Mary Reid Ervin is a consultant in Egon Zehnder’s Leadership Advisory and Industrial Practice, based in Chicago, IL. She specializes in leadership assessment and development, succession planning, team effectiveness, and organizational culture. Her passion for developing leaders showcases her commitment to energizing teams and catalyzing collective movement towards high-impact outcomes for her clients.
What inspires me is working with teams and leaders to become better versions of themselves. Stepping back and having holistic vision leads to clearer decision making with profound growth impact on both organizational and individual levels.
Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Mary Reid spent over a decade in leadership development and education at top business schools including Columbia Business School and Yale School of Management, where she focused on supporting experienced professionals with leadership and career transition strategies. At the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, she provided one-on-one coaching to MBA students, co-developed a new course, and coached teams in the 'LEAD' program, a capstone experiential leadership development experience.
Mary Reid holds a master’s degree and a Certificate in Executive Coaching from Columbia University, as well as a bachelor’s in psychology from Duke University. Outside of work, Mary Reid enjoys experimenting in the kitchen with culinary skills she picked up living in six states across the U.S. South, East Coast, and Midwest, and sailing with her family on Lake Michigan.
