James D. MacKenzie, Principal

Jamie designs and delivers interactive training and private coaching for bankers, attorneys and executives on topics ranging from presence and presentations to sales skills and conflict resolution. He proudly counts BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, Oppenheimer Funds, The Columbia Business School, Stryker Spine, and Yahoo! among his clients. He also provides communication expertise to such law firms as Dechert, Kilpatrick Townsend, K&L Gates; and Sidley Austin.

Jamie incorporates his knowledge, skills and coaching techniques from his theater career into his highly customized client work. For fifteen years, Jamie pursued a successful career as a performer and producer. His acting career spanned sixty theatrical productions, as well as television and commercial work. He appeared on Broadway in My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain. The New York Times profiled Jamie’s acting career in a Sunday Arts & Leisure article entitled “Striving for that One Singular Sensation.” Jamie MacKenzie has a B.A. in government from Dartmouth College and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He studied voice at Shakespeare & Company with Kristin Linklater, author of Freeing the Natural Voice.