Experience and training
40 years advising entrepreneurs and executives as a lawyer, culminating with founding and leading the corporate group for the Boston office of Cooley LLP, recognized as the leading firm in representing start-ups, tech companies and venture capitalists.Multiple trainings in the self-leadership and coaching model of Internal Family Systems developed by Richard Schwartz, and serving on the Board of the Foundation for Self-LeadershipMentoring many founders and entrepreneurs in start-ups and emerging companies, in the fields of health tech, biotech, software, hardware, security and artificial intelligence.Advising non-profit executives in social impact ventures.Eight years as a coach and mentor to entrepreneurs through the Our Generation Speaks (OGS) program, and service on the board and investment committee of OGSThree-year certification program in the evidence-based mindfulness in motion methodologies of Peter Wayne, Executive Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as presented in The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi.Training in the neuroscience-based methodologies of High Flow Coaching, certified by the Flow Research Collective led by Steven KottlerLicensed to teach internal martial arts by Grandmaster Yuanming Zhang, including tai chi, medical qigong, meditation and bagua.Trainings in Core Transformation and the Wholeness ProcessTrainings in yogic and taoist breathworkAdviser to multiple wellness and health companies, including in the fields of psychedelics and longevity25 year practitioner and teacher of tai chi, qigong and mindfulness practicePerforming musician in event and jazz bands
Formal Education:Columbia University School of Law, JD (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)Jewish Theological Seminary, MA (Honors)Amherst College, BA (Magna Cum Laude)
Les Fagen
Integral Flow LLC
Lesfagenconsult@gmail.com
(617) 240-3185