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Career Coaching

Mary Beaulieu, Senior Associate Director and Coach

Mary specializes in the public and nonprofit sectors, primarily in the United States. For seven years, Mary was with the Council for Excellence in Government in Washington DC. As vice president for leadership development, Mary worked to create results-focused education programs for federal government managers and executives. In addition to leading cross-agency programs for up to 150 government leaders, she developed tailored programs for agencies including the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the Health Resources Services Administration, and the U.S. Postal Service. Mary also developed the Council’s first leadership development program for state government leaders.

While at the Council, Mary worked with corporate leaders and public sector officials to identify and develop more than 100 benchmarks of leadership excellence as models for action by executives and managers across government. She served as a leadership coach to individuals and teams and co-edited The 1992 Prune Book, 50 Jobs that Can Change America, a guidebook to top federal positions.

Before joining the Council, Mary headed her own writing and communications consulting business in Atlanta, Georgia and was a contributing author of the volume, Contemporary Entrepreneurs. She has also held communications, marketing communications and public relations positions with Computervision Corporation, Prime Computer, Inc., Towers, Perrin Forster & Crosby and the Boston Visiting Nurse Association. Mary earned an MA in communications management from Simmons College and a BA in political science/public relations from Syracuse University.

Most recently, Mary was a leader in the community development practice of WFD Inc., a management consulting firm that provides global work/life and community investment consulting services.

Judith Coquillette, Senior Associate Director and Coach

Judith specializes in the public and NGO sectors, primarily on the International scene. She joins us from her most recent position as Assistant Director of Career Services at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy within Tufts University. At Fletcher, Judith worked extensively with students and alumni on international career opportunities. She was responsible for organizing annual career exploration trips to New York and Washington involving a diversity of employers and alumni from organizations including, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, IADB, IMF, USAID, Voice of America, Worldwatch Institute, the Africa Center, and many others.

A graduate of Oxford University with both bachelor and master degrees in Modern History, Judith also holds an EdM from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and has taken additional coursework in counseling psychology at Boston College. Judith holds dual citizenship in the US and the UK and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Africa.

Before her work at the Fletcher School, Judith held positions at Harvard College and completed a graduate internship at Brandeis University. Judith is also a trustee and treasurer of the American Friends of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University.

Joan Ronayne, Associate Director and Coach

Joan has a wide variety of experience. She has been a career consultant, investor, investment banker, strategy consultant, led her own firm, worked with start-ups to secure venture capital, and served in government. Joan was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Company and Cowen & Company and was a strategy consultant with Monitor Company.

Joan has worked internationally and in government and has served as a Research Associate with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. She was a recipient of the first Group Study Exchange Award to the former Soviet Union from Rotary International. Joan served as a Town Meeting Member for six years.

Joan has experience in a wide variety of industries and sectors including consulting; financial services including investment management, hedge funds, and investment banking; real estate; technology; telecommunications; health care; education and manufacturing.

Joan received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and her A.B. in Economics from Harvard University. While at Harvard, she served on the Visiting Fellows Committee at the Institute of Politics at HKS.

Joan enjoys music, the arts, travel, sports and photography.

Lesley Theall, Associate Director and Coach

Lesley Theall specializes in the nonprofit arena, and international education/international diplomacy. During her 11 years at HKS, Lesley has served as a program director in the Executive Education Department and managed the Mid-Career Summer Program for 8 years. Previously she worked in the non-profit sector, in which she managed two non-profit organizations, whose focus were on the arts and international educational exchange and public diplomacy. Having lived in Madrid and worked in Mexico City, Lesley is proficient in Spanish and loves Latin American culture, food and music.

She completed her bachelor of arts degree in Spanish at the University of Vermont and her masters degree in public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School. In addition Lesley is certified as a professional coach through The Coaches Training Institute.