Mary Kay DuChene, MA

STAFF CONSULTANT

Mary Kay is a reflective pastoral supervisor, coach, consultant, facilitator, teacher, and strategist with over 30 years of experience in management, leadership development, marketing, and business management. She is a deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

A leadership consultant at LeaderWise, Mary Kay is committed to developing leadership excellence in faith communities. Combining business leadership expertise with her deep faith, in 2010, Mary Kay designed and developed The Shape of Leadership, a cohort-model leadership development program for high potential clergy. Shape brings faith leaders together for a year-long exploration of leadership, with the vision to help them lead their communities through deep change with bold and confident leadership.

Mary Kay holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota; a diploma in Reflective Supervision from Wesley House in Cambridge, UK; Business Coach Training from Coach U; and a Masters of Arts in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary. A deep practitioner in Adaptive Leadership, Mary Kay has studied with Ron Heifetz at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also certified to facilitate many assessments used in leadership development.

When not working, Mary Kay loves to spend time with her husband, adult children, grandchildren, and golden retrievers; read; and commune with nature in the Twin Cities or at the family retreat near the North Shore of Lake Superior.