Co-Founder
Lucia Cesaroni
Internationally acclaimed opera artist and executive educator translating elite performance practice into leadership presence, communication, and influence.
Co-Founder
Dana Brown
Dean, Executive education leader, and entrepreneur building global programs and developing leaders and organizations in complex, high-stakes environments.
Strategic Partner
Mihnea Moldoveanu
Professor at the University of Toronto and founder of Figaro, integrating leading-edge research and AI to measure and develop human capability and leadership.
Our Founders
HighNote brings together performing artists, executive coaches, and leadership experts with deep experience in executive education and organizational development.
Chief of Staff
Sabrina Haloulakos
Operations leader with cross-industry experience spanning consulting, arts administration, and sales, most recently partnering with founders on strategy and governance frameworks. She brings that discipline to leading operations across HighNote's programs, partnerships, and people.
Marketing + Business Development
Robby Vrenozi
Leads marketing and business development at HighNote, drawing on a decades-long career building brands for organizations including Terroni, Milestones Grill and Bar, CLH Invest and TechTO.
She brings that range of institutional and start-up experience to HighNote's programs.
Head Coach
Renate Rohlfing
Internationally acclaimed pianist and music psychologist who has prepared productions for the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA.
She brings that same rigorous preparation to coaching leaders on composure under pressure.
Our Artist Coaches
Distinguished performing artists trained as professional coaches, bringing elite performance discipline to leadership, communication, and influence.
Renate Rohlfing
Internationally acclaimed pianist and music psychologist who has prepared productions for the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA. She brings that same rigorous preparation to coaching leaders on composure under pressure.
Matthew Anchel
A bass now in his tenth season with the Metropolitan Opera, hailed by The Wall Street Journal as a voice to watch.
He brings that command of the world's biggest stages to executive presence coaching.
Kiyoshi Hayashi
Violinist and founder of Rasa String Quartet, serving as Career Advising Manager at the New England Conservatory.
He pairs a performer's ear for tone and pacing with a coach's practice in resilience and growth.
Daniel Isengart
Cabaret performer, stage director, and performance coach who has spent two decades helping trained singers master the vocabulary of stage presence.
He applies an eye for body language and audience command to leadership coaching.
Colin Ainsworth
Canadian tenor whose career spans the Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra & opera houses across Europe and North America. He brings decades of stage command and interpretive precision to executive presence coaching.
Isaiah Bell
Canadian-American tenor & composer known for interpreting Britten, Handel, and Bach from the Canadian Opera Company to Lincoln Center. He also mentors emerging performers through his solo storytelling work, coaching authentic communication under pressure.
Jillian Vanstone
Jillian spent twenty-two years as a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and trains the next generation of performers as a rehearsal director.
She translates a career built on discipline and composure into leadership presence.
Judith Yan
Canadian conductor who has led orchestras for the Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, and the National Ballet of Canada.
She brings a conductor's command of timing, authority, and ensemble influence to leadership coaching.
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Tanya Howard
Tanya spent twenty-five years with the National Ballet of Canada, retiring as First Soloist in 2023 after originating roles for choreographers Robert Binet and Guillaume Côté.
She brings that discipline to coaching leaders on presence and composure.
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Lucy Mullins
Co-founder of StepLadder and the coach training program RideTheWave, Lucy holds an Executive MBA from Oxford's prestigious Saïd Business School. She brings a certified coach's grounding in resilience and emotional intelligence to leadership growth.