Team
At Head Coach, we believe that coaching and consulting should function as a partnership based on trust and open, honest communication. As partners in the success of your business, we work interdependently with you and identify with your commitments both personal and professional. We forge a relationship that inspires our clients to do great things, and that allows them to inspire and lead others to do the same.
Jill A. Pollard, MBA
CEO & Executive Coach
jillpollard@headcoachinc.com
Jill joined Head Coach in 2010 and has over twenty-five years of professional experience. She completed a coaching training program at the Center for Creative Leadership and served as a coach in Emory University’s Executive Education Program. She is trained in Birkman and Myers-Briggs (MBTI). She has coached senior leaders across a variety of industries, including transportation, healthcare, EPC, financial services, and non-profits such as educational institutions. Jill earned her MBA and BA at Emory University where she also spent 10 years working at the Goizueta Business School and served as Director of Advising and Leadership for the BBA program. Before this, Jill held positions in marketing, sales, and operations at a national hotel franchise company. She resides in Atlanta with her husband and their three children. She is a regular runner, swimmer, and Peloton cyclist, and practices yoga. In her spare time, she likes to cook, study Spanish and Stoic Philosophy, and take walks with her family. She is also an avid reader and committed lifelong learner.
CEO & Executive Coach
jillpollard@headcoachinc.com
Jill joined Head Coach in 2010 and has over twenty-five years of professional experience. She completed a coaching training program at the Center for Creative Leadership and served as a coach in Emory University’s Executive Education Program. She is trained in Birkman and Myers-Briggs (MBTI). She has coached senior leaders across a variety of industries, including transportation, healthcare, EPC, financial services, and non-profits such as educational institutions. Jill earned her MBA and BA at Emory University where she also spent 10 years working at the Goizueta Business School and served as Director of Advising and Leadership for the BBA program. Before this, Jill held positions in marketing, sales, and operations at a national hotel franchise company. She resides in Atlanta with her husband and their three children. She is a regular runner, swimmer, and Peloton cyclist, and practices yoga. In her spare time, she likes to cook, study Spanish and Stoic Philosophy, and take walks with her family. She is also an avid reader and committed lifelong learner.
Howard Shapiro, PhD
Founder & Executive Coach Emeritus
howardshapiro@headcoachinc.com
Howie’s illustrious career spanned forty-five years as a coach, consultant, educator and counselor. He became a licensed psychologist in 1975. His work included coaching senior level executives at major companies in the United States and abroad, and in a variety of industries including transportation, consumer packaged goods, financial services, retail and government.
Howie earned his BA from Brandeis University, his MA from Boston University and his PhD from University of Minnesota. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (Division of Consulting Psychology). Howie and his wife, and all of their children and grandchildren, live in Atlanta.
Founder & Executive Coach Emeritus
howardshapiro@headcoachinc.com
Howie’s illustrious career spanned forty-five years as a coach, consultant, educator and counselor. He became a licensed psychologist in 1975. His work included coaching senior level executives at major companies in the United States and abroad, and in a variety of industries including transportation, consumer packaged goods, financial services, retail and government.
Howie earned his BA from Brandeis University, his MA from Boston University and his PhD from University of Minnesota. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (Division of Consulting Psychology). Howie and his wife, and all of their children and grandchildren, live in Atlanta.