Marion McGovern

Marion is an entrepreneur who founded two companies in the human capital arena, M Squared Consulting and Collabrus Inc. M Squared is a specialty consulting firm that uses independent consulting talent to meet the needs of clients to help them solve critical business problems. Collabrus, a subsidiary, is a professional employer for independent consultants while they are on engagements to ensure compliance with employment laws. In 2005, she completed the sale of the companies to The Kelly Group, a publicly traded company in South Africa.

An expert in the dynamics of the senior independent talent market, she wrote a book, A New Brand of Expertise, in 2001. Marion remained a Director of M Squared Consulting until 2013, when Kelly sold M Squared Read more

Marion is an entrepreneur who founded two companies in the human capital arena, M Squared Consulting and Collabrus Inc. M Squared is a specialty consulting firm that uses independent consulting talent to meet the needs of clients to help them solve critical business problems. Collabrus, a subsidiary, is a professional employer for independent consultants while they are on engagements to ensure compliance with employment laws. In 2005, she completed the sale of the companies to The Kelly Group, a publicly traded company in South Africa.

An expert in the dynamics of the senior independent talent market, she wrote a book, A New Brand of Expertise, in 2001. Marion remained a Director of M Squared Consulting until 2013, when Kelly sold M Squared to the Solmon Edwards Group. Currently, she serves on the board of CPP Inc., the publisher of the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator, where she is chair of the Audit Committee. She is Chair of ReSurge International, a humanitarian agency that provides reconstructive plastic surgery to the poor around the world and builds medical capacity in the areas we serve through our Global Training Program..

For 9 years, she was an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management, teaching HR to undergraduates and Management Communications to MBAs.

In 2013, she joined the Alliance of CEOs as a Director. In that role, she facilitates a group of CEOS in a monthly session, where they explore strategic business issues.

She is a Member of YPO Gold, the alumni organization of YPO (the Young President Organization) She was formerly a member of both YPO & YEO. She is currently a Board member of the Northern California Chapter of YPO Gold, and has served as its Chapter Chair. She is a Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Specialties: independent consulting, employment law around independent contractor compliance, branding, entrepreneurship

Board roles, recurring coaching roles, strategy facilitation

Board roles:
• M Squared Consulting
• A $75 million specialty services provider; CPP Inc
• A psychometric test publisher and owners of the Meyers Briggs Type Instrument
• The Front Porch
• A billion$ Continuing Care Retirement Comunity with 14 facilities in three states providing elderly housing
• Skilled nursing
• Dementia care facilities

Board roles:
• M Squared Consulting
• A $75 million specialty services provider; CPP Inc
• A psychometric test publisher and owners of the Meyers Briggs Type Instrument
• The Front Porch
• A billion$ Continuing Care Retirement Comunity with 14 facilities in three states providing elderly housing
• Skilled nursing
• Dementia care facilities