Dr. Andrew Beard, MBA is a coach and consultant specializing in executive development and team effectiveness. Through a combination of coaching, consulting, and thought partnership, he collaborates with organizational leaders on their most salient issues including individual performance, strategic planning, team alignment, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
Dr. Beard leverages his experience as a coach, consultant, and people leader to build and support high-performing teams and facilitate meaningful stakeholder growth. He has worked with clients from various industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, banking, private equity, higher education, food service, construction, and non-profit organizations. He has also served on non-profit boards and is passionate about making the world a better place.
Dr. Beard earned his Doctorate in Educational Leadership and his MBA from Concordia University, St. Paul where he has also taught masters-level courses and been a dissertation advisor. He lives in Maple Grove, MN, where you will often catch him making pizza or on an outdoor adventure with his wife and two daughters.
About Our Founders
Dr. Myron Beard
Founder
After nearly 20 years as the Founder and President of Beard Executive Consulting (BEC), Dr. Myron Beard retired in 2024. During his time as President of BEC, he consulted with thousands of professionals across various industries and helped hundreds of leaders build more effective teams. Prior to founding BEC, he worked as Senior Vice President at First Data Corporation; Senior Consultant at RHR International; and Director at the Salesmanship Club supporting children to build better mental health. Myron completed his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Texas and has published several books and articles focused on leadership. In addition to writing his next mystery novel, Myron enjoys traveling, cooking, and the occasional round of golf. Myron and his wife Ann reside in Littleton, CO and he has two grown children, two stepchildren, and two granddaughters.
Ann Beard
Founder
Before moving to Denver to start BEC with Myron, she was a licensed psychotherapist and clinical social worker in Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and the National Association of Social Workers. She and her husband, Myron, have worked with the Denver Tech Center and Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce as mentors and coaches to young professionals. She is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently resides in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, Myron. She has a married son and granddaughter in southern Louisiana, a granddaughter in Austin, Texas, and a daughter in Delray Beach, Florida.
