Director of Narrative Research and Education, Life Support
Bonnie Kim, M.Ed, MBA is helping shape a more human-centered future for medicine through innovation, compassion, and storytelling. As Director of Innovation at the STAARA Lab and Director of Narrative Research and Education at Stanford’s CCARE, she develops education, experiences, and tools that support well-being, self-compassion, and human connection for doctors and nurses. She also produced the award-winning short film Life Support, screened at more than 90 festivals worldwide and now used in compassion education at CCARE.
Bonnie brings more than 20 years of experience across entrepreneurship, executive coaching, nonprofit leadership, and storytelling. She founded an executive coaching firm where she also trains new coaches. Her clients and collaborators include leaders from the World Economic Forum, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Apple, Google for Startups, LinkedIn, PwC, Ernst & Young, Estée Lauder, Cirque du Soleil, Zapier, Fivetran, Medely, and Compton College. She has spoken on panels including UN Women and is a Council of Urban Professionals Fellow.
Across her work, she is drawn to one challenge: turning meaningful ideas into something that improves how people live, lead, and care for one another.