As a leadership and legacy coach, Jabali is committed to empowering leaders and organizations to create deep and meaningful impact aligned to their legacies.

Jabali’s path to coaching can be traced back to the work he’s done and continues to do as a leader in education.

Most recently Jabali served as the founding Compass Director of nXu, a non-profit organization whose mission is to catalyze youth and adults to develop their purpose, invest in their future, and live thriving lives, through identity exploration, social-emotional learning, and community cultivation.

Jabali began his career in education as a middle school science teacher at Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, in Boston, Massachusetts. He then served as the founding Head of School of Excellence Boys Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant, the first single-sex public charter school in the country serving predominantly Black males.

Prior to nXu, Jabali served as the Senior Director of Inspire at Relay Graduate School of Education where he spearheaded initiatives to diversify the teacher pipeline. Prior to his role at Relay, Jabali served as a founding Instructional Designer and On-Camera Instructor at Zearn, a non-profit digital learning organization, currently serving over 6,000,000 students across the country.

Jabali has over 5 years of leadership coaching experience having previously worked as a purpose and leadership coach with Jabali Sawicki Coaching, and as a career and life coach with A Path That Fits. Jabali was trained through Presence Based Coaching, a coaching framework anchored around mindfulness, somatics, developmental psychology, and embodiment.

Jabali currently serves on the Leadership Council of the Robin Hood Foundation, The Strategic Advisory Board of the NYU Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing, and the Board of Uncommon Schools, New York City. He previously served on the board of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, the national board of Summer Search, the national board of Breakthrough Collaborative, and the board of German School of Brooklyn.
Jabali is a graduate of Oberlin College where he received a dual degree in Biology and Philosophy. Jabali is a KIPP Leadership Fellow and received his Master's Degree in Educational Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.