Pien van den Herik, Co-Executive Director of Include, is an executive coach and consultant with extensive experience in leadership development and women's leadership practices.  She develops leadership development programs that empower collaboration and capacity-building, particularly where there is a high degree of diversity on multiple levels.


At Stanford Graduate School of Business and at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, Pien has coached hundreds of emerging leaders in interpersonal skills, embodied leadership, and cross-cultural awareness. At Stanford, since 2006, she has served as a senior facilitator, mentoring facilitators in the Interpersonal Dynamics course, and for the Women in Management Program.  Pien has been the Master Circle Facilitator in the Women's Circle Program ( GSB Alumni Program) from the onset of the program till 2017. 

​Pien has over 25 years experience in healthcare, both in the Netherlands and in the USA. In hospitals, public agencies, private clinics, she has been a manager, a business entrepreneur, an employee and a consultant. 
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Pien holds a graduate degree in Organizational Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, and a B.A. in Physical Therapy from the Academy for Physical Therapy, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Pien is certified as a Wellness Coach. 

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Pien Van Den Herik, M.A.

Pien played a crucial role in the success of what has now become the fastest growing alumni program at the Stanford GSB. As the founding Master Facilitator, Pien has been a masterful thought-partner and co-conspirator, developing endless content for facilitators of all skill levels and artfully crafting large-group meeting structures that engender deep connection. Whether modeling or directly skills-building, Pien is greatly skilled in making people feel safe and cared for, facilitating the vulnerability that is critical for the most powerful work to unfold. In 2017, Pien co-organized a wildly successful inaugural Circles Leadership Summit (Net Promoter Score of 89), developing the arc of the 2-day symposium and a number of nuanced sessions that were highly effective in supporting over 60 participants to connect, reflect, support and inspire one another. 

Over the last five years working together, I have been inspired by Pien's vision, work ethic, creativity and fun in building diverse communities of women across the globe.

K. Danae Pauli
Global Management Board, Founding Director & Operations Committee co-Chair, Stanford Graduate School of Business Women’s Circles