Career coaches

Your AMA Victoria coaches are here to help. Click to read each profile below.

• Mardi O’Keefe » 
  Director, Professional Development and Careers 
  Coach - Career, brand, organisation and high-performance
   
   

   

  MARDI O'KEEFE
  Director, Professional Development and Careers
  Coach - Career, brand, organisation and high-performance

  Mardi O’Keefe is a career management and organisation development professional with 20 plus years of experience working in the corporate, government and health sectors. Mardi is a level 2 IECL certified organisational coach with 100’s of hours of professional coaching experience. She has spent the past 7 years building the AMA Victoria professional development and careers function. During this time, she has developed a range of leadership, professional & career coaching programs specifically designed for the medical profession, while also coaching 100’s of doctors to effectively navigate their careers and take up their professional roles. Mardi is experienced working with doctors from graduation to retirement, in all vocational areas and supports doctors operating at all levels within a health service hierarchy. Mardi has a BSc (Psych) and a MAppSci (Organisation Dynamics) and is a member of Group Relations Australia.

• Carolyn Speed » 
  Manager - Career Service 
  Coach - Career, brand, organisation and high-performance
   
   

   

  CAROLYN SPEED
  Manager - Career Service 
  Coach - Career, brand, organisation and high-performance

  Carolyn Speed is a career management professional and executive coach with many years of experience coaching doctors across all stages of their career from student to retirement. Carolyn is a level 2 IECL certified organisational coach with hundreds of hours of professional coaching experience. She has extensive knowledge of the medical profession, with insight into training pathways, career progression and health services and a passion for supporting doctors through career transitions. Carolyn has been instrumental in the development of the AMA Victoria Medical Career Service including the implementation of interview preparation programs and retirement offerings specifically designed for the medical profession. She has a previous career as legal professional with diverse expertise in both the private and public sector as consultant and a senior lawyer. Carolyn has a BA (psych) and Llb (hons).

• Dr Anna Clark (PhD) » 
  Leadership coach and educator

   
   

   

  DR ANNA CLARK (PhD)
  Leadership coach and educator

  Anna has a PhD in social psychology from the University of Melbourne and works as a leadership development consultant and coach designing and delivering leadership development programs and coaching in Europe, Singapore, and Australia. Prior to working in leadership development, Anna held academic positions in psychology and organisational behaviour departments in the Netherlands, France, and Australia. She has over 12 years’ experience coaching a range of emerging, middle, and senior leaders from both private and public sector organisations, including health and education. Anna currently lives in Melbourne and works as a leadership development consultant and coach designing and delivering executive education programs and coaching for a range of organisations and individuals around Australia. Anna specialises in supporting individuals to find authentic, purposeful, and realistic development goals and to then create and enact nuanced personal action plans to support their work toward the behavioural change they desire in a practical and sustainable way.

  In her work with AMA Victoria, Anna has joined the Professional Development and Careers team to provide leadership development programs and one-on-one coaching for Doctors at all stages of their careers. Professional coaching provides a safe and objective developmental space for doctors to work on the current issues and challenges that they face in their day-to-day work, as well as in their professional work system.  

  Anna also writes regularly for AMA Victoria, publishing on leadership topics highly relevant to the complex care and collaborative leadership required in healthcare settings. 

• Julia Earle » 
  Career and brand coach
   
   

   

  JULIA EARLE
  Career and brand coach

  Julia Earle is an expert in career development and talent management. She has over 20 years’ experience across a range of industry sectors including health and has a BA (psych) and post-graduate qualifications in career coaching. Julia has experience coaching individuals from students through to those approaching retirement and takes a client-centred, strengths-based approach to coaching. She has a passion for supporting professionals through career transition, especially as they seek opportunities to develop their expertise or consider pathway options. She also has extensive experience in recruitment and selection processes and supporting individuals to achieve their employment goals.

• Lisa Stockman » 
  Brand and style coach
   
   

   

  LISA STOCKMAN
  Brand and style coach

  Lisa Stockman was born and raised in Melbourne Australia, and in her twenties lived in Italy and Japan. She studied a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Melbourne and Master of Professional Styling at Australian Style Institute.

  She has worked in the fashion industry both as a Stylist and boutique owner for over 15 years and held global training roles in the retail sector. Her personal styling career began over a decade ago as a side hustle while owning a clothing boutique in Melbourne.

  Today, she is brand coach & personal stylist to a diverse range of clients and specializes in working with people who are experiencing life-changing events such as gaining a job, taking the next step in their career, getting divorced, beginning to date, post-surgery, post baby, or getting ready for an event of a lifetime such as a wedding or anniversary.

  Lisa uses her professional expertise and personal experience to inspire everyday individuals, executives and professionals to put themselves out there and allow themselves to be seen, heard and celebrated for who they choose to be.

• Loretta Hart » 
  Career and brand coach

 
 

 

LORETTA HART
Career and brand coach

Loretta Hart is an experienced careers and business coach. She is passionate about supporting doctors to build a strong brand that aligns with their values and plays to their strengths. With 15 years of experience in marketing, messaging, sales and business development, Loretta brings a fresh approach to guiding professionals to understand their point of difference.

With hundreds of hours of coaching Loretta is skilled in honing in on key issues, developing people’s confidence and ensuring they know the action that needs to be taken after each session.

Loretta has a BT (Primary), is fascinated by human behaviour and understands the blocks that tend to lead to procrastination and frustration.