Women Leaders Association adds Violetta Diamond to Washington coaching roster

The Women Leaders Association named Violetta Diamond as a new Coaching Partner for its Washington chapter, expanding the roster to two vetted coaches for local members. The move is part of a broader rollout across the association’s 130-plus chapters as it pairs women professionals with coaching and employer-rankings tools.

Why it matters: - The Washington chapter now offers members a second vetted coach, giving women professionals more choice and a better chance of finding a coach matched to their goals. - The expansion supports the Women Leaders Association’s larger effort to make career advancement more transparent and more actionable for women in the workplace. - Executive coaching remains a high-impact career investment, but quality is hard to judge because coach titles are unregulated and standards vary.

What happened: - The Women Leaders Association named Violetta Diamond as the newest Coaching Partner for its Washington chapter, WashingtonWomenLeaders.org, on Aug. 26, 2026. - Diamond joins Dr. Megan Laabs on the Washington roster. - Members can view Diamond’s profile, schedule a free Discovery Session, or send a private note through Diamond’s Washington profile.

The details: - The Women Leaders Association says its Coaching Partners program screens coaches for recognized certifications, verifiable experience, and strong client reviews before presenting them to members. - The association says the Washington chapter’s roster now gives members two coaches with distinct specialties. - Diamond is based in the Washington metro. - Diamond spent more than 25 years working across labor, business, faith, and community organizations. - Her background includes 12 years as Executive Assistant to the National President of the American Postal Workers Union. - Diamond also served as Secretary-Treasurer, National Arbitration Advocate, and a trained arbitrator through the FMCS Institute for Conflict Resolution. - Diamond is the founder of Exodus Empowerment Services and holds International Coaching Federation-related credentials as a certified life, business, and spiritual coach. - Diamond also works as a Certified AI Consultant. - Diamond coaches women navigating business launches, career pivots, promotions, leadership growth, communication skills, workplace conflict, faith integration, and emerging technology. - Diamond says her guiding principle is to leave people better than she found them. - The association says the Coaching Partners program is designed to solve a common member problem: finding credible executive coaches who are easier to evaluate.

Between the lines: - The Washington addition shows how the association is turning coaching into a curated member benefit, not just a directory of providers. - The program complements the group’s data products, including its Glass Ceiling Score project, Best Women Employers rankings, compensation studies, and Top 50 Women Leaders awards. - The association is pairing structural information about workplace advancement with one-on-one support for women trying to move ahead. - Lydia Price said Diamond’s career path, from postal worker to national union leadership to founder, gives her relevant lived experience for coaching women through change. - The association plans to extend Coaching Partners across its network of more than 130 chapters.

What’s next: - Women Leaders Association plans to roll out the Coaching Partners program to additional chapters nationwide. - Washington members can continue using the chapter site to book coaching consultations and access free local resources. - The association will keep pairing each city’s members with coaches selected for that market.

The bottom line: - The Washington chapter’s coaching roster just got deeper, and the association is using that expansion to advance a broader strategy: help women see the workplace more clearly, then give them vetted support to act on it.