Beyond Balance for Working Moms

Meet your instructors…

Sara Madera

After leading organizations and departments across the globe, she became a career coach after realizing the favorite part of every job was helping her team realize their goals. A naturally good listener and mother of 2, she is a career coach for working women, helping them thrive at work and at home, while still finding time for themselves.

She has a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelors of Fine Art and worked in theatre, events, run an arts education non-profit, managed internal communications for a large multinational company, and led teams, associations, as well as hospitality and media groups. She has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, and Business Insider, among others publications.

She is an ICC and ICF accredited coach, with certifications in facilitation and strategic planning.

Kaylee Hackney

Kaylee J. Hackney, Ph. D.  is an assistant professor at the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business. She holds a PhD in Business Administration with a specialty in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Florida State University. She studies employee stress and well-being with a focus on pregnancy in the workplace. Her research has been published in top academic publications such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Harvard Business Review. 

As a working mom of two, Kaylee is passionate about helping women flourish at work. She is faculty advisor for the Women in Business at Baylor student organization. She also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, Elegant Balance, where she shares her knowledge of the work-life interface to help professional women achieve a better work-life balance.