Barbara is a multi-media communications coach, author, speaker and the host of the award-winning podcast, Camera Ready & Abel, exploring the intersections of media, change and personal growth.

Barbara knows that a zombie apocalypse is scary but that speaking on-camera doesn’t have to be.

She teaches clients to use their voice to create the life and career they want.

Her clients include global corporations, TV networks, founders, c-suite executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, celebrities, authors and young creatives.

She started her career in the music business before moving to television and continues to develop and cast shows across platforms. Her credits include: Queer Eye for The Straight Guy, What Not to Wear, The RuPaul Show and National Geographic Explorer.

Barbara has a well-respected eye for talent and discovered or gave early breaks to: Adam Richman, Amy Schumer, Carson Kressley, Chrissie Teigen, Clinton Kelly, Jake Tapper, Jeff Probst, Sara Haines, Ted Allen and Wayne Brady…

Barbara is the co-author with Shannon McMahon Lichte of Becoming Legends: Elsie-Bessie: A Love Story (Book One), a fun, frothy, heartfelt novel about love, ambition, the friendships of women, and the courage to create a life on your own terms, inspired by the 50-year romantic partnership of Elsie de Wolfe and Elisabeth Marbury.