Mary joined Vantage Leadership Consulting in 2022. As a leadership consultant at Vantage, her work focuses on talent assessment, succession planning, and career transition coaching. She acts as the subject matter expert on executive success profiles and co-leads programs for leadership development and high performance team facilitation.Mary completed her doctoral research on leader charisma at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2025, allowing her to bring cutting-edge research and evidence-based practices to her client engagements. Her perspective is informed by her diverse background, which includes a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former career in experiential brand marketing. With a blend of business acumen and behavioral psychology expertise, Mary empowers leaders to thrive amidst complex and ambiguous environments by harnessing the power of self-awareness and adaptive leadership behaviors.Driven by a passion for continuous learning, Mary actively contributes to the field of organizational science through her research and writing. She has written and published articles on leader personality, team cohesion, board effectiveness, and executive leadership and regularly presents at I/O and talent management conferences.