Mary F. Slaughter, M.A., Founder of MFS Consulting, LLC Joins Edgewater Talent Advisory Board

Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in the Human Capital Center with The Conference Board Enhances Edgewater Talent’s Executive Coaching & Leadership Consulting Services

CHICAGO, OCTOBER 2, 2025 – Edgewater Talent announces the appointment of Mary F. Slaughter to its Advisory Board. Slaughter, M.A., has an exceptionally strong pedigree in the Human Resources field including CHRO, Chief Talent Officer, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and Global Head of Employee experience for notable brands including AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Wachovia, SunTrust Banks, and Morningstar.

Ms. Slaughter also joins Edgewater’s Leadership Consulting Division as an Executive Coach and HR/Leadership Consultant.  Her coaching experience is unsurpassed. Mary is a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in the Human Capital Center at The Conference Board where she also serves as Program Director for their talent councils, and her industry advisory roles have included the Association for Training Development (ATD) Board of Directors, Bersin by Deloitte’s Advisory Council, and George Mason University’s Chief Learning Officer Program. She currently serves on ATD’s Industry Awards Committee, recognizing outstanding learning leaders and practitioners. Mary is also a member of GP Strategies Advisory Board, a global consulting services firm, and a leader in the transformation of talent development solutions and HR technology integration.

“It's a privilege to join the Edgewater Talent team and I look forward to contributing to the success of our clients. I admire Edgewater's genuine commitment to the real-world, on-the-job integration of the top talent we deliver to our clients,” said Slaughter. “The first year for a new executive is crucial, and our executive coaching support accelerates the alignment and adaptation necessary for a new executive to thrive. It's extremely rewarding to contribute to a new leader's successful onboarding and see the impact they make on their organization and with the broader executive team. Leaders are the single greatest influence on culture, and their success sets the stage for the others to thrive as well."

“We’re thrilled to welcome Mary to our Advisory Board,” said Rodney Moses, Managing Director and Founder of Edgewater Talent. “Her deep expertise in HR Strategy, Executive Coaching, Culture Change, Strategic Business Change, and Organizational Effectiveness, brings highly skilled onboarding and coaching techniques to our placements and, to our clients’ leadership already in place, targeted coaching for continued success.”

“Mary’s experience in leadership roles in banking, technology, finance, accounting, and science-based entities for organizational change, and all culminating into a very successful executive coaching and consulting career, will provide best-in-class delivery to our executive placements and will emphasize Edgewater’s commitment to the onboarding of talent who are attuned to the best practice of transformational leadership,” said Derick Haire, Managing Director, Life Sciences & Technology.    

Slaughter is the Founder of MFS Consulting, LLC, based in Atlanta. Her teams consistently have been recognized for excellence including Bersin & Associates for leadership development, Brandon Hall for sales talent management, CLO Magazine for academic partnerships, Training Magazine’s Top 125, and ATD BEST for exceptional enterprise learning.

As a Managing Director and senior advisor, Mary has led client engagements for Deloitte – Learning Advisory Services as well as EY- People Advisory Services. As EVP, Consulting at The NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI), she developed strategies and programs grounded in social and neuroscience research to drive behavior change at scale. She continues to serve as a Senior Advisor for NLI’s clients, supporting their organizational transformations.

Mary is a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in the Human Capital Center at The Conference Board where she also serves as Program Director for their talent councils. Her industry advisory roles have included the Association for Training Development (ATD) Board of Directors, Bersin by Deloitte’s Advisory Council, and George Mason University’s Chief Learning Officer Program. She currently serves on ATD’s Industry Awards Committee, recognizing outstanding learning leaders and practitioners.

As a thought leader, Mary has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, PwC’s strategy+business, Fast Company, on-line Quartz, Talent Management, on-line T+D and CLO, Selling Power, and other consulting magazines. She’s the co-author of Learning that CLICS: Using Behavioral Science for Effective Design, https://www.td.org/product/book–learning-that-clics/112205 and she is a regular contributor to Reworked,  the digital space leadership channel which brings together the latest trends and best practices to guide the leaders of today and tomorrow. on human and organizational behavior. https://www.reworked.co/author/mary-slaughter/.

Mary holds an undergraduate degree in psychology and chemistry, as well as a master’s degree in communications.

For additional information, please contact L. Coleman, VP Client Services & Communications:  lydia@edgewatertalent.com

About Edgewater Talent

Edgewater Talent is a boutique, global executive search firm focused on the Healthcare/Life Sciences, Technology and Industrial sectors.  The firm’s highly specialized process includes an already established network of vetted candidates and key opinion leaders, who facilitate an executive search process that provides ‘best-in-class’ speed to hire, and importantly, accurate analysis of the successful candidate. As an affiliate member of Transearch International plc, Edgewater Talent utilizes Transearch’s patented Orxestra® 360-Evaluation for each candidate.  Additional methodologies include a new philosophy of focus in ‘candidate care’ and specifically designed search analysis methodologies that assist each client to build stronger, more high-potential teams. The Edgewater Talent Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching division empowers leaders to execute with improved leadership skills, based on time-proven methods as well as new, translational-change methods, both of which accelerate clients’ growth and business success

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