Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brown University with a dual major in International Relations and Semiotics, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Multimedia Communications from American University. Megan has lived and worked in the U.S., UK, France and Italy as well as having numerous short term international assignments on 4 continents.
Megan spent the first third of her career with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) designing professional and business training programs for entrepreneurs from developing and transitional countries.
Prior to starting her own portable business Career By Choice in 2005, she managed the career planning and recruiting programs at American University, and managed and evaluated global projects and programs at several international organizations.
Megan’s credentials include:
- Certified Personal Branding Strategist - 1 of first 100 worldwide
- Certified Career Coach
- Certified Executive Coach
- Certified Online Identity Strategist – 1 of first 35 worldwide
- Certified 360 Personal Brand Assessment Analyst
Megan has been named a top 50 personal branding consultant and featured in Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com, the Wall Street Journal Online, FOX Business, Italy Magazine and many expat and career publications as well as books too numerous to list. She’s also contributed to many online expatriate and career resources such as Expatwomen.com, About.com, Expatexplorer, Expatangels.com, Expattalents.com, Megan’s Expat Career Corner on Paguro.net, and ThePersonalBrandingBlog.com.
Watch Megan’s CNN interview in this short video (1:54).
Having spent years working in developing and transitional countries, Megan donates a percentage of her total income to programs around the world fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Through Kiva.org she continues to support entrepreneurs in the developing world.
When not at work, you’ll usually find Megan planning her next trip, enjoying her expat home in Italy, reading about growth and innovation, or having a caffè macchiato to start her day.
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