About Mac Curfman, PMP
Bestselling Author | Learning Evangelist | Iconoclastic Thinker
M. A. Mac Curfman, PMP
"I have been blessed to build a successful career of 40 years by being an entrepreneur and an iconoclastic thinker, and by serving others as a leader, trainer, coach, speaker, and consultant. My work has been used to touch and transform nearly 500,000 people from all over the globe."
- Mac Curfman
Mac's journey began with a simple lesson from his mother: "A day without learning was like a day without sunshine." This philosophy has driven his commitment to lifelong learning and helping others achieve their full potential.
Following the wisdom of motivational speaker Zig Ziglar's three-step learning process—learn daily, apply what you learn, and circle back to learn more—Mac has built M.A.Curfman Learning with one mission: to create life-long learners who are transformed by their knowledge and who are catalysts for change in their organizations from the inside.
M. A. Mac Curfman is a bestselling author and, according to his global client list, one of the most transformative business trainers, speakers, and coaches of our time.
Mac’s brilliant, straightforward style has become his trademark.
Mac is an in-demand professional speaker, trainer, and coach. Over the past 20 years, he has delivered more than 3,000 speeches and training sessions to global business and government audiences.
Mac is an entrepreneur and a maverick thinker!
He is currently the founder and Chief Learning Evangelist of a global training and coaching firm. Mac is also the founder and Chief Coffee Guru of a specialty coffee roasting company and the Executive Director of a not-for-profit company doing leadership development work in West Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Mac has built an illustrious and successful career by serving others! He has served as a senior consultant in a top national consulting firm and as the founder and CEO of a governmental advisory practice. He also spent a decade serving in government as a city manager and, before that, as an urban and regional planner.
M. A. Mac Curfman has earned a tremendous reputation as a go-to resource and as a non-conventional problem-solver. The breadth of his knowledge and experience in diverse industries, businesses, and government agencies has made him a unique asset to thousands of enthusiastic consulting, training, and coaching clients. In addition to his tremendous range, Mac's deep expertise includes leadership development, strategic thinking and planning, project management, sales and marketing, business and personal communication, and business writing.
Mac’s Certifications
In addition to his academic credentials from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maine, Mac is a certified speaker, trainer, and coach with the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, and has completed extensive coursework with Dale Carnegie® Training. Mac has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is a certified Entrepreneurship and Business Life Coach.
Mac has been married to his college sweetheart, Amanda, for 38 years, and they have two grown children. Their daughter is also an entrepreneur who owns her own wedding photography firm. Their son loves museum work and is pursuing a graduate degree in history.
Well-traveled, Mac thrives in diverse cultures. He has traveled to and worked in 47 U.S. states and territories, as well as in countries on five continents. He regularly travels to and works in West Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East.
He loves roasting and drinking coffee, is an avid outdoorsman, and is a bibliophile.
Mac is also a Bestselling Author. He co-authored Becoming Your Best Self. This spring, he will release his book titled A Rubber-Meets-the-Road Approach to Project Management. Mac is currently working on his next book, LEAD!: Important Actions of a Leader.
M. A. Mac Curfman
Bestselling Author
Becoming Your Best Self is a powerful book that I'm honored to be a part of along with other entrepreneurs, professionals, thought leaders, real estate investors, bestselling authors, speakers, and more, including:
Brian Tracy, Iconic Speaker and Author
Phil Collen, Guitarist of Def Leppard
Debbi Blackwell-Cook, Singer, Actress, Writer, and Coach
Chris Gronkowski, NFL Player, Shark Tank Guest, Founder of Ice Shaker
Newy Scruggs, 19x Emmy-Winning Sportscaster
Kim Somers Egelsee, Speaker, 10x Author, Coach, and Trainer
Ron White, Speaker and 2x US Memory Champion
Lauren Donahue, Global Retreat Leader and Wellness Entrepreneur
Kyle Wilson, Founder of Jim Rohn International, Marketer, Publisher, and Speaker
