Hi, I am Mary!
I hold a Ph.D. in Organization Studies from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. I spent over a decade running international programs and partnerships, then five years studying how people experience their workplaces. Now I bring both to organizations as a consultant, working on operations, strategy, process redesign, and the way teams get work done.
My doctoral research explored how people manage and (re)claim their social identities as their communities evolve, and how they navigate this process in the workplace. Specifically, I studied how broader forces, like global events, sociopolitical tensions, and shifting climates, shape workplace identity processes. That research now shapes how I read an organization: how people see their place in it, where friction builds between groups, and what leaders can change.
I also hold an M.A. in International Higher Education and Intercultural Relations from Lesley University and a B.A. in International Studies and Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with additional academic and professional experiences in Argentina and Ireland.
From Practice to Theory
Prior to my doctoral studies, I was the Senior International Officer at Simmons University, where I led global engagement strategy, compliance, and donor-funded initiatives. Over the course of a decade in international higher education, I managed international partnerships and held program and curriculum development roles at several institutions, designing experiential, inclusive and interculturally informed experiences for students.
This work sparked my interest in how identity, context, and organizations shape people’s experiences. I spent my doctoral years studying those questions. Now I bring what I learned back into practice through independent consulting with nonprofit, youth-serving, and for-profit organizations.
WHAT DRIVES ME
Across everything I do, I care about work that is grounded, and attentive to people’s lived experiences. Whether I'm studying an organization or helping run one, I start with how people actually experience their work.