Fran is an independent consultant specializing in organizational and leadership development, human capital, knowledge management and learning. Her thirty-five year career includes significant leadership roles as well as over twenty-five years of client consulting as a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, then the world’s largest professional services firm. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, medical centers, private companies and large governmental and not-for-profit organizations.
From 1996-1998, she served as Senior Partner, Intellectual Capital of Price Waterhouse LLP. In this role, Fran was the first female member of both the US and Global Leadership Teams of Price Waterhouse, and had global responsibility for three Firmwide areas: recruiting, development and training, and knowledge management. Prior to assuming that role, she served as the Human Resources Leader for the Firm’s Management Consulting Services (MCS) division, where she was a member of the Management Executive Group. She was highly instrumental in achieving Computerworld’s award as #1 workplace for Information Technology professionals. Her innovative human capital programs have been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Computerworld and Fortune, as well as numerous professional publications and books. From 1998- 2000, she was the Global Leader of the PwC Organizational Effectiveness and Development consulting practice. In this role, she had responsibility for leading over 700 consultants who assisted major global companies in Human Capital and HR activities.
In her last role at PwC, Fran served as the U.S. Innovation Leader, Learning and Education. She was responsible for continuing innovation and competitive differentiation of the learning environment for over 25,000 people. In this capacity, she also worked closely with the audit, tax and advisory businesses as well as senior leadership to provide a wide range of development solutions and behavioral change programs for the Firm’s 2,000 US partners. In addition, she had responsibility for structuring the US succession planning process working with the Firm’s Chairman and Senior Partner. PwC’s innovative approaches to leadership development have been highlighted in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.</p>
<p>Fran has a B.A., Sociology, from the College of William & Mary and a Master’s degree from The George Washington University. She has also completed postgraduate work at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon. She is an active Board member of several not-for-profit organizations.</p>
