Dr. Mary Wayne Bush is the Director of Research for The Foundation of Coaching and an internationally known leader in coaching-related research.

Her 2004 Doctoral Dissertation was featured in Executive Coaching for Results: The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders, and she collaborated with Korn Ferry/A Lominger Company on an analysis of Global Media Perceptions of Coaching which was presented at The Conference Board Executive Coaching Conference and the International Academy of Management conference in 2008. Mary Wayne co-chaired the International Coaching Research Forum held in Cambridge MA in September, 2008, and was also the Lead Organizer for the International Coach Federation Research Symposium in 2005 in San Jose, CA.
Mary Wayne is an active member and speaker at many professional organizations, including the International Coach Federation (ICF), Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Conference Board Executive Coaching Conference, the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), the Academy of Management (AOM), Professional Coaches and Mentors Association (PCMA), and the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

She is a contributor to the book, Diversity in Coaching (Kogan-Page, 2009) as well as co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Coaching and Mentoring (Oxford University Press), and has taught quality management courses for University of California, Santa Cruz Extension and is a former member of the coaching certification faculty at Cal State Long Beach. Mary Wayne holds a Master’s degree from Yale University and a doctorate in Organizational Change from Pepperdine University. She has over twenty years experience as a corporate coach and organization development consultant.