Meet The Evolveability Team | Evolveability LLC

Founder, Head Leadership & Performance Strategist

Sarah Derrenbacher

There is a different way of achieving high performance — a way that doesn’t leave us feeling depleted and fatigued from the pressure to perform and instead can heighten our ability to go and grow beyond our limitations, bringing deeper meaning to our lives and skillful mastery of our craft.

Inspired by the belief that the highest performance doesn’t come from a place of relentless struggle and strain, Sarah Derrenbacher founded Evolveability to guide leaders towards a more fulfilling way of achieving success within their team, organization, and society.

As an established Founder, trusted Leadership & Performance Strategist, and certified behavioral analyst, she is on a mission to re-envision the path to performance.

Since 2015, Evolveability has guided individuals and groups within sports and business to realize their potential and perform well beyond their expectations.

Over the past seven years, Sarah has contributed to over 20 league championships, NCAA tournament runs, and individual record-breakers in sports while helping Fortune 500 companies to outperform and growing small to mid-sized businesses into industry leaders.

From guiding teams out of slumps to accelerating breakthrough moments, Evolveability’s proprietary E3 System™ successfully transforms groups through individual performance coaching and dynamic team sessions.

The first half of her 18+ year career focused on client success and partnerships, where she witnessed the direct correlation between performance and the wellness of individuals, groups, and environments. And Sarah has committed the second half of her career to transformation as she turns high-pressure environments into high-context cultures, fearful groups into motivated teams, and validation-seeking individuals into self-assured leaders.

With a bachelor’s degree in Communications and minor in Psychology and Marketing, Sarah is an excellent communicator with a strong understanding of people. And as a 12-year student of meditation and Inquiry, her approach is enlivening and transcendent.

As an advisor for The Heartwork Institute, an organization that informed her own inner-work journey, a board member of the Rochester City Soccer League, and partner of like-minded organizations such as Rising Phoenix, Sarah finds fulfillment in helping others. By embracing awareness and humanness on our own journeys, she believes we can find unconditional joy within ourselves, our teams, and our world.

E3 Assessment Specialist

Monica Cook, PhD

I love tackling challenging problems and finding solutions that help individuals and teams reach their potential. I’m excited to be a part of a team with strong values and a commitment to helping clients achieve success.

Monica is a highly skilled professional with a technical background in image science analysis and systems engineering, and over 10 years of experience working with both large programs and small, focused teams in academic and government settings.

Monica’s work experience spans a range of applications, from supporting remote sensing projects at government institutions to developing technical solutions using modeling and statistical data analysis across a variety of imaging science applications. In these environments, she has honed her technical writing and communication skills to effectively translate complex information for diverse audiences.

In addition to her technical career, Monica has a passion for coaching, which she discovered during the pursuit of her PhD. She has significant experience coaching soccer at both the collegiate and youth levels, where she excelled in tactical analysis and adapting coaching strategies to meet the unique needs of each team. Over the past six years as an assistant coach at the collegiate level, she has focused on individual player development and team management, helping student-athletes reach their full potential both on and off the field.

Monica is driven by the power of teamwork and the belief that a group can achieve success far beyond what individuals can accomplish alone. She is excited to bring her technical expertise and collaborative spirit to the team at Evolveability, where she looks forward to contributing to its continued growth and success.

Executive Assistant

Tonia Finke

I’m excited to be a part of a team making a positive impact on people and teams, and I’m energized to contribute to a growing company.

Tonia is a talented office management and administrative professional with years of experience optimizing productivity, efficiency, and service quality within various industries. She is a natural leader who is highly dependable and reliable. She is also adept as a support specialist in blending advanced organizational skills with business acumen. She excels in working across teams to ensure timely and efficient service and operations. Tonia currently resides in Pittsford, NY, with her husband, Kevin, and two sons. She spends her free time cheering for her sons’ travel hockey and baseball games. Tonia is thrilled to join the Evolveability team and is looking forward to contributing to the company’s ongoing success and impact.

Accounting Manager

Courtney Cooley

Working with Evolveability has taught me that we do not have to grind ourselves to the bone; that we can accomplish and achieve great things with compassion, empathy, and care.

Courtney has a well-rounded background in process documentation and design, project management, operations, and finance. Over the course of her 20-year career, she has successfully led the development and launch of multiple knowledge-based initiatives within global organizations in the employee engagement, employee recognition, and HR software space. Her strategic and analytical approach and her passion for quality ensure efficiency and high-level client delivery.

Courtney gets excited by the impact and change when people start to see and make the shift from struggle into flow. She is grateful to be a part of a growing team that is dedicated to cultivating more fulfillment in work and in life. As a resident of Denver, CO, Courtney finds deep joy and rest in the mountains.