About Mary Burg

Mary brings insight, intelligence, and laughter to each coaching engagement. Her clients include executives, managers, business owners, and other professionals who are committed to transforming their businesses, their workplaces and their lives.

Mary’s clients are creating results in such areas as organizational leadership; business start-up, expansion, and redesign; charitable fundraising; career change and post-retirement life planning. They are transforming their relationships to time, money, health and fitness, as well as their relationships to themselves and others.

Throughout her professional career Mary has led teams, individuals and diverse stakeholder groups in creating breakthrough results. Mary received the Governor’s Distinguished Management Leadership Award for outstanding leadership in reducing costs and improving public service in Washington State. As an executive manager, Mary has been responsible for staffs of up to 165 employees and budgets of up to $30 million.   

Mary is passionate about life and is an avid scuba diver, naturalist, gardener, and dancer. Mary is also passionate about Don Bales, her tropical dive buddy and life partner of 24 years. Mary and Don live near Olympia Washington in a home they designed to be a sanctuary for wildlife. They happily describe their home as “the best campsite east of Lacey.”

Mary is a certified professional coach, an affiliate of and trainer for Accomplishment Coaching of San Diego, a member of both the International Coach Federation and the International Association of Coaches. She is an alumna of The Evergreen State College and the University of Washington and co-owner of Burg Rivers Life and Business Coaching, Burg Rivers LLC.