ABOUT MARY ANN THOMPSON, ACC etermination. Endurance. Empathy. The ability to work within and to lead a team. Those qualities have enabled Mary Ann Thompson to survive divorce and single parenthood; to juggle the demands of family, college and career, rising from entry-level factory worker to staff engineer during her 24 years with IBM; to survive multiple battles with breast cancer; and to complete two 26.2-mile marathons - so far.  Working at night and studying during the day, Mary Ann balanced single parenthood with part-time college to earn a degree in electronics. She was promoted to engineer and led many project teams, co-developed training seminars and workshops, and gave numerous presentations. Mary Ann retired from IBM as a staff engineer and began her coaching business in 2002. Mary Ann has been certified by the International Coaching Federation  as an Associate Certified Coach.   She is a graduate of the Graduate School of Coaching at Coachville and is an Edge Foundation coach having completed advanced training with Jodi-Sleeper Triplett in coaching high school and college students with ADHD and is a trained and authorized by ADHD coach and author Joyce Kubik to teach "Building Life-Long Strategies".     At Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York  Mary Ann introduced the concept of the Mastermind to the EAP (Entrepreneurial Assistance Program) and has facilitated these sessons since 2004.     "From my personal experiences, I bring to coaching a capacity to emphathize, especially in ADHD as my grandson has this diagnosis.  From my professional experience, I bring my business experience with my communication, organization and problem-solving skills to my clients." Mary Ann Thompson lives in Endicott, N.Y. with her husband Alan.  CONTACT US