Dr. Greg L. Finch ICF ACC. DMin, MDiv, BED​
Director of Collaborative Projects + Executive Leadership Coach
Energized by 20+ years of integrated, executive-level practice as leadership development strategist, medical school & university educator, and ICF ACC certified coach, Dr. Greg L. Finch equips high-impact, executive leaders — alongside their teams and organizations — to master the dynamic opportunities and ever-evolving challenges of our “once in a generation” global reset.
Greg skillfully crafts laser-focused, judgment-free zones — brimming with humor
and insight — where leaders forge potential into awareness, transform values into
aligned action, coax communication and relationships into collaboration, channel energy into innovation, and accelerate leadership development into the highest
impact for “exceptional performance, relationships, and life.”
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Recognized as a pragmatic content expert, consultant, and coach — Greg has worked across sectors and beyond silos in demanding Fortune 50, federal agency and public service, national/international operations, NGO, healthcare, veteran, and charitable/social impact environments, including Freddie Mac, US Bureau of Land Management, US Customs & Border Protection, US Department of Homeland Security, US Patent & Trademark Office, Global Alliance for Arts and Health, National Center for Creative Aging, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Conservation Legacy, WV Rivers Coalition, Kripalu Center, Stand Beside Them, Washington National Cathedral, Community of Reconciliation, and the IONA Center Scotland.
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Greg’s C-Suite, senior executive, rising career, high potential, and succession clients — consistently advance to “next tier” responsibility; skillfully manage their workforce constellations “up, down and across;” and attract and retain exceptional “next generation” talent while excelling in the array of endeavors they determine as valued, meaningful, and vital to their professional growth, impact, and legacy.
And possibly of greatest value — to date — every single client has reported, with surprise and delight, immediate shifts as the coaching experience restored autonomy, clarity, confidence, mastery, resilience, and enjoyment — aligning their inner strengths with strategic, outward-facing impact.
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"We possess every single resource needed
to lead an exceptional life.
The coaching endeavor assures access to our innate wisdom and embedded strengths, emboldened by the creative courage to flourish on the journey.This collaborative alliance is at the heart of optimal leadership, leadership that transforms the world we share — One Leader at a Time."
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IMPACT SERVICES
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Executive Coaching ICF ACC Certification | C-Suite, Senior Executives, High Potential, Mid-Career, Line, Succession, DEI, and Leadership Development Initiatives
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Leadership Development | Executive, Career, Team, and Individual Leaders through Course Design, Facilitation, Learning Immersives, Distance Learning, Leadership Resource Tools, and Assessments
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Competencies | Psychosocial and Behavioral Systems; Strengths-Based Leadership; Collaborative Inquiry; Learning Immersives; Cross-Cultural, InterGenerational, and Somatic Communication; DEI; Cultural Humility; Racial and Gender Equity; Somatic Integration; Individual and Organizational Resilience, Positive Intelligence
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Assessment & System Models | including William Bridges Transition Model, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry, Gallup Strengths, Everything DiSC, 360 Degree Survey, Systems Change Theory, Enterprise & Systems Navigation, Strossi Embodiment
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CERTIFICATIONS | EDUCATION | TRAINING | COMMUNITY SERVICE
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International Coach Federation | ICF - ACC Certification  George Mason University | Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being Certification Coaches Rising & The Strossi Institute | The Power of Embodied Transformation AmericaSpeaks | Trained Facilitator Disney Veterans Institute Summit Reiki Certification | Level 1 APPOINTMENTS George Washington University | School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences George Washington University | Associate Fellow with the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health Georgetown University | School of Theology, Adjunct Professor George Mason University | Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, Adjunct Professor Princeton Theological Seminary | Center for Continuing Education, Adjunct Faculty Shepherd University | Adjunct Faculty Global Alliance for Arts & Health | Editorial Review Board, Arts & Health: An International Journal EDUCATION + TRAINING Doctor of Spirituality, Medicine, and Ministry | Wesley Theological Seminary and George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health | Dissertation: The Chrysalis Initiative: A Primer for Creating Transformational Medical Education Learning Environments | Washington DC Master of Theological Studies | Wesley Theological Seminary | Washington DC Master of Divinity | Princeton Theological Seminary with honors | Princeton NJ HONORS/AWARDS: Bryant M. Kirkland Prize for Excellence in Practical Theology, | Mary Long Grier-Hugh Davies Prize in Homiletics, Edward Howell Roberts Scholarship in Homiletic | Princeton Theologian Nominee for the David HC Read National Prize in Homiletics Associate Fellow | George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health | Washington DC Bachelor of Environmental Design/Architecture with honors | Texas A & M University | College Station TX STRENGTHS CliftonStrengths | Strategic | Ideation | Individualization | Futuristic | Connectedness Everything DiSC | Type I Meyers-Briggs | Types Indicator ENFJ VIA Institute | Strengths Honesty | Humor | Leadership | Perspective | Creativity | Wisdom | Courage | Humanity | Justice | Temperance | Transcendence COMMUNITY + SERVICE Stand Beside Them | ProBono Coaching Military Veterans & their Families | New York NY Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Theater | Volunteer | Baltimore MD St. Vincent de Paul | Baltimore MD Church on the Square | Volunteer | Baltimore MD Baltimore's Patterson Park Community Chorus | Member | Baltimore MD Washington Literacy Council | Adult Literacy Mentor | Washington DC C S Lewis Center at The Kilns | Restoration Volunteer | Oxford UK