Bev works with leaders to bring new productivity to their teams and helps professionals to negotiate career transitions, to address work challenges and to continue to grow. Since 2000 she has developed a respected executive coaching and consulting practice, assisting professionals and organizations to become more effective.

Bev’s clients include companies, consulting and law firms, trade associations, universities, government agencies and NGOs. Among federal entities, she has worked with the Smithsonian Institution, the Federal Reserve Board, DOE, USDA, the Patent Office, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Institute of Medicine.

Bev serves as a Senior Fellow at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University. Leadership development has also been her focus at the Inter-American Development Bank and at the Organization of American States, where she created a 30-hour “Leading Change” course for high-potential managers. Bev is also associated with the non-profit Congressional Management Foundation, and Congressional offices and caucuses are among the many clients for whom she has created and facilitated retreats, workshops and conferences.

From 1987 to 2000, Bev was senior vice president of external affairs and policy for Consolidated Natural Gas Company. There, her varied portfolio included government affairs, the CNG Foundation, and public outreach. Among other initiatives, she led a national effort to promote small-scale power generation and alternative fuel vehicles. In addition to testifying before Congressional committees, federal agencies, and state legislatures and commissions, she was engaged in strategic planning and corporate restructuring projects. Earlier, Bev was a department chairman at the Washington law firm Wickwire, Gavin and Gibbs, PC. She began her legal career in the Market Regulation Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bev consults and speaks about many issues related to leadership, team-building, innovation and productivity. She is an active blogger and her writing appears on websites such as PBS’ NextAvenue.org and WOUB.org.