About

Liz blends executive coaching, organizational development, and management consulting skills in her work with clients. As the Founder & Managing Partner of Stinson Advising, she maintains an active coaching and advising practice focused on supporting executives and investors. Her clients include a range of growth-stage and mid-market private equity firms and their portfolio companies, venture capital firms, large corporations, and hedge funds. While she serves clients across industries, she brings expertise in healthcare and tech.

Before founding Stinson Advising, Liz was a Principal at Green Peak Partners, a boutique organizational consulting firm, where she served corporate entities, private equity firms, and hedge funds, advising clients on a range of topics including executive assessment, leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational effectiveness. Previously, Liz was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley Office, where she focused on organizational issues and transformations, change management, and operational improvement, in addition to strategy work.

Liz's background includes an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MS and a BS from Stanford University in Biological Sciences. In addition, she has completed extensive formal training in executive coaching, and she holds an advanced certification in Hogan administration. She has also held positions in nonprofit organizations including Khan Academy, Amnesty International, and Project Healthy Children. Liz is a Bay Area native who currently lives in Menlo Park, CA, with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.

As Stinson Advising’s Client Engagement Manager, Kelly Bolda is the trusted partner to Founder & Managing Partner Liz McCabe, providing direct support in client service, project management, firm operations, and finance and accounting.

Prior to joining Stinson Advising, Kelly was the Operations and Finance Manager at Green Peak Partners. At Green Peak, she ran the firm’s accounting processes, prepared and maintained budgets, ran financial reports, and worked alongside the COO on special projects. Previously, Kelly was the Executive Assistant to Green Peak’s Managing Partner, focusing on client service and project management.

Earlier in Kelly’s career, she was a C-Suite Senior Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Vail Resorts in Broomfield, Colorado. During her time at Vail, she managed complex calendars and projects, prepared quarterly board materials, planned department events, and provided support to the executive team. Kelly also brings experience in the financial industry, including over three years at LaSalle Bank (now Bank of America) in Chicago, where she provided administrative support and event management in Wealth Management, Marketing, and Communications. 

Kelly earned her M.Ed. from DePaul University and holds a B.A. degree from Purdue University. She resides outside of Denver with her husband and three children. 

Stinson Advising works closely with a number of carefully selected partners in the industry, who provide a range of specialized services to Stinson Advising's clients. Particular areas of expertise include executive assessment for private equity portfolio companies, executive coaching for particular sizes or stages of companies, and leadership development coaching and training.