 Annie has been coaching and supporting executives for more than 20
years. With an early opportunity to work directly with the founders of
the executive and career coaching industries, Annie has crafted a
coaching protocol and roadmap based on years of industry experience,
coaching virtually hundreds of executives.
Annie’s first formal
executive coaching engagements were in academic medicine. Shortly
after that, she expanded her practice into other industries, including
biotech, pharma, financial services and professional services (law
firms, engineering and economic consulting firms).
Annie’s
style is direct but supportive, and she integrates the most effective
elements of systems and behavioral theory, and leadership/management
development practices to help coachees successfully reach their goals.
She has extensive experience coaching at all levels of an organization
including the Board, C-level, Senior VP, VP and Director level.
She
earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston University
and received her Masters in Counseling Psychology in 1980. Shortly
after graduating, she made a career transition from the mental health
field to a corporate setting with a Boston-area transportation firm as
Director of Human Resources.
In 1984, Annie founded her own
search and consulting firm, during which time she counseled, coached,
trained and interviewed hundreds of executives countrywide. After
seven years, Annie wanted a career that would combine her counseling
training and business experience, and in 1991, she joined Neil MacKenna
at MacKenna, Jandl and White as Director of Client Services.
In
Annie’s first year with MacKenna, it joined forces with Manchester,
Inc., one of the oldest executive coaching companies in the U.S.,
having started its practice in 1984. The combined organizations became
one of the largest career and executive coaching firms in New England,
under the Manchester brand. During her tenure at Manchester, Annie
advanced to Senior Vice President and was responsible for coaching and
new business development.
A recognized leader in her area of
expertise, Annie co-published an annotated bibliography on ethnic and
cultural issues in counseling and was voted one of the top 10 coaches
in New England by the readers of Women’s Business. She is a Master
Coach at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology’s Coaching
Certification Program. Annie has been quoted in numerous national
publications including
Fortune, The New York Times and The Wall Street
Journal,
has been interviewed on ABC News Radio and serves as an
ongoing resource for the Boston media.
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