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DAWN COMEAU

EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP COACH

DAWN COMEAU

EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP COACH

ABOUT

Coach

Dawn Comeau, PhD, MPH

executive coaching, leadership coaching, executive & leadership coaching, career coach, Dawn Comeau
executive coaching, leadership coaching, executive & leadership coaching, career coach, Dawn Comeau

I am Dr. Dawn Comeau (pronounced KOH-moh), a leadership and executive coach who helps leaders and professionals create meaningful lives.

I am also an academician who deeply understands the complications of nurturing a successful and balanced career. My coaching takes a heart-centered approach to professions that tend to focus solely on the mind, and it is with this approach that I have seen the greatest breakthroughs in my clients’ journeys. I also bring a focus on strategy and purpose, helping clients infuse meaning into their whole lives while taking on very real problems and challenges at work.

Throughout my 20+ year career, I have cultivated expertise in coaching clients toward lives that are rewarding and reflective of their personal values. This comes from my career focused on developing mentoring programs all over the world (Ethiopia, Cambodia, Nigeria, Vietnam, country of Georgia) that train mentors and mentees, build mentoring relationships, and increase organizational capacity. 

 

I help leaders feel energized and fulfilled about the legacy they are leaving in their field—even when setbacks and disappointments arise.

Originally from the Boston area (go Red Sox), I come from a spicy family of seven children, which could possibly explain my love of adventure (escape), travel (escape), and mindfulness (escape)! I weave travel, adventure, and cultural learning into as much of my professional and personal world as possible.

 

In a past life, I was a television producer in LA for daytime talk and entertainment shows. In my current life, I am a mom to four children in college (UGA, Georgia Tech, Appalachian State, and Mercer). When I’m not working in academia or coaching others, I am traveling, eating at new restaurants, playing pickleball, or doing CrossFit!

I look forward to working together!

EDUCATION

 

  • PHD - Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • MPH - Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public health

 

  • MA - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA - Women's Studies

  • BA - Simmons College, Boston, MA - Business Management

RECENT POSITIONS & LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Professor - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

 

  • Director of Mentor Training - Design, direct and implement in-person and virtual mentor training programs for NIH-funded research training programs in the US and international settings

 

  • Vice Chair for Faculty Development - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

  • Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University​              

  • Director of Graduate Studies, MPH Program - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University 

  • Co-Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group - Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Emory University, MPH Program 

HONORS & AWARDS​

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

  • Teacher of the Year, Dept. of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (Rollins)​

  • Teaching Grant for Community Engagement

  • Delta Omega Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & COACH TRAINING​

  • Corry Robertson Leadership Coach Program

  • Re-Imagine Leadership, Coaches Rising

  • Coaches Program, Positive Intelligence

  • Member of ICF (International Coaching Federation)

Credentials

EDUCATION

 

  • PHD - Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (2009)

 

  • MPH - Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Behavioral, Social & Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public health (2009, dual degree with PhD)

 

  • MA - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA - Women's Studies (2000)

  • BA - Simmons College, Boston, MA - Business Management (1991)

RECENT POSITIONS & LEADERSHIP ROLES

  • Research Professor - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (Sept. 2021 - present)

 

  • Director of Mentor Training - Design, direct and implement in-person and virtual mentor training programs for NIH-funded research training programs in the US and international settings (?? - ??)

 

  • Vice Chair for Faculty Development - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (Sept. 2018 - 2023)​

  • Director of Graduate Studies, MPH Program - Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (June 2019 - 2021)

  • Co-Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group - Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Emory University, MPH Program (June 2020 - 2022)

HONORS & AWARDS​

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

 

  • Teacher of the Year, Dept. of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (Rollins)

  • Member of ICF (international coaching federation)

  • Teaching Grant for Community Engagement

  • Delta Omega Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & COACH TRAINING​

  • Corry Robertson Leadership Coach Program

  • Re-Imagine Leadership, Coaches Rising

  • Coaches Program, Positive Intelligence

Selection of My Publications on Mentoring, Leadership and Capacity Building

Teaches important mentoring skills to faculty, students, researchers and health professionals. Covers foundational mentoring concepts with activities for reflection and skill building.

Published in the American Journal of Public Health on the subject of formal support for pedagogical scholarship and effective teaching in public health.

Shifting the cultural narrative from churning grants to a scholarship of consequence. A discussion of three strategies and related insights around efforts to shift departmental thinking.

A brief evaluation report from the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance that provides insights from a mentor training workshop and provides a foundation for mentoring. 

Mentoring is a critical component of career development for research scientists and is related to mentee success both in terms of career selection and advancement. 

An evaluation of a certificate program in translational research and a discussion around the pressing need to increase the diversity of a multidisciplinary workforce engaged in clinical and translation science.

An analysis and discussion around direct and indirect benefits of a formal RTP in terms of scholarly output, career growth opportunities, and enhancing research capacity in a high-burden TB setting.

An article published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine that offers a qualitative evaluation of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Mentored Research Scholars Program.

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