ILK Faculty

Lisa Caufield is Director of Notre Dame Kylemore in Connemara, Ireland. She is responsible for the establishment and transformation of this unique learning space within the famed Kylemore Abbey. In 2018, Lisa created an additional opportunity for Notre Dame students to study abroad at the National University of Galway. She is responsible for curating the interdisciplinary programs, courses, residencies and retreats hosted at ND Kylemore.

Leslie Marquard is the faculty lead for Inspirational Leadership at Kylemore, a unique leadership program helping leaders improve their ability to lead in an era of ambiguity and uncertainty. Leslie’s innovative approaches and ability to partner with her clients makes her an indispensable ally. She is a certified team coach, certified provider of The Leadership Circle Profile™, the Leadership Circle System™, and Appreciative Inquiry™; and is a member of the International Coach Federation. Leslie earned her BS degree from Louisiana State University and her executive coach certification from Georgetown University. She holds Harvard University’s Immunity to Change qualification and is currently pursuing her Master Certified Coach, and Spiritual Formation certifications. She is celebrating 21 years as Co-founder and Managing Director of Marble Leadership Partners and is based in Chicago, IL.

Paul Slaggert is director of Open Enrollment Programs in Executive Education at the Kelley School of Business. He recently completed 18 years in senior leadership roles in Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as both director of non-degree programs (15 years) and director of the Stayer Center (three years). Prior to joining Notre Dame, he was director of the Cincinnati Center for Management and Executive Development at the University of Cincinnati for 12 years. He leads training sessions for corporate clients on the topics of leadership, paradigm shifts, delegation and empowerment, systems thinking, and financial literacy. He has more than 20 years of experience in academic leadership roles at Notre Dame, the University of Cincinnati, and Boston College, and has taught extensively in the areas of finance, business management, and leadership.

Brian Keegan is a seasoned entrepreneur and business coach who has lived every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, start-up, scale-up, and sell-up. As founder and CEO of a financial services outsourcing company in London, he grew the business over 20 years into six offices across the UK and Ireland before successfully exiting in 2018. His company’s turning point came when he was introduced to Scaling Up, the methodology created by Verne Harnish at MIT for high-growth organisations. Inspired by its impact, Brian became Ireland’s first certified Scaling Up coach in 2020. Today, he teaches the framework from the Redwood Academy for Entrepreneurs, his farm in Dublin, where CEOs and their Senior Leadership Teams come to learn how to scale with purpose and build organisations of lasting value. Brian also speaks internationally on scaling and value creation. He is the Founding President of Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) Ireland, part of EO’s global community of 16,000+ entrepreneurs, and serves as the #1 business coach for ISME, Ireland’s largest SME network. He holds certifications in the Inner Game of Business, NLP, DISC profiling, Exit Planning, and a Diploma in Executive Coaching from UCC.