Jay Perry, (founder of The Coaching Collective) is a Master Certified Coach who helps people take advantage of both business and personal challenges in unique and powerful ways. His clients include business executives, entrepreneurs, and creative artists. He is also known as one of the world's leading mentors for new coaches seeking to attain professional certification.

Since 1979 Jay has led workshops for thousands of people across the country on topics as diverse as business planning, leadership, transformational change, coaching skills, communication, and career planning. In 1991 he began working with legendary coach Thomas Leonard and participated in the creation of Coach University.

His professional experience also includes ownership of a New York theater, running an interactive computer company, and for 12 years presiding as president of AIP, Inc., a training and consulting company in New York and Los Angeles.

In the corporate arena he has developed and led Coach Training Programs for 3 Fortune 500 companies. He specializes in coaching senior executives to advance their careers, think creatively, and keep their priorities straight.

Jay works with entrepreneurs to create sustainable, profitable businesses. He is an expert facilitator and often helps small business owners find ways to get the most from their team.

As a mentor coach, Jay works with both individuals and small groups (www.All4ONECoaching.com).

Jay's greatest value as a coach has come down to his unwavering belief in me: the belief that I can live the life I choose… Michael Stratford, author of Masterful Questions

He mentored me in my previous career as an actor and as my coach, helped me make some of the biggestchanges of my life: getting married, leaving my old career and starting a new profession… Laura Berman Fortgang, author of Take Yourself to the Top and "Now What?": 90 Days to a New Life Direction

Jay is kind, gentle, funny, and most of all insightful. His gift is to be able to see things in a new way, to ask the questions that have never been asked and to uncover possibilities and perspectives that would have otherwise remained hidden. John Seiffer, past president of The International Coach Federation

Jay currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his family: wife Susan, son Max (currently at Vassar College), dog Mozart, and cat Shadow.



About Us

Jay Perry
Meryl Moritz
William Sebrans
Marsha Lehman
Margaret Krigbaum
Michele Lisenbury Christensen
Edward Shea
Maggie Lichtenberg
Siobhan Murphy
Michelle Morgan