Title: Founder, Principal and Leadership Consultant
Company: B Stein Leadership Consulting LLC
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
Benicia Stein, Founder, Principal and Leadership Consultant at B Stein Leadership Consulting LLC, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Executives for dedication, achievements and leadership in Consulting Services.
Ms. Stein is the founder and principal consultant of B Stein Leadership Consulting LLC, a firm she established in 2024 to help mission-driven organizations strengthen leadership and organizational effectiveness. With a career spanning over two decades, she is known for partnering with executive teams to evolve business practices and build cultures rooted in adaptability, clarity, and purpose.
Before founding her consultancy, Ms. Stein served as the global director of enterprise leadership development at VMware from 2022 to 2024. There, she supported 5,500 leaders—from managers to senior executives—in leading through uncertainty with strong people and business skills. This work laid the foundation for the “Adaptive Development for Leaders” program she would later co-create, focused on helping leaders grow through complexity with values-aligned decision-making.
From 2018 to 2022, Ms. Stein served as the learning experience and delivery lead at Columbia Sportswear Company. She partnered with business leaders to define core leadership capabilities, integrated learning into performance processes, and created the “Always Be Learning” guide. Her work reached over 8,000 global employees and supported leadership development at all levels.
Ms. Stein spent a decade at Providence Health & Services in progressively senior roles, where she supported the development of more than 10,000 leaders across the organization. She served as a principal consultant in talent management from 2016 to 2018, a senior consultant and leadership programs leader from 2012 to 2016, and led human resources talent programs focused on development and engagement from 2008 to 2012. Earlier, she managed organizational development initiatives at Renown Health between 2006 and 2008 and designed and delivered employee training programs at Colonial Bank between 2004 and 2006.
Ms. Stein holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communications from the University of Nevada, Reno, which laid the groundwork for her ability to build trust and communicate with impact. She also holds certifications from Hogan Assessments as a Hogan Practitioner in 2019 and The Grove Consultants International for Team Performance Model in 2020, which deepen her expertise in leadership assessment and team effectiveness.
Ms. Stein’s work has been recognized with the Learning Elite Award in 2021 and 2023 from Chief Learning Officer and a BEST Award from the Association for Talent Development. In addition to her consulting practice, she actively participates in coaching mastermind groups and mentors emerging professionals in the learning and leadership development field.
Ms. Stein attributes her impact to the mentors who guided her in the right way—and to her commitment to self-awareness and inner growth. She believes leadership starts from within, and that developing clarity, empathy, and courage from the inside out is essential to leading others well.
Looking ahead, Ms. Stein aims to deepen partnerships with executive teams at Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) and other mission-aligned organizations. She specializes in agile organizational design and leadership development for sectors undergoing change. Beyond her consulting work, Ms. Stein supports children and families in her local community and spends time with older adults to promote connection, dignity, and well-being.
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