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Mae Podesta

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Executive Coach and Advisor at Self-employed
📍 Denver, Colorado, United States

Mae Podesta is a tri-sector strategy and operations leader with experience scaling high-growth tech and education enterprises, most notably during her seven-year tenure as an SVP at Guild. A Columbia MBA and UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach, she now advises leaders and helps individuals navigate significant life and career transitions.

Outside of her professional life, Mae is an avid explorer of new hobbies and finds joy in nature, learning things like the trapeze, and volunteering with animal rescues. She is also a licensed psilocybin facilitator, helping people find deeper meaning and authenticity.

She served as the Deputy Executive Director for the Clinton-Kaine Presidential Transition Team.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Executive Coach and Advisor
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Executive Coaching
As a UC Berkeley certified executive coach, she now focuses on helping leaders and individuals navigate major career and life transitions after her own experience with burnout.
Scaling Operations
Spent seven years in multiple SVP roles at Guild, focusing on marketplace operations, payments, and solution management during the company's high-growth phase.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
Executive Coach and Advisor
Self-employed
6-2023 - 5-2024
Senior Vice President, Solution Management & Planning
Guild
6-2021 - 6-2023
Senior Vice President, Marketplace Operations
Guild
8-2019 - 6-2021
Senior Vice President, Marketplace Operations & Payments
Guild
8-2016 - 2-2017
Deputy Executive Director
Clinton-Kaine Presidential Transition Team
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Education
2009 - 2011
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Columbia Business School
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Wellesley College
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