Mary Hollowell

Mary Hollowell is a Career Reinvention Coach who helps accomplished professionals navigate the transition from a career that has defined them to a future that feels more aligned, meaningful, and financially rewarding.

 Her approach combines real-world executive experience, performance principles, and a deep understanding of professional identity and change. Through her work, Mary helps clients gain clarity about what they want next, recognize the value of the experience they already have, reposition themselves for new opportunities, and confidently take action.

 Mary’s own career has been shaped by reinvention. She began her professional life in New York while pursuing acting and studying with renowned acting teacher Lee Strasberg. To support her ambitions, she took a temporary position on Wall Street. What began as a job became a 25-year career, during which she served as a strategic partner to senior management in some of the world’s most demanding professional environments.

 That experience gave Mary an insider’s perspective on leadership, executive decision-making, high performance, and what it takes to navigate change at the highest levels. It also taught her that professional success does not always mean personal fulfillment—and that sometimes the next chapter requires the courage to redefine what success means.

 Long before coaching became her focus, Mary learned about resilience, discipline, and performance through two very different influences: her father, a decorated war hero, home builder, and entrepreneur, and her years competing in equestrian show jumping. The sport taught her lasting lessons about judgment, trust, timing, courage, adaptability, and performing under pressure. Her years studying acting taught her the power of presence, identity, and stepping into a new role.

 Today, Mary brings these experiences together in her work with professionals who know they are ready for something different but aren’t yet clear on what that something is—or how to make it real.

 She is the creator of The Career Reinvention Method™, a guided approach designed to help professionals understand where they are, define where they want to go, and create a clear strategy to get there.

 Mary holds a BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and has been an active member of SGI-USA for more than 25 years.

Her belief is simple: you don’t have to start over to reinvent your career. You have to learn how to see the value of who you’ve become—and build what’s next from there.