Mark Roy is an executive coach and trusted thought partner to senior leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations, helping them achieve next-level leadership, and performance goals. Executive coaching clients turn to Mark from industries, including: legal, finance, real estate, hospitality, marketing and advertising, life sciences and management consulting, among others. As a thought partner, clients appreciate Mark’s authenticity, EQ, instinct and experience.
Background
Previously, Mark held leadership roles in the Business Development and Marketing departments of five Am Law 100 firms, including two of the ten largest law firms in the world. He gained additional leadership experience at Fortune 250-sized global public company Thomson Reuters. There, Mark led the communications team for the $3.5 billion global Legal business unit and later served as Vice President, Business Communications Content for the entire $12 billion enterprise. Immediately prior to turning his focus full time to executive coaching and organizational performance consulting, Mark led communications for The WNET Group, parent company of America’s flagship PBS station, among other regional and national stations, and marquee productions like Nature, Great Performances, and many more.
An active member of the community, Mark has served on various non-profit boards, and he is currently a Fellow Member, Institute of Coaching, at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliate and a Founding Member of its Northeast Coaching Roundtable; a member of the LQBTQIA+ Committee of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology; and a lay Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican Benedictine monastic community.
Mark graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in Literature/Writing and Baruch College, City University of New York, where he earned his M.B.A. He later received executive coaching training from Columbia University and Rutgers University, and is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ACC) and Hogan Assessments. An adherent of life-long learning, Mark recently returned to graduate school part-time to earn his Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in human and organizational psychology. His first peer-reviewed article, “Leadership Development for Professional Services Firms,” was published while he was just one year into his doctoral program.
Industries
- Legal and Professional Services
- Finance and Banking
- Real Estate and Hospitality
- Management Consulting
- Marketing and Advertising
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
Education & Affiliations
- Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance Program, Rutgers University
- Columbia Coach Certification Program, Columbia University
- MBA, Baruch College, City University of New York
- BA, The University of California, San Diego
- Northeast Coaching Roundtable, Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School – Founding Member
- Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology LGBTQIA+ – Committee Member
- Episcopal Response to AIDS – Founding Board Member (2005-2008)
- St. Bartholomew’s Church, Manhattan, NY – Co-Chair, Parish Council (2006-2008)
- St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Jackson Heights, NY – Vestry (2008-2010)