David L. | MBA Coach

David L.

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Admissions Advisor @ Chicago Booth | HBS, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg & More

Studied at Chicago Booth

Worked at University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Admissions Committee Experience

Available Monday at 1:30 AM UTC

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David’s MBA Qualifications

Coaches professionally

10+ people coached for MBA

As the former Associate Director of Career Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, David served as a strategic advisor for the school's Admissions Office. He created profiles of ideal candidates across MBA career pathways and informed the feasibility of applicants’ proposed career pivots. He also advised Chicago Booth on their dual degree programs (JD, MPP, MD, MPCS) and relevant career outcomes. Given his experience as the most in-demand career coach for 1.2k MBA students and as an admission advisor at the world's best business school, David offers you a true comprehensive, strategic insight into the MBA application data, process, and outcomes. David has a track record of successfully advising candidates on their MBA applications. He loves defining your narrative, crafting your personal and career goal essays, developing strategies for your networking and admissions events, building your interview stories, and perfecting your resume and LinkedIn profiles. His students have received offers and scholarships from top MBA schools such as, but not limited to, HBS, Wharton, Chicago Booth, and Yale SOM.

David can help with:

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Editing

Recommendations

Interviews

Ding Analysis

Waitlist Strategy

School Selection

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Essays

Resume

David also coaches for Career Development and Management Consulting. View all.

About David

M7 MBA Career Coach. Admissions Advisor. Student: A rare, comprehensive perspective on your MBA admissions and career journey. A former Associate Director of Career Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, David was the most in-demand, highest-rated career coach among full-time MBA students. He taught and coached more than 1,200 Chicago Booth students to their desired career paths, from Consulting to Tech to PE/VC. During his tenure as the Consulting coach, Chicago Booth had the most internship and job offers from Tier 1 Consulting firms across the top MBA programs. As an advisor to Chicago Booth’s Admissions Office, David created profiles of ideal candidates across MBA career pathways and informed the feasibility of applicants’ proposed career pivots. He also advised Chicago Booth on their dual degree programs (JD, MPP, MD, MPCS) and relevant career outcomes. Prior to Chicago Booth, David served on a town council in Virginia as an elected member and worked as a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton where he advised senior executives at Fortune 100 and government agencies on high-profile organizational transformation. An entrepreneur, David is the founder of MBA Career Coach and Embolden, a nonprofit that teaches high school students about the fun of networking. Your career is one of the most important change management projects of your life. For every student, David brings the highest level of standard and care as he did for his corporate clients. As thousands of MBA students will attest, David offers you three promises: to be lovingly candid, never settling for “good”, and being with you every step of the process. A proud Chicagoan with a global upbringing, David studied economics and international relations at William & Mary and an MBA at Chicago Booth. Outside of work, David is an avid runner and curler (yes, the greatest sport ever).

Work Experience

Career Coach

Hult International Business School

November 2024 - Present

Advise ~500 undergraduate and postgraduate business school students on their career and recruiting strategies; 95% of students are international

Chief Coaching Officer, Founder

MBA Career Coach Inc

September 2024 - Present

Advise current and prospective MBA students--and non-MBA clientele--on career and networking, making accessible M7 career coaching and knowledge accessible to all.

Founder and Board Member

Embolden Inc

October 2019 - Present

Found a 501c3 organization that provides tuition-free career and leadership development programs to empower and equip motivated high school and first-year college students with the lifelong skills needed to build a strong professional network, pursue their career goals, and become a leader in their chosen fields; since it's founding, more than 300 students have participated in Embolden's programs

Human Resource MBA Strategist

Kellanova

May 2024 - August 2024

Interned in the CHRO office as an MBA intern, focused on Total Rewards transformation and Annual Enrollment communications strategy

Associate Director of Career Services

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

July 2021 - May 2024

Admissions Committee Experience

Advised full-time MBA candidates as the most-requested, highest-rated coach on their career strategy, recruiting, and development via coaching, industry and human capital trend research, and professional L&D programming to ensure that every student successfully pursue their career goals and prepare themselves for long-term success

Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton

January 2020 - July 2021

Hiring Manager

Led change management, transformation, and corporate strategy projects for Fortune 100 companies, high-profile government officials, and Booz Allen leadership to prepare the clients' stakeholders for organizational redesigns and new venture initiatives; co-found Booz Allen commercial account's innovation team that designs interactive learning tutorials and trains employees on design thinking, agile methodology, and change management

Senior Consultant

Booz Allen Hamilton

January 2017 - December 2019

Hiring Manager

Board of Directors

McLean Citizens Association

May 2016 - September 2019

Led education policies and lobbying efforts that contributed to increase in teacher salaries and special education funding, expansion of career and technical (CTE) programs, and school-boundary adjustment, as the youngest-ever Director of the McLean Citizens Association, a town council representing 26,000 households in the McLean area of Fairfax County

Strategy Consultant

Booz Allen Hamilton

July 2015 - December 2016

Senior Research Assistant

Global Research Institute

January 2013 - May 2015

Standardized the process of analysts coding and analyzing the content of policy-focused academic publications to enhance the data quality of Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) database, which informs analyses and publications on how scholars and policymakers use academic research to make sense of contemporary politics

Education

College of William and Mary

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics and International Relations

Activities and societies: Sharpe Community Scholar, DCSI Community Engagement Fellow Honor: Magna Cum Laude Thesis: Do International Human Rights Organizations Make a Difference?