Jessica Burlingame

Jessica Burlingame is an MBA and EMBA admissions consultant who also coaches leaders. She has worked with applicants worldwide since 2006. She is a Columbia MBA, an ICF-certified leadership coach, and a three-time Poets & Quants Top Consultant. Before coaching, she was a magazine editor, and she uses that eye for story to shape each client's essays and narrative. She offers her services in English and Italian.

What Jessica helps with

Jessica helps MBA and EMBA applicants build a clear story and move through the admissions process. She also coaches professionals through high-stakes career transitions.

• Developing your MBA story
• Positioning and strategy for applications
• Essay writing and career narrative
• Working with recommenders
• Interview skills
• Networking with programs
• Deferred MBA applications
• Decision support between offers

Who Jessica works with

Jessica works with MBA and EMBA applicants from around the world. She also coaches emerging leaders and other high performers facing big transitions. Her clients come from management consulting, private equity, investment banking, manufacturing, media and other industries across the US, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

How Jessica works

For leadership clients, Jessica uses a method with three parts. Status intelligence is reading relational dynamics as they happen. Systems fluency is understanding how organizations work beyond their formal structures. Role agility is adapting to what the moment needs, not what your title says. She also runs weekly workshops on the Leland platform on stress management, communication and leadership, with 50 to 115 participants.

Background and qualifications

Jessica studied at Columbia Business School and has worked with MBA and EMBA applicants since 2006. Before that, she was an English major and a magazine editor. She is an ICF-certified leadership coach and a three-time Poets & Quants Top Consultant. She has been principal consultant at jessica.mba since March 2020 and founded Jessica Burlingame Coaching in 2017. She has also been a guest presenter at Columbia University and Mount Holyoke College.

Jessica Burlingame pricing

Programs and services

• One-on-one MBA and EMBA admissions coaching
• Executive and leadership coaching
• Recorded webinars on MBA applications

Jessica Burlingame reviews

Jessica Burlingame has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 57 reviews on Leland, as of September 2026.

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