Blair’s goal is to enable executives and organizations to thrive as they encounter new opportunities and challenges. Executive coaching, organizational effectiveness consulting, talent management, change management, and leadership development are the tools Blair brings to her clients when they face the inevitable need to evolve their own, their leadership team’s and their organization’s capabilities.
As an executive coach, Blair focuses on adaptability, working with leaders who must be able to quickly size up and address increasingly complex situations. She has coached C-suite and other senior leaders in a variety of industries and sectors. As a consultant, she has led large scale transformations in a variety of functional areas, helping leaders build new cultures, organizations, and teams better suited to their future challenges.
Blair draws from 25 years of experience as an organizational and people leader. She has held executive-level roles in organization development, talent management, learning and development, human resources, and change management. She has managed large groups whose products and services have had enterprise impact. Her industry experience includes global financial services, technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, industry associations and not-for-profit organizations.
Her dual educational background augments her professional experience. Her degrees in business (BS in Finance and MBA) and organizational development (MA and PhD), allow her to test research-based insights against her business expertise to create proven and practical solutions.
In her non-profit work, Blair is passionate about developing economic independence. She was Chair of the Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore Board of Directors and is now a member of the Humanim Board, whose mission is helping those with significant employment barriers.
In her spare time, Blair enjoys traveling, cooking and scuba diving with her husband, Dave, and their two girls, Natalie and Cecilia.