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Work with a professional coach and communications advisor to create meaningful goals, communicate clearly, and align actions to get the results you want to achieve.

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Communication. Clarity. Forward Motion.

48 Hills Advisors provides communications consulting and leadership coaching services.


  • Candace is a recovering communications pro who loves to help people envision what they really want to do during this time on the planet. She has led large communications teams and small ones, and worked in highly engaged environments to ones that present unique and pressing challenges. Her decades-long career spans six different sectors from AI and tech to pharmaceuticals to municipal government. Candace is also a cancer survivor and an adoptive parent.

    Read Candace’s full bio.

  • We keep it simple by listening to your needs, helping you identify your objectives, and guiding you to the solutions you seek. Whether you are looking for coaching or business advising, we can provide straightforward services that move you forward to get the results you want.

  • We work with leaders who want to take action to achieve their goals and are willing to invest in themselves and their businesses to make it happen.

    What do you want to achieve?

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Get to know us

While storytelling is a gift, communicating strategically is a skill. We know how to manage communications effectively to help you achieve your objectives, realistically and cost-effectively. Our expertise extends to all aspects of communications including:

Strategic Communications | Public Affairs | Crisis Communications | Issues Management | Community Outreach | Executive Visibility | Employee Engagement | Coaching | Corporate Reputation | Branding

Examples of our work:

  • Established an Academic Advisory Board for Chegg, Inc.

  • Produced the Higher Ed Spotlight podcast

  • Led communications for the University of California Office of the President

  • Rebranded the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

  • Created an award winning community outreach program for the City and County of San Francisco

  • Managed events and corporate sponsorships for Pfizer

Book a consultation to learn how we can best serve your needs.

What Can Coaching Do For You?

  • What do you want to achieve? We partner with you to help you figure out your most ambitious aspirations and bring them into tangible reality through coaching.

  • How do you bring your plans to life? We co-create action plans that clarify your intentions and determine the best approaches to achieve your goals, and partner with you to help you be accountable to the commitments that ensure your progress

  • How do you maximize your impact? Now that you have clarified your goals and built a plan to achieve them, it’s time to work on how you communicate in order to elevate your effectiveness and grow your influence. Get support on positioning yourself as a leader with maximum impact.

What People Are Saying

“Candace demonstrated extremely strong communications skills, showing both technical expertise and strategic awareness… Her approach to crisis communications was effective during challenging and high pressure situations.”

— Woodie Dixon, Chief Legal Officer

“I have valued my time with Candace. She builds a space to allow you to explore topics deeply and at a pace that allows for learning. Her industry knowledge coupled with personal skills have been helpful for me as I navigate challenges that come with starting a new role.”

— Michael Brady, Director of Sales

“The biggest takeaway from the coaching has been developing the ability to think issues through more clearly and benefit from another person's perspective. I usually know what needs to be done, but talking it through and hearing an outside viewpoint is what helps me most.”

— Michelle Sauzier, Business Owner