Executive Services for Mission-Driven Founders
Serving small and mid-size organizations in the defense contracting space, we designed our range of executive services to help you move your organization forward with confidence, wherever you're headed next.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Christina E. Quirk
After earning her Master’s in Human Resources Development, Chris spent a decade serving the Department of Defense in an HR and organizational development capacity with small and midsize subcontractors.
In 2019, she completed Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance training at American University in Washington, DC. Her coach training continues as she pursues accreditation in individual and team coaching through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Serving on ICF-MD’s Board as Director of Professional Development, Chris supports the continuing education of Maryland’s coaches.
Chris completed the 40-hour Basic Mediation Training in 2026 and is pleased to add this service to her portfolio beginning in 2027.
Based in central Maryland, Chris works virtually and in-person with senior leaders, executives, and founders of mission-critical organizations in the intelligence community.
This is a niche she knows from the inside: the culture, competition, constraints, politics, and the particular weight of leading change in this environment.
Her passion led Chris to design a coaching package — Shattering Ceilings — specifically for women in leadership, regardless of the industry or job title. Much progress has been made in breaking through glass ceilings, but there is more work to be done. Proceeds from this donation-based package fund women’s empowerment efforts around the world — a cause Chris is honored to serve through donations and global service projects.
Outside of work, Chris collects passport stamps and mountain views with equal enthusiasm, volunteers with the elderly in long-term care or community centers, and rotates through a new craft hobby every few weeks — a pattern her husband has learned to accept with grace. She shares her home with an incredible stepson, two cats, and one very beloved dog, Ghost.
“To inspire people, don't show them your superpowers.
Show them theirs.”
-Unknown
Life goal: to be able to greet strangers in 50 different languages. Only 40 more to learn!
GLOBAL IMPACT
Lowering barriers for clients here, and for women across the globe.
Service is deeply engrained in ExecuQuest’s DNA. We often forget how much we have - opportunities, resources, connections - where others around the world do not. A portion of each client’s investment helps to fund a service project aimed at empowering women in developing countries. Our work will focus on partnering with organizations that help women build skills to achieve financial independence.
