Kimberly Burress
Kimberly Burress is a Career Ownership Coach and small business owner with The Entrepreneur’s Source, where she has been helping professionals navigate career transitions for just over two years. In this role, she supports individuals who are at a pivot point in their careers whether due to downsizing, burnout, lack of fulfillment, or misalignment between their work and desired lifestyle. Many of her clients are also experiencing what is often described as “golden handcuff syndrome,” feeling stuck in stable roles that no longer align with their personal goals but unsure how to take the next step. Through a structured, no-cost discovery process, she uses assessments and guided coaching conversations to help clients gain clarity around their Income, Lifestyle, Wealth, and Equity goals and identify possible paths forward.
Prior to her current work, Kimberly served in senior executive leadership roles at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, including a Vice President-level position as Assistant Vice President & Associate Chief Information Officer. In early 2023, she was part of an organizational downsizing, which marked a significant turning point in her professional journey. After more than two decades in healthcare leadership, nursing informatics, and large-scale operational management, she took a year-long career break to reflect, reset, and reassess her long-term direction. During that time, she gained clarity that she no longer wanted to remain in healthcare or continue managing large teams.
That period of reflection led her to intentionally pivot, leveraging her extensive leadership, strategy, and coaching experience in a new direction focused on empowering individuals rather than managing systems. She transitioned into career ownership coaching to help others explore meaningful alternatives to traditional career paths and design work that better aligns with their lives. Today, she blends her executive background, real-world leadership experience, and coaching methodology to guide clients through thoughtful exploration, helping them move from uncertainty to clarity and toward careers that feel more aligned, flexible, and intentional.
• Nursing Informatics, ANCC
• University of Phoenix - Master of Information Systems
• University of Maryland School of Nursing - BSN
• 2025 Volunteer of the Year
• YMCA of Greater Brandywine (Social Responsibility)
• Exton Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Chester Business Networking Group
• Women's Business Connection of Chester County
• Black Women of Chester County in Action
• Coatesville YMCA volunteer (reading books to preschool class in partnership with Orion Communities)
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to my years of experience, both as a nurse and a leader, and really understanding the importance of touchpoints when we interact with other people. Everyone is really wanting to live their best life and do things that are in alignment with their goals and moral compass, and I have the unique opportunity to help people do that now. I think I listen well. I'm able to listen well and really reflect back to my clients what they're saying, and ask the hard questions that allows them to challenge some old assumptions and limiting beliefs, and dig a little deeper.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Lean into the uncomfortable places. If there is an opportunity that is being presented to you, say yes. Don't worry about if you've got all the boxes checked. You'll check the boxes after you step across the line. Lean in.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say you know more than you think you do, and give yourself some time. Business ownership is not for the faint of heart, but it's well worth all of your time and energy.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think one of the biggest challenges is that I'm an extreme extrovert, and I work from home. So, maintaining my own energy level, keeping my own mindset positive and my energy up is one of my biggest challenges, just because I work from home. I have to structure my day so that I have time in the morning and in the evening that I'm interacting with people not on Zoom, but face-to-face. I have to get outside in nature.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Authenticity and showing up as me in all situations and not compromising my moral compass. Wanting to be present for the people I interact with, whether that is my family or my clients, to really be present for them when I'm interacting with them. And I love what I do.