Coach David Alport. The Wisdom of experience.
Ready to keep you accountable in moving towards your goals.
Why Work With Me?
When selecting a coach, you want someone who has navigated their own changes powerfully. I became a coach focused on work and life transitions after decades navigating a fascinating and diverse career of my own. Each change was driven by my quest for deeper meaning and happiness in my professional (and personal!) life. I have worked in large corporations, started and sold my own company, and spent several years in the humanitarian/non-profit space. I’ve stepped into the vulnerability and excitement of making big changes when change was a-calling, and my willingness to change reflects my core philosophy: You only have one life to live, and the best way to keep that life rich and vital is to continuously create and re-create yourself when the signs say “Now!”
The primary reason people choose to work with me is that they are looking for someone whose approach to coaching is informed by having navigated changes and challenges in his own work and life, just as they are doing. Other reasons people choose me as a coach: I'm a great listener, I ask provocative questions, and I'm a pretty good person to spend time with discussing and tackling life's challenges.
my professional background
I went to Brown University where I earned a degree in Psychology. My call to coaching was a long-awaited return to this early interest in supporting people moving through life and my belief that positive change is always possible in our lives.
My professional career had three major phases prior to becoming a Professional Coach. I began in corporate marketing, primarily at American Express, where I focused on the airline, cruise and lodging industries. I left corporate life to become an entrepreneur, and started Out & About, a travel publishing company focused on the growing gay travel market. My company published a monthly travel journal, a guidebook series and a ground-breaking website that was acquired by PlanetOut/Gay.com during the first dot.com boom. After selling my company, I consulted briefly and then shifted my focus to the non-profit/humanitarian realm to deepen and broaden my engagement with the world. I have worked on a range of issues including health, education and psycho-social development.
I earned my Certificate in Coaching at New York University. And I earned my ACC level certification through the International Coach Federation upon completing my training. This is the closest thing there is to an industry standard for high-quality and fully ethical coaching.
On the personal front, I love to travel, have visited all 50 states and 46 countries, enjoy culture of every sort, and never tire of meeting new people and learning of their personal journeys.