Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Mary Beth Leisen is a leadership development and strategic facilitation consultant and coach.  She is passionate about helping people cultivate personal mastery and deep connection to self, others, and nature. She worked in brand strategy for nearly twenty years, based in the US and Asia, for agencies Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, BBDO, and Razorfish.  As part of that work, she facilitated workshops, summits, and trainings in over 20 countries across four continents.  Mary Beth holds a PhD in clinical and research psychology, specializing in stress, trauma, resilience, neuroscience, and health.  She is a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher, a longtime student of Buddhism, and a practitioner of nature-based healing and well-being. She brings her coaching clients on a trail whenever she can. Mary Beth embraces life with the ‘yes, and’ spirit of The Second City, where she studied improv for a year.