McGill Alumni Career Coaches

Edgar Brown is the founder of Principled Growth and an executive coach for leaders in tech. His coaching practice helps startup CEOs and emerging leaders make clear decisions in high-stakes environments, strengthen executive presence, lead high-performing teams, and scale without burning out. 

Before coaching, he led growth at venture-funded and PE-backed companies, founded technology startups and supported entrepreneurial communities across Canada and the US. Featured in Forbes and Les Affaires, Edgar was recognized as one of Canada's top entrepreneurs of the year in 2023. Edgar works with clients across North America virtually and occasionally hosts in-person sessions in Toronto, Montreal, New York and San Francisco.

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Tania Chomyk is a life transition expert who takes a holistic, strengths-based approach to help individuals navigate change with clarity and confidence. She teaches at McGill’s School of Continuing Studies, facilitates workshops for mature professionals in transition, and works with women to lead their careers and lives with purpose.      

Whether guiding a career pivot, life transition or job search, she meets people where they are – with practical tools and personalized support. 

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Aileen Crowne is a certified executive and group coach specializing in career transitions and assessments, leadership development, neurodiversity, mental health and family systems.

Whether addressing ADHD, autism, anxiety or depression, Aileen offers evidence-based strategies to build resilience, confidence and alignment. Her work focuses on approaching life transitions with clear intention, supporting each client in discovering how to lead and live with greater authenticity, clarity and impact.   

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Liz Doyle Harmer is a leadership coach, facilitator, and creator of “statecrafting” – a methodology that helps leaders govern their internal state so it supports rather than sabotages the future they're reaching for. 

She works with senior leaders and teams ready to close the gap between the impact they're having and the impact they know they're capable of. Clients include JP Morgan, Google and Johnson & Johnson. Liz holds an MBA from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill, is ICF-accredited (PCC) and is completing her first book, Statecrafting. 

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Ann Drummie is a leadership coach who helps professionals turn expertise into influence, clarity and meaningful career momentum. With experience as a civil engineer and then as a construction project manager, she understands the realities of technical careers. 

Ann works with emerging leaders and rising executives to strengthen communication, decision-making and leadership presence. She is the author of Wallet on the Rental Car Roof and publishes a LinkedIn newsletter on leadership and career growth. 

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Ferdy Ed is a bilingual certified career coach with more than eight years of experience helping professionals across industries land their dream roles.    

With a master’s in human resources management and more than 15 years in recruitment and talent development, he guides clients through resume writing, LinkedIn profile optimization, interview preparation and career pivots – empowering them to build standout personal brands and job search strategies. 

info [at] feconsultinginc.org (subject: McGill%20Career%20Coaches) (Connect with Ferdy Ed)

Priscilla Jabouin has more than 13 years of experience supporting mid-level professionals through successful job searches, career transitions and workplace challenges. Clients often seek her guidance when pursuing more meaning and fulfillment at work – their “dream career.” 

With a background in psychology and education, she takes a holistic approach to helping clients find work they genuinely love, while also addressing burnout, anxiety, workplace conflict and systemic barriers.  

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Kelsi Kriitmaa, PhD, is a Europe-based career and leadership coach and social impact strategist with over two decades of experience across global development, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy and social innovation. A former strategy consultant and executive leader, she supports mid-career and senior professionals navigating transitions and building sustainable careers.  

Kelsi works with individuals and organizations across the UN, nonprofits, foundations, CSR teams and purpose-driven companies. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology and an MPH and is an ICF-certified coach.   

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Una brings a breadth of career and life experience to her coaching, emphasizing design principles and evidence-backed neuroscience. Using these approaches, she helps clients explore what matters most to them and create a plan to achieve it – applying proven strategies to improve productivity, enhance communication, and cultivate deeper happiness and fulfillment. No matter where you are in life, change and growth is possible.  

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Carolina Mingarelli is a lawyer and has been an executive at the Department of Justice Canada for more than a decade, with experience in both the private and public sectors. 

She creates space for clients to openly discuss challenges around leadership, career change and integrating empathy into their lives (including for themselves). These discussions can create a path to a more satisfying use of their skills, time and energy. She also supports clients who are moving through loss, whether in relationships, career or even a road not taken. 

blueskyecoach [at] gmail.com (subject: McGill%20Career%20Coaches) (Connect with Carolina Mingarelli)

Ankita coaches early- to mid-career professionals navigating pivotal moments such as career shifts, promotions and questions of purpose. Her approach centers on professional identity and values-based decision-making, grounded in a core question: Are you living your next step, or a chapter from someone else’s story? 

Drawing on leadership experience and reflective frameworks, Ankita guides clients in intentionally designing a coherent professional identity and career portfolio aligned with their long-term aspirations. 

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