Mary and Chuck Lofy have developed and honed methods that really work and they have a track record to prove it. Essentially they guide clients out of the chaos that inevitably accompanies change, toward a fresh clarification of purpose leading to deep organizational revitalization. One colleague dubbed the process "Doing the Lofy Loop." Using stories gleaned from years of practical experience, the Lofys describe their methods in a book called Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit.

Before Chuck Lofy began his career as a consultant to organizations coping with the challenges of change, he was a university professor, administrator and counselor.

As interim Academic Vice President of Mankato State University in Minnesota in the 1980s Chuck was once asked to oversee a very painful downsizing. It fell to him to eliminate a staggering 25 per cent of all faculty and administrative staff positions in this large regional university. Dr. Lofy was able to effect the changes required without incurring the rancor of the university community, and in the process he helped the school to become a more stable, less bureaucratic, more student-focused institution. He was subsequently appointed Student Services Vice President.

Chuck Lofy has an innate grasp of the human dynamics involved in organizational upheaval, and an ability to help people to accept change and loss without losing spirit. The lessons he gleaned from his experience as a university administrator proved invaluable when he became a full-time consultant in 1987.

That year Chuck formed Lofy Associates. Two years later his wife, Mary Mead Lofy, joined the business. The Lofys help businesses and organizations to revitalize themselves by helping them to deal constructively with the challenges of change. Lofy Associates has consulted with municipal, state and federal agencies, universities and school districts, and with small businesses, banks and Fortune 500 companies.

Chuck Lofy's corporate clients have included companies like 3M, General Electric, AT&T and Hewlett Packard. In the public sector Chuck was a consultant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its Agricultural Extension Services and to various public universities such as the University of Nevada and the University of Minnesota. In association with the Public Strategies Group, a national consultancy to the public sector, Chuck worked with the U.S. Department of Education to improve the quality of service delivered by its Federal Student Assistance Agency. For the State of Iowa he provided "re-invention" services to facilitate organizational changes in state government.  With the New York City Finance Dept, he facilitated “learning circles,” produced “Learning on the Go” reports that chronicled what employees were learning about the changes with which they were engaged.

With his wife Mary, Chuck Lofy wrote a book called Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit. Using stories drawn from their work, the Lofys describe methods they developed during years of practical experience in the field. Their methods really work to guide businesses and organizations through the inevitable chaos of change toward fresh clarification of purpose and organizational revitalization. One colleague dubbed the process "doing the Lofy Loop."

Chuck Lofy completed his doctoral work at Innsbruck University in Austria and the Gregorian University in Rome. He received his B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from St. Louis University, and did post-doctoral work at the Menninger Institute in Topeka, Kansas. The Lofys live in Minneapolis. They have three adult children  who with their spouses have produced six grandchildren.

Mary Mead Lofy brings a mosaic of public and private sector experience to her work as an organizational consultant. She is a former business owner, elected official, and community leader. She served as Co-Administrator and Marketing Director for the Wellness Center of Minnesota. She and her partners ran a retail gift shop, Harpies’ Bazaar for a decade.   She taught for seven years in Texas and Louisiana. Mary was a director on the board of Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Mankato, MN for 14 years. She won two terms to the Mankato City Council. Mary served on a number of state and local advisory councils, including the Mankato Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the Police Civil Service Commission. Her community activities have included board membership (presently) on Wellstone Action and Wellstone Action Fund, and board membership on YMCA, United Way, Minnesota Project, Heart Health MN Project, and many others.

            Mary’s leadership and service have been recognized with a number of awards, including the Nicholas J. Coleman Award for Political Courage, the YWCA Leadership Award for Women, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Pathfinder Award.

            Since 1989 Mary has been a partner in Lofy Associates with her husband, Chuck. The Lofys help businesses and organizations to revitalize themselves by dealing constructively with the challenges of change. Lofy Associates has consulted with municipal, state and federal agencies; with universities and school districts, Fortune 500 companies, not for profit and health care organizations. Mary’s clients have included 3M Co., Atlantic Electric, Summit Banks of New Jersey, University of Minnesota, University of Nevada-Reno, K-12 School Districts in Minnesota, Washington, and Wisconsin, New York City Finance Department, Federal Student Aid-US Dept of Education, State of New York, State of Iowa.

            Working in collaboration with the Public Strategies Group, Mary recently completed four years with the New York City Finance Department to assist it to incorporate more results-based and customer friendly systems.  And she led a team who designed and piloted a performance improvement program for the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Federal Student Aid.  In the State of Iowa, Mary acted as project manager for an innovative program for 6 state agencies to “reinvent” themselves according to performance results. These Charter Agencies have received two national awards, Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government Award, and the Council of State Governments’ Innovations in Government Award.  Additionally, Mary has worked with the State of New York Dept of Transportation on innovative changes to their systems.

            Mary and Chuck Lofy wrote a book about their work and methods, Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit. Using stories drawn from their work, the Lofys describe methods they developed over many years of practical experience in the field. Their methods really work to guide businesses and organizations through the inevitable chaos of change toward fresh clarification of purpose leading to deep organizational revitalization. One colleague dubbed the process "doing the Lofy Loop."

            Mary Mead Lofy holds a Ph.D in Human and Organizational Systems and an MA in Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. She has a BA in English from (former) Dominican College, Houston and did graduate work at Marquette University in Milwaukee. The Lofys live in Minneapolis.  Chuck and Mary have three adult children. They and their spouses have produced six grandchildren.