About Us

"I delight in business and executive coaching because I believe that it is not our circumstances that define who we are but how we journey through them that shapes what we become. I believe in the power of individuals and organizations to tap into their full potential to achieve greater success, transform their business performance and lives, and sustain purpose and balance." - Virginia Crocker Timmins

Our Values:

• We act with uncompromised integrity.
• We treat people with unconditional respect.
• We commit to being a trusted advisor and confidant.
• We value the diversity of thought and the potential of every individual.
• We strive for results and surpassing expectations.
• We give back.

Virginia Crocker Timmins is founder and president of Soundboard Advisors, LLC, where she works with individuals and organizations seeking improved results and greater success through business and executive coaching. Virginia uses holistic, inside-out development approaches to help her clients achieve transformational changes in their businesses and lives.

Prior to founding her practice, Virginia enjoyed a successful career as a broad-based executive leader with 28 years of corporate experience. She spent most of her corporate career in leadership positions in new business development, strategy development, and new initiatives. In her roles in business development, program management, and engineering, Virginia worked in large company, small business unit, start-up and turnaround environments where she consistently demonstrated an ability to guide complex programs and new opportunities to proper conclusions.  

Virginia is a fully certified business coach and a graduate of the Trusted Advisors Network Coaching Academy.  In addition, she is certified in Process Excellence including Cycle Time and Variance Reduction.  She is certified in the Trusted Advisors' D.I.AL.O.G. organizational assessment which provides a comprehensive perspective of an organization based on the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Program performance excellence criteria.  Virginia is also certified in three Innermetrix, Inc. personal assessments:  The DISC Index which measures an individual's behavioral and communication preferences; the Values Index which delivers a comprehensive understanding of a person's motivational preferences; and the Attribute Index which provides information about how one thinks and makes decisions.

Virginia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.  She has completed over 30 professional courses in leadership, business winning, program management, and engineering topics. Virginia is a graduate of Dale Carnegie Training where she has also served as an Assistant Coach.

Virginia serves on the Boards of Directors at the Lowell Humane Society, the Lowell Transitional Living Center for the homeless, the Association of Chelmsford A Capella, and the Community Network Referral Group. She has served as a mentor and instructor for Entrepreneurship for All and provided numerous workshops for professional organizations as well as youth.  Virginia volunteers with youth ministry at her church, where she previously served as a deacon and a trustee.

Soundboard Advisors, LLC is a proud affiliate of Trusted Advisors Network. Since its inception in 1978, Trusted Advisors Network has been a world-class leader in the areas of business and management consulting, life and business coaching, and youth leadership. Our methodologies and client materials help organizations and individuals manage strategic change, innovation, cultural transition and goal achievement. Our unique approach helps people become more productive and effective by linking individual performance to organizational performance through application of proven processes that are tailorable to meet each client’s individual needs. Virginia brings her experience base together with these proven practices to help her clients realize their potential and achieve greater success.