Dr. Mary Vreugde McCracken
Experienced Non-Profit organizational leader with a demonstrated history of cross-cultural leadership success and empowering leaders for cross-cultural and multi-ethnic urban settings. Skilled in research, nonprofit organizational change, building multi-cultural teams, fund development, leadership, and strategic planning. Strong community and social services professional with a Doctor of Intercultural Studies focused in leadership development and mentoring of Latinx females in urban low-socioeconomic poverty.
Dr. McCracken has a deep passion for bringing transformation, healing and renewal to people and organizations. During the last four decades as an organizational leader and coach across a wide socio-economic and cultural frame, Dr. McCracken has come to recognize that transformation is uniquely personal and a foundational human task that is essential to change organizational culture.
“We all need companions and guides who help us give voice to where we are struggling in our leadership and to name where new opportunities are beginning.”
Mary has a Masters in Global Leadership and a Doctorate in Intercultural Studies. Dr. McCracken’s areas of expertise include working with:
Non-profit leaders in cross-cultural, urban/poverty contexts
Women in leadership
Leaders who have experienced trauma related to abuse and abandonment
LGBTQ+ leaders
Leaders with higher education degrees who feel stale in their careers
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
― Nelson Mandela