gifted to lead: 4 steps to releasing your leadership potential

Dr. Mary M. Gillam, President and CEO of M2G Dynamic Leadership Solutions, LLC, is a #1 Amazon best-selling author of over nine books. A retired Air Force Colonel and former member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) Corps with the Department of Defense, Dr. Gillam is an internationally recognized motivational speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer. She has been featured in numerous television, radio, and print media worldwide.

After military retirement, Dr. Gillam worked as a government contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton where she supported the Secretary of the Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Pentagon. She was later appointed to the SES Corps, where she served as the Director of Technology, Innovation, and Engineering in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Destined to fulfill her God-given purpose, Dr. Gillam took a leap of faith, and decided to start her own information technology and leadership development, consulting firm. Dr. Gillam is the creator and developer of the CORE Leadership Development Model.

A North Carolina native, Dr. Gillam was raised by her paternal grandmother. After marrying at the tender age of 14, giving birth to 17 children, widowed at the age of 48 with five teenage children still at home, Dr. Gillam’s grandmother was later given sole responsibility for her four grandchildren all under the age of six. Because of her grandmother’s love, faith, and tenacity, Dr. Gillam honored her memory with a special book entitled, I Never Said Good-bye.＂

Having spent over 30+ years working in telecommunications and information systems technology, Dr. Gillam is a strong advocate for the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. She is a former chapter president of the Armed Forces Communications-Electronics Association (AFCEA), where she established a STEM related professional scholarship. She has held numerous leadership, management, and technical positions in her profession.

An avid writer, Dr. Gillam’s latest project includes the Expanded Edition to her #1 Amazon bestseller, ＂Women Stop the Chase: Let God’s Man Find You＂. The book recently went #1 on Amazon. Her current project is ＂Gifted to Lead: 4 Steps to Releasing Your Leadership Potential.＂

A certified John C. Maxwell Leadership Speaker, Coach, and Trainer, and an experienced and seasoned leader, Dr. Gillam has won multiple military and civic leadership awards.