOs such as Pushpa Basnet’s Early Childhood Development Center, One Heart World-Wide, and BlinkNow/Kopila Valley. Driven by purpose, she crowdfunded and manages a scholarship program for young women in rural Nepal, and brings her expertise in sustainable design to grassroots campaigns like #MadeInNepal, empowering artisans after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.
With an M.Sc. in Government from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego, Monique is known for fostering cross-cultural understanding, orchestrating international volunteer placements, and advancing educational access. Her professional journey has woven advocacy, education, and photography into a rich tapestry of impact, from rebuilding children’s homes to managing international university recruitment. Fluent in Italian and Spanish, Monique is energized by new collaborations and the spirit of community she finds wherever she goes.
Outside her work, she is an avid photographer, traveler, and enthusiastic supporter of local artisans. She thrives on game nights with her family, exploring the outdoors, and nurturing connections that build a more compassionate world.
Dr Samantha Mathis
Director of Training and Development
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Samantha is a global leadership, coaching, and learning development expert who helps leaders, teams, and organizations thrive in complex, rapidly evolving environments. With more than 20 years of experience across Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, Samantha is skilled at building cross-cultural relationships and enhancing organizational effectiveness to drive meaningful impact.
Her career spans international development organizations, diplomatic services, government institutions, multinational corporations, and global professional services firms. A retired officer of the Royal Air Force, she brings a unique blend of proven leadership in high-stakes environments, resilience, and systems thinking to her work. This foundation enables her to help leaders navigate the rapidly changing and interconnected realities of today’s AI-enabled world.
Samantha has designed and delivered leadership development programs for leaders at every level across 35+ countries. She has led multicultural teams, managed complex international programs, and directed large-scale learning initiatives, giving her first-hand insight into both the strategic and operational challenges leaders face.
Her Doctorate in International Education focused on “Exploring leaders’ value of participating in virtual leadership communities of practice,” research that directly informs her evidence-based approach to modern leadership development, virtual learning design, and the integration of AI into leadership practice.
As a certified coach, Samantha blends structured coaching methodologies with immersive learning experiences that challenge leaders to grow, collaborate, and innovate. Her work is rooted in the belief that leadership is a journey, best advanced through self-awareness, cultural intelligence, helping leaders unlock their full potential and inspire the people and systems around them.
Susan Ellison-McGee
Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications
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A global communicator with a storyteller’s intuition and a strategist’s eye, Susan Ellison-McGee brings more than two decades of experience bridging worlds—government and grassroots, corporate and community, local and global.
As Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications for The ServantEDGE, she helps shape the organization’s narrative, amplifying voices and ideas that inspire courageous leadership, human connection, and purposeful growth.
Her career includes senior communications roles with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of State, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and other international organizations working across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. Susan brings clarity and inspiration to complex global challenges, crafting stories that connect people, bridge perspectives, and catalyze collective action.
Beyond her professional life, Susan is an avid birdwatcher, environmental steward, student of Oriental trade ceramics, and devoted companion to her border collie, Whammo. She holds a master’s degree in communication, a bachelor’s degree in international relations and economics, and a lifelong belief in the power of story to connect people and inspire change.
Donna Gandt
Director, Business Development and Sales
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Donna Gandt brings over 30 years’ experience in leading people, projects, and change. As a sales and revenue leader with a deep software and consulting background, she has extensive experience working with clients and organizational leadership at all levels, which enables her to coach leaders with firsthand experience, empathy, authenticity, and relatability.
She draws on her own experience in business from leading SaaS sales and professional services teams to working with equity partners or investors in board meetings to best relate to and serve her clients with firsthand experience. Donna has a strong focus on client outcomes and helps her clients achieve a confident sense of self and inspiration to achieve their deepest personal and professional goals while gaining rich fulfillment in their leadership role.
Our Happy Clients!
Before ServantEDGE, I felt I was performing leadership, not living it. Now, I show up fully aligned and my team feels it too.
Jordan
I did not know how much I needed to hit pause until I joined the immersion. It changed the trajectory of my career and my life.
Amina
AI is hitting hard and fast – and The ServantEDGE is essential to helping us make this work for our people.
Lori
Our Core Values
We’re Transformational Integrators who help leaders develop the internal alignment and human capacities needed to thrive alongside AI, not just manage it.
Growth: We believe every individual and team has the potential for growth and transformation.
Impact: We believe each person has the innate capacity to make profound, meaningful, and positive contributions.
Wholeness: We believe no one needs fixing. We are whole in who we are, right now.
Curiosity: We believe a central challenge is uncovering and discovering who we are while rekindling our human nature of curiosity, compassion, community, contribution, and connection.
Service: We believe real leaders empower and uplift others.