Mary Francis McLaughlin, PhD

Mary Francis McLaughlin is a Senior Consultant of Culture Leaders, a management consulting firm specializing in culture-building, leadership development, and executive onboarding.

Specializing in leader transitions, organizational transformation, and talent and culture strategy, Mary Francis partners with physicians, leaders, and executives navigating complexity to accelerate performance and drive meaningful change.

Drawing on research-based assessments, she works with clients to identify strengths, surface barriers, and build targeted action plans that connect individual growth to organizational priorities.

Her consulting is grounded in more than 25 years of experience leading transformation inside complex organizations across healthcare, financial services, and higher education – giving her a practitioner's lens that leaders find immediately relevant and actionable.

Mary Francis received her M.S. in Professional Leadership: Training & Org Development from Carlow College, and her Ph.D. in Education: Training & Performance Improvement from Capella University.

Since 2005, the firm has focused on assessing, evolving, and sustaining robust organizational culture. Culture Leaders combines the art and science of culture development, allowing clients to target strategies that drive high performance and powerful outcomes.