Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D., brings to the table the dual skills of a management consultant and an educator, spanning the worlds of the corporate executive and the elementary school parent and teacher. An experienced management consultant specializing in organizational development, she has worked with executives in numerous financial institutions, including, JPMorgan Chase, TIAA-CREF, and Credit Suisse. She is also a former adjunct associate professor, New York University, Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior and Communication program.

In addition to her corporate experience, Karen’s career also includes extensive experience as an educator. After several years teaching elementary school, Karen was asked to join the faculty of Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she designed and taught courses in education, human growth and development, and child psychology; she also supervised student teachers. As the director of research for the Westwood Public Schools in Westwood, Massachusetts, Karen researched and evaluated educational programs.

Karen received her Ph.D. in human behavior and education from the University of Maryland; she completed her undergraduate work in education and social sciences at Boston University. She is an experienced licensee of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) and a licensed practitioner for the Neethling Brain Instruments (NBI™) whole brain assessment tools.

Residents of Manhattan for ten years, Karen and her husband Gary currently reside in Ft. Lauderdale and spend summers in Monmouth Beach, NJ with their daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons.

To learn more about Karen's corporate work: www.RancourtCareerCoaching.com and www.managementconditioning.com.