Dimple Dhabalia is a leadership coach, consultant, international speaker, author, and founder of Roots in the Clouds — a coaching and consulting practice for sustainable service in mission-driven sectors. Drawing on nearly two decades of federal service — including work on some of the most complex human-centered challenges in global refugee, asylum, and migration policy and operations — Dimple brings together lived experience, clinical grounding, and contemplative practice in her work with leaders and organizations navigating an era of global polycrisis.

At the heart of Dimple's work is a simple conviction: that integrity in practice — staying rooted in our values, our humanity, and our conscience — is what makes sustainable service possible. Partnering with leaders and organizations in government, humanitarian, and nonprofit sectors, her unique approach brings together story-healing, moral imagination, and spiritual ecology to create conditions that support ongoing moral reclamation and regenerative leadership, while providing pathways for leaders and their teams to move from reactive patterns to values-aligned, sustainable service.

Dimple has delivered keynotes, workshops, and facilitated sessions for organizations and at international conferences and summits across the United States, United Kingdom, Qatar, Switzerland, and Canada — including recent engagements at the 92nd Street Y, the Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees, Durham University's International Centre for Moral Injury, the Yale Women's Mental Health Conference, the Legal Society of Ontario, and the International Humanitarian Leadership Conference.

Dimple is an ICF-accredited executive coach, licensed attorney (J.D., University of Denver College of Law), writer, and public intellectual whose work has been featured in a number of popular media outlets including, Fast Company, CEO World Magazine, and the Federal News Network. She has delivered keynotes, workshops, and facilitated sessions for organizations and at international conferences and summits across the United States, United Kingdom, Qatar, Switzerland, and Canada, including recent engagements at the 92nd Street Y, the Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees, Durham University's International Centre for Moral Injury, the Yale Women's Mental Health Conference, the Legal Society of Ontario, and the International Humanitarian Leadership Conference.

Her first book Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self (Ambika Media, 2024) was named a Distinguished Favorite by both the 2024 NYC Big Book Award and the 2025 Independent Press Award, and excerpted in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Dimple is also the creator and host of two podcasts, Service Without Sacrifice, a limited-series companion to her book, and What Would Ted Lasso Do?, exploring life and leadership through the lens of the beloved TV series. Dimple’s work can be further found @dimpstory across social platforms and on Substack.