Meet Dana Maher
Dana D. Maher, J.D., P.C.C., P.C.A.C.
Professional Certified Life, Business and ADHD Coach
Dana Maher graduated from the ADD Coach Academy’s Advanced Personal Coach Training Program. Working with adolescents, adults, families, and professionals, Dana encourages her clients using their own positive strengths to break through barriers to live the lives they want to lead. She is fascinated by the science of ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, executive function, positivity, resilience, and happiness. As a personal and professional coach, she thoroughly enjoys applying such knowledge to help individuals explore their own possibilities!
She is an involved member of multiple organizations and networks:
- International Coaches Federation (IFC)
- Women in Technology International (WITI)
- ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO)
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- Autism Spectrum / Asperger Education Network (ASPEN)
Before becoming a coach, Dana started and ran a special education parents group in her school district for three and a half years. Dana has also served two years on the Parents Advisory Board for Children’s Specialized Hospital. Interested in the unique brain wiring of those with ADHD and/or Asperger’s Syndrome, she found she loved working with parents and sharing knowledge with them. Through her journey of becoming a coach she realized not only struggling students needed coaching support, but also working parents, families, and adult professionals.
Dana is also a faculty member of the ADD Coach Academy, which trains individuals to become ADHD coaches.
As for her formal education, she received a B.S. in Accounting from Susquehanna University and a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School. She has worked in the title insurance industry as a licensed title producer as well as an attorney in the legal profession.
Dana lives in New Jersey with her husband and two teenage boys.
