Margaret Moore, BS, MBA, is an entrepreneur and 17-year veteran of the biotechnology industry in the UK, France, Canada, and the USA. She served in executive marketing and business development roles in two multi­national pharmaceutical companies (now part of AstraZeneca and Aventis); and as COO and CEO of two biotechnology companies, including the launch of a cancer biotechnology company that merged with publicly traded Medigene AG (Germany) in 2001.

Margaret is the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation (strategic partner of the American College of Sports Medicine), which is building the new professions of health coach, fitness coach, and wellness coach. Wellness coaches energize and support people to master health and well-being; fitness coaches help people master a fit lifestyle; and health coaches help people manage medical conditions.

The company’s coach training school has trained 2,000 physical and mental health professionals as health, fitness, or wellness coaches in the past four years. Margaret’s collaboration with Edward Phillips, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School to create an online CME program is leading to the launch of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Spaulding/Harvard Medical School (www.institutelifestylemedicine.net), of which Margaret is a founding advisor.

Wellcoaches partners to deliver wellness coaching services to consumers (Aspen Club), corporations - Employee Assistance Coaching or EAC® (Wells Fargo), and health clubs.

Margaret is the lead or co-author of:

·         Harvard Medical School CME program titled Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine for Weight Management (leading to the new Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School)

·         In press - Coaching psychology manual published by Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

·         White paper: The obesity epidemic – a confidence crisis calling for professional coaches

·         Principles of Behavioral Psychology in Wellness Coaching

·         Relational Flow: Theoretical Model for the Intuitive Dance (new theory of coaching psychology)

·         Coach Meg’s Blog – at www.coachmegblog.com

·         Trade book underway titled: Coach Meg & the Realization of Rachel

Presentations:

Margaret is a seasoned speaker (including radio and TV) and has presented on coaching psychology and positive psychology at:

  1.       American College of Sports Medicine Summit (2005, 2006)

  2.       New England ACSM (2003, 2004)

  3.       IDEA conferences (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

  4.       NSCA conference (2006)

  5.       IHRSA International Conference (2005, 2006)

  6.       NEHRSA - New England IHRSA (2005)

  7.       International Coach Federation International Conference (2004, 2005)

  8.       National Wellness Conference (2005)

  9.       Consumer Health World (2006, 2007)

10.   Institute of Health & Productivity Management conference (2007)

11.   American Journal of Health Promotion conference (2007)

12.   Case Management Society of America (2007)

13.   Team Dream USA – Chicago (2006)

14.   AACVPR teleclass (2005)

15.   ACSM member teleclasses (2007)

16.   Health Intelligence Network teleclass (2007)

Margaret is also a board member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra led by Benjamin Zander.