I’m Mari Huertas — a senior executive, coach, and consultant with 15+ years of experience in building great products and programs, teams and cultures. I help organizations evolve to be happy, healthy, and efficient — to focus on the right opportunities, deliver on big goals, and thrive as they scale.
My approach: Clarify the goal, simplify the solution, and amplify the impact.
I’ve enjoyed a diverse career leading business and product strategy and operations, program management, and executive communications for distributed and remote organizations of thousands of people. I’m experienced in developing and driving business transformation, change management, and learning and development.
I can see a problem, generate and validate an idea on how to address it, build a cross-functional strategy and plan, and drive everything through precise communication and execution with grace, calm, and compassion.
Currently I work with Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center, where I am guiding organizational change and development. Previous collaborations and affiliations are included below.
The New York Times
The Noun Project
Obama for America
University of Chicago
World Book, Inc.
XOXO Festival
Chief
City of Chicago
The MacArthur Foundation
McGraw-Hill Education
The Mozilla Foundation
Mari is an impressively talented coach and leader.
When I was considering a move from The New York Times to Meta, I sought Mari's perspective about the differences between working at a FAANG company and a media company, and how I might best position myself for success in a new environment. Based on her experiences at Google, Mari gave me actionable feedback that enabled me to hit the ground running and quickly become effective in a very different culture.
Further, Mari's experience as a woman with long-term leadership expertise gave me confidence that she might have insight about unique challenges I might face in the particular dynamic of Big Tech. I would recommend that other senior women considering their next professional move seek her counsel.
Allison McHenry, CTO, Daily Kos
Mari brought an operations focus which drove clarity and productivity – and was tapped to lead two sensitive, business-critical projects at the highest levels of the company. Her ability to bring structure to chaos is phenomenal – and I truly hope we’ll work together again in the future.
Lisa Kamm, SVP of Product, The New York Times
Mari helped me as I took on a new role with more responsibility and our small team doubled in size. She was a great sounding board for ideas and concerns. Mari shared practical tips about project and meeting management as well as helped me think through bigger picture questions. It was such a relief to know I had Mari to chat with as I was managing this transition, and I know her advice helped our team a lot.
E., Executive Director