photo by Kim Oanh Nguyen

Hi, I’m Kjell van Zoen

I’m a white, Gen X, queer, trans non-binary person that uses they/them pronouns.

I’m a multicultural & multilingual Dutch, British, American who was born in the Netherlands in 1977, moved to the U.K. in 1989, moved back to the Netherlands in 2002, and have lived in Portland, Oregon since 2004. I came out in 2021 at age 44.

More About Me

I’ve also been a serial entrepreneur since 1997, and have founded and run multiple businesses in multiple countries and cultures. I have worked as a CEO, publisher, graphic designer, business coach/consultant, educator, and more. My two decades plus of interest in operational excellence and efficiency have led me to adopt DEI as the most holistic approach to lasting behavior change and efficiency.

I am/have been a coach, facilitator, educator, speaker, presenter, culture and human-psyche nerd, and forever student of change focused on collaborative culture, leadership, management, behavior change, white allyship, holistic financial systems, lean operations, energy efficiency, and more.

I’m a home barista and coffee ☕️ snob who also enjoys hiking, biking, climbing, yoga, travel, sci-fi books, writing, art & design, music, guitar, photography, and cooking.

  • Art

  • Astrology

  • Bookkeeping & finance

  • Business operations

  • Coaching

    • Business

    • DEI

    • Energy efficiency

    • Financial

    • Leadership

    • Lean

    • Management

    • Organizational

  • Coffee ☕️

  • Comparative religion

  • Creative writing

  • Design

  • Digital business

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

  • Dutch language & literature

  • Engineering

Experience / Studies / Interests

  • Event management

  • Financial in(ter)dependence

  • Fundraising

  • Global financial systems history

  • Lean manufacturing / operations

  • Linguistics

  • Literature

  • Math

  • Music

  • Organizational culture

  • Permaculture

  • Physics

  • Product development

  • Project management

  • Psychology

  • Systems theory

  • Technology

  • Yoga

  • Web development

  • Woodworking

Collaborators

Zhou Fang

she/her

Zhou Fang is the founder and principal equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) practitioner of Intersectional Group LLC, an EDI consulting practice with a focus on intersectionality, empathy and compassion, as well as curiosity.

Zhou is an advocate for pay transparency and equity, immigration reform and climate justice, as well as a committed ally for the LGBTQ+ and Indigenous communities.

Currently, Zhou serves on the board of Portland HR Management Association (PHRMA).

Outside of work, Zhou is a proud dog and plant parent and a comedy and horror movie enthusiast. She appreciates good food and loves to travel.

photo by Kim Oanh Nguyen

Kim Oanh Nguyen

she/her

Kim Oanh Nguyen is an award-winning photojournalist and portrait photographer based in Portland, Oregon.

She is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and has spent the last two decades as a freelance photojournalist for local and international publications. She now applies these skills to capturing people's personalities within their professional environments.

On her off days, you will find her spending time with her family, stand-up paddleboarding on a local river or on hiking in the NW trails. 

photo by Emily Nguyen

Lori Eberly

she/her

Lori Eberly, LCSW is the founder of Radius ECD, providing executive coaching and leadership development, as well as partner at JBK, Inc, a technical sales training boutique.

Additionally, she integrates her experience as a mental health clinician to design mental wellness programs and address the multiple facets of grief employees experience in the workplace. By collectively acknowledging losses and transitions that impact our teams, Lori holds space to reflect, honor and name transitions, and create opportunities for healing and connection.

You can reach Lori for a free 30-minute consultation at lori@radiusecd.com

photo by Dan Hawk