Pamela Mitchell, CLC

Former entertainment exec turned coach Pamela Mitchell is founder and CEO of The Reinvention Institute.  She is a popular and in-demand speaker who gives talks around the country to individuals, corporations and industry groups who are interested in learning fresh strategies for navigating in the midst of change. As the nation’s premier career reinvention expert, she has appeared on the Today Show, CNN and NPR, and been profiled and quoted in top media publications including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, More, Men’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Kiplinger’s, Essence and Black Enterprise.  She was a columnist for Inc.com, the website for INC. magazine, and is the author of The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any Economy (Dutton, January 2010), a Harvard Business Review Top Shelf Recommended pick. 

Prior to reinventing herself (for the second time!) by starting TRI, Ms. Mitchell spent nearly fifteen years in senior-level roles in international business development, marketing and relationship management for high-profile media and entertainment companies.

Her experience includes serving as Vice President of International for Playboy.com, where she negotiated several high-profile joint ventures, launched the website in a number of territories and worked with the U.S. home office, local .com partners and other in-country Playboy partners to create online/offline marketing plans that increased local awareness of the sites. She was also the founder and leader of a senior-level committee responsible for global business and marketing synergies across Playboy's corporate divisions.

As Director of Sales and Marketing for Europe, Latin America, Africa/Middle East for Discovery Communications' consumer products group, Ms. Mitchell oversaw sales, marketing and business development for video, multimedia, on-line and book distribution in Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to Discovery, she spent five years on Wall Street, where she managed international partnerships for Knight-Ridder Financial.

In addition to being a certified coach, Ms. Mitchell has a BA in Romance Languages from Harvard University and an MBA from the top international business school, Thunderbird.

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