Judith Finer Freedman helps workers
fulfill their career dreams without giving up their life dreams…

Ms. Finer Freedman is a work-life consultant who researches and lectures on the dynamics of work-life effectiveness, generational diversity, mentoring and gender bias. She founded The Balanced Worker Project™ where senior corporate managers, professional service firm partners, seasoned workers, new hires and graduate students (particularly Law and MBA) develop solutions to the challenges of work and life demands and cross-generational differences at work. The Balanced Worker Project™ also specializes in programming for the legal profession with particular emphasis on initiatives for senior partners on generational diversity and mentoring and for associates on work-life effectiveness and generational differences. The Balanced Worker Project™ was chosen as a “Promising Practice” by the Business and Professional Women Foundation and was highlighted in their Successful Workplaces Digest.

She is an article reviewer for Workspan, the magazine of World at Work and the Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP) and a member of The National Association for Women Lawyers (NAWL) planning committee for “Ready to On-Ramp,” a seminar designed to guide lawyers looking to return to the workplace after a hiatus. She is listed on the Speaker’s Bureau of the Network of Executive Women (NEW).

A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ms. Finer Freedman earned her Bachelor’s degree in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master’s degrees in Advertising from Northwestern University and in Counseling Psychology from The University of Toronto. She expects to receive her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at The University of Toronto in the 2008/2009 academic year. Her doctoral research involves a qualitative study of the dynamics of flexible workplace policies. Most importantly, she is a working mother with three children and identifies with parents on the issue of work-life balance.

Ms. Finer Freedman has 25 years of business experience in the U.S. and Canada. She was formerly a Mentor for the U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau. She has worked as a Career Counselor and Coach, Marketing Manager, Human Resource Specialist in Succession Planning, Organizational Development Strategist, University Lecturer and Advertising and Public Relations Account Manager with multi-national companies and organizations such as:

  • The Coca-Cola Company (U.S. and Canada)
  • Lintas Worldwide Advertising (U.S.)
  • Rice University (U.S.)
  • The University of Toronto, Rotman School of Commerce (Canada)
  • The University of Toronto Career Centre (Canada)
  • The City of Toronto Career Services Department (Canada)
  • George Weston Limited (Canada)
  • The Loblaws Companies
    (Largest Grocery Retailer in Canada)
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada
    (Equivalent to the American Bar Association)
  • Some of the satisfied clients of The Balanced Worker Project™ include:
  • Boston College Center for Work and Family, New England Work and Family Association (NEWFA), Boston, MA
  • Business and Professional Women Foundation, Washington DC
  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto, ON
  • Columbia University Business School, Columbia Women in Business (CWIB) Conference, New York, NY
  • Forté Foundation, Austin, TX
  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
  • Rotman Commerce Career Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX
  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
  • The University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK
  • University of Houston Law Center Career Office, Houston, TX
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, ON