Gene Sun

Gene is passionate about helping individuals, teams, and organizations develop their capacity to better understand themselves, their goals, and their potential for growth.

Gene’s professional journey has taken a couple of curious turns. He earned a B.S. in architecture from the University of Maryland, College Park where he developed an understanding of the iterative nature of design and the importance of contextual factors to create spaces that foster community. Gene then brought his design sensibilities to the work of helping people through fitness coaching, with expertise in corrective exercise, sports nutrition, and behavior change methodologies. In coaching, he found himself humbled and inspired by the richness and complexity of each of his clients’ unique lived experiences and the transformative process of helping them each find their own path to better wellness. He returned to the University of Maryland, College Park, earning his master’s degree in industrial & organizational psychology to translate his skills for guiding change from the personal to the organizational level.

Gene’s experiences share a common thread - the understanding that overcoming challenges starts with asking deep and meaningful questions, and that change is a lifelong process that requires a willingness to examine, dismantle, and rebuild our working models for understanding ourselves and the world around us.

In his spare time, Gene enjoys traveling to experience different cultures of food, people, and architecture. At home, he finds solace in books that invite the exploration of self, companionship with his friends and his pup Opie, and peace through music and movement.