About

Marissa Q Paine International (MQPI) is an executive coaching and change management consulting firm specializing in helping women leaders, teams and social sector organizations make the transformational shifts they need to create the impact and results their hearts can imagine but their heads and internal barriers struggle to make happen.

Founded in 2012, by corporate executive turned social worker, Marissa Q. Paine, MQPI this best known for high-trust, “all-hands-in” approach, it takes in helping leaders confront, their personal and professional roadblocks, crystalize the available paths forward and choosing the most impactful strategies available to get the results that are truly possible through their gifts.

Leaders bring their most delicate interpersonal and confidential challenges to MPQI with confidence

knowing they will find a trust-worthy, thoughtful and skilled resolution.

Our clients have included leaders and organizations in:

racial and social justice
hospitals and community health centers
early-childhood and education
community development
mental health
housing and residential services
housing and residential services
small businesses
foundations
intermediaries
philanthropic support organizations and more
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Our Team

YOU CAN’T DO IT ALONE.
NEITHER CAN WE.

MQPI is supported by a nationwide team of highly-talented coaches, trainers, facilitators and consultants with wide-ranging expertise. Meet the powerful core leadership and support team responsible for making Shift happen at Marissa Q. Paine International.

Marissa Q. Paine

Marissa Q. Paine

Principal and CEO

Marissa Q. Paine

I am the guinea pig and visionary behind the Make Shift Happen Framework. Master Coach & Facilitator. My life's purpose is your joy and success.

Superpower - Imagining the impossible and making that shift happen.
About Our Founder

Sharon Booker

Operations Manager

Sharon Booker

I am the Operations Manager. My role is to make sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes, so you may not see or hear from me, but I'm always here to support the team and ensure you have a world class experience as you go through our programs.

Superpower - I'm great at taking a vision and implementing all of the processes and systems needed to make that vision a reality.

Dr. Nadia Brown

Director of Client Enrollment

Dr. Nadia Brown

I am the Director of Client Enrollment and I will be here to check in to ensure you have a good program experience and to answer any programmatic questions along the way.

Superpower – I’m a great listener and encourager. We all have those times where we just need to talk about things in a space where we’re heard, supported and aren’t judged. I’m honored that I get to provide that for others.

Ayanna Fields

Client Service Manager

Ayanna Fields

I am your 101 Success Coach and Academy Concierge, simply meaning I will be here to support you along your Life Shift journey in Group Calls and on an individual basis if questions surface throughout the program.

Superpower - The ability to see myself in others, and seeing others in myself. Helps me to exercise being considerate and extend grace when necessary.

Kelly Curtis

Digital Brand Manager

Kelly S. Curtis

I am the Digital Brand Manager, the person who maintains and enhances your visual experience across platforms. I work alongside the team to turn their visions into reality, creating a gorgeous and accessible interface to support you throughout your journey with MQPI.

Superpower - Visualizer. Creative Inventor with a magical ability––and a wealth of patience––to bring ideas to life through digital media.

AFFILIATED COACHES & CONSULTANTS

Lorren
Buck

Ayana Coston Jordan

Ayana
Coston

Jenifer
Drake

Jenifer
Holland

Dennis Johnson

Dennis
Johnson

Melanie Powell Robinson

Melanie
Powell Robinson

Daphne Valcin

Daphne
Valcin

LaKecia
Veal Ligon

Dr Fatimah Williams

Fatimah
Williams

JOIN OUR

Team!

We are always looking to connect amazing talent to our powerful mission.

OPEN POSITIONS

OUR

MISSION

Our mission is to be the driving force behind the successful fulfillment of individual and organizational visions that strengthen communities and improve lives.

OUR

VISION

We aim to be recognized as one of the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firms; regarded by our clients as a non-negotiable partner in driving personal and organizational growth and mission fulfillment.

OUR

VALUES

INFORMED PRACTICE
We use research, best- and promising practices, subject matter experts and our own field experience as the foundation upon which we build the strategies and solutions we present. We maintain a commitment to stay current in our areas of service, and when we’re not, we connect our clients to or collaborate with those who are.
AUTHENTIC COUNSEL
With our client’s best interest at heart, we pride ourselves on being genuine, transparent, upfront and honest as we offer feedback and make recommendations. We don’t take lightly the trust our clients place in us and we commit to honor that trust with authentic counsel. We honor this value internally with one another and strive to create an environment where our clients feel comfortable doing the same.
ATTENTIVE SERVICE
We believe in good old-fashioned customer service at the highest level. We honor our clients as the true experts about their reality, and we partner with them to create solutions that are responsive to their unique needs. In short, we revolt against the cookie-cutter, and we’re not happy unless you are.
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
There’s a reason there’s an “e” at the end of paine. It’s excellence! Simply put, our goal is to support our clients in achieving their goals and to do that exceptionally well. We’re responsive to spoken and unspoken needs and use our client’s feedback, growth and transformation as the best indicator of success. This for us is paramount, and if off chance that we miss the mark, we’re committed to fixing it.
LIBERATED EXPRESSION
Our uniqueness is what makes us powerful. We are proud to be a Black woman led firm committed to racial equity and inclusion within our organization and with our partners in business and life. We acknowledge and appreciate the intersectionality of our diverse identities and celebrate the unique ways we elect to express them. By embracing our own identities, we expand our competency in valuing others.
YELLOW ROSES
We believe that life is short and a gift, and that humans are human; so, we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We smile. We laugh. We cry. We strive to live life fully and responsibly, pausing to smell the roses along the way. We value friendships and family. We stand for what is right and just, and we work with those who share these values.
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