About M. A. Mac Curfman, PMP

Executive Director, Go Global, Inc.

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 is a member of the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team and 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 an iconoclastic thinker!

Mac is the Executive Director of Go Global, Inc. He is also the founder and Chief Learning Evangelist of M.A.Curfman Learning, a global training and coaching firm, and the founder and Chief Coffee Guru of Mac’s Java, a specialty coffee roasting company.

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.

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Mac’s brilliant, straightforward style is his trademark.
— Corporate Client, Kansas City, MO

“I have been blessed to build a successful career by serving others as a leader, trainer, coach, speaker, and consultant. I value being an entrepreneur and an iconoclastic thinker, and I’m humbled that my work has touched and transformed nearly half a million people from all over the globe during my 40-year career.”

~M. A. Mac Curfman, PMP

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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.

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Mac’s Personal Life

Mac has been married to his college sweetheart, Amanda, for 38 years, and they live in Columbia, South Carolina. They have two adult children. Their daughter is also an entrepreneur who owns her own wedding photography firm in Columbia, SC. Their son works in heritage tourism in Charleston, South Carolina, 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: Lessons on Resilience, Attitude and Personal Growth. Get your free digital copy here.

Mac will shortly release his book, Creating Wildly Successful Projects: A Practical Guide and How-To Manual for Project Managers, and is currently working on his next book, LEAD!: Important Actions of a Leader.

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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