About Miriam Stein

Work should feel lighter.

Miriam Stein is the founder and chief strategist of Saddlerock Strategies, where she helps leaders and teams reduce the friction that gets in the way of good work.

Through consulting, executive coaching, and facilitation, Miriam helps organizations communicate more clearly, make better decisions, build healthier teams, and spend less time managing the people problems that pull attention away from their work.

Miriam brings more than 20 years of leadership experience to her work. She is known for quickly seeing what is happening beneath the surface of a team, asking the questions that need to be asked, and turning complicated organizational challenges into practical next steps.

Today, Miriam works with businesses, schools, nonprofits, and leadership teams across the country. She is a certified executive coach, a certified facilitator in The Six Types of Working Genius, and a frequent speaker on organizational health, leadership, communication, and team dynamics.

Miriam holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and master's degrees in Education and Jewish Studies from George Washington University.

Experience is everything:

  • Certified Executive Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching

  • Certified facilitator, Six Types of Working Genius

  • Frequent presenter at national conferences on enrollment strategy and workplace dynamics

  • Director of Admission, Middle & High School, for Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (Upper School), the largest Jewish community day school in North America, with annual enrollment of 900+ students

  • Director of Jewish Life at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, with responsibilities to plan experiential programming for grades 6-12 on a daily, weekly and annual basis. Programs ranged from daily 30 minute activities to large-scale curricular programs, and much in between.

  • Director of Panim el Panim, with responsibility to recruit 600+ students annually from across the country to Washington, DC for advocacy training

  • Graduate of Atidenu, Enrollment strategy training through Prizmah

  • Member of multiple search committees for community leaders and school professionals

  • Recipient of Jexnet award for Outstanding Contributions in Experiential Education

  • Graduate of the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI)

  • BA in Jewish History, University of Pennsylvania

  • Masters in Education, George Washington University

  • Masters in Jewish Studies, George Washington University

  • Community volunteer, locally and nationally