Principal Ms. Mims, is a certified professional coach with more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of organizational development and human resources management. Prior to founding Deliberate Whispers, she was Director of Human Resources for the San Francisco Symphony for 13 years.She has also worked for a number of corporate entities including CIGNA, J. Walter Thompson, and Schlage Lock/Ingersoll-Rand.

"I have never worked with, or met, anyone so gifted at resolving conflict, promoting genuine diversity, recruiting creative and accomplished employees, and fostering a supportive, demanding and effective workplace as Nancy Mims. Her honesty, exuberance and affection for the organization and its people transformed the San Francisco Symphony during her thirteen years as its Director of Human Resources."