Alvah Parker of Parker Associates has impacted the personal and professional lives of hundreds of clients by helping them to create successful careers and businesses. She has expertise in career coaching, business counseling and a specialty in law practice development and management. Alvah coaches clients to find, use and expand their natural talents in order to integrate them into their chosen work. Her clients are most often intent on finding work that is engaging, energizing and fun so that they have a more meaningful and fulfilling experience.

During her 15 years with AT&T Alvah was well known for her expertise as a sales and marketing executive. She was elected to the prestigious Council of Leaders as one of the top 3% of the entire AT&T sales force.

In her own practice Alvah has coached individuals in organizations such as: Lawyers in Law firms, Agents in Real Estate companies, Professionals in Public Health Organizations, Executive Directors of Non Profits, Entrepreneurs and solo professionals in their own business, and Managers in High Technology and Biotechnology. She is the Senior Career Coach for Boxwood Technology, an online provider of career services for professional organizations and ha writen a career column for the American Marketing Association.

Alvah has been a Business Advisor for SCORE (Advisors to Small Businesses for the Small Business Administration (SBA)) since 1999. In this capacity she counsels entrepreneurs who are looking to start or grow their businesses.

She has served as Vice President of the Simmons College Alumnae Association where she designed, developed, administered and analyzed a survey of the alumnae population. As a result of the survey she formed and chaired a committee on Career and Transition for the Association.

Alvah publishes two popular ezines and is well known for her Top Ten lists. Her articles and lists have appeared in books such as Streetwise® Small Business Book of Lists, publications such as The MBA Chronicle, and are found on numerous websites such as ExecutiveAgent.com, WorkingNews.com, selfgowth.com and ExpertLaw.com

Alvah earned a BS from Simmons College in Boston. She is a graduate of Coach Inc.’s 2 year professional life and business coach training. She furthered her coaching education with Successful Professionals and the Life Blueprint Institute. She is an Authorized Life Blueprint Facilitator and a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA). Alvah can be found on the web at www.asparker.com