Ariana Wolf is a creative leader skilled in visual strategy, business development, and honest storytelling

ABOUT ARIANA

Passionate about purpose-driven business growth, I use my skills as a coach and facilitator to help teams and leaders find new ways forward. My superpower? Distilling disparate ideas into what matters most and uncovering a strategic path forward.

Included in my toolbox, every time:

Certified coach, mentor, and purpose-driven entrepreneur for 12+ years
Visual strategist dedicated to cultivating strong, lasting, and values-aligned creative partnerships
Guided 350+ founders, innovators, and creative leaders in building businesses that reflect their vision and values

Linkedin | Substack | MY WORK | SAY HELLO!

Ariana isn’t just a facilitator—she is a curator. Her sense of interpersonal balance is impeccable. This group has made an immeasurable impact on my personal life and business.

S. Schulweise
Founder of Anchor and Orbit

Ariana’s one of those people who makes smart people more intelligent, well-spoken folks more articulate, and average-looking people, hot.

L. Goren
Principal of Lisa Goren Consulting

Ariana is a big-picture mastermind, and within a few hours, she had taken our book of scattered ideas and worked them into a clear overall plan for growth. We know, without a doubt, that she will be a large piece of our success.

B. & K. Galmarini
Owners of Neve & Hawk

FIND ME...

Tending to art, strategy, and belonging at my own little corner of the internet
Writing from the kitchen table
Capturing stillness and grit on 35mm film
Reimagining how we work and live in community
Talking risk, creativity + slow business on Kind of a Big Deal podcast

BUT REALLY I'M...

Running carpool and packing lunches #singlemomlife
Slowly building an indoor oasis, one houseplant at a time (currently at 100+)
Chasing a ball in a women’s Sunday pickup soccer game that's been running for over 40 years

Experience

Flight Design Co.

Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Creative Strategist

Manages lean, talented team in creating, establishing, and running a brand design agency that serves over 350 clients worldwide including AppleEd, UNESCO, UC Berkeley, and a wide range of small businesses and local non-profits

CEO Women

Trainer, Curriculum Developer

Trained and educated program participants, specifically immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs, on business development and financial literacy through embedded ESL

Alternatives in Action

Site Coordinator

Pioneered a comprehensive, collaborative, and youth-centered and driven leadership development program at Life Academy High School in East Oakland

EDUCATION

  SFSU
  Masters of Arts in Culture, Language, and Power in Education 
Bachelors of Arts in Outdoor Recreation


  The Coaches Training Institute
  CPCC, Coach certificate


  Affiliations
  On The Verge Leadership Fellow
Advisor for The People’s Conservatory 