Dr. DeMarcus Pegues serves as a strategic thought partner and trusted advisor to mid- and senior-level leaders across the biotech, consumer products and retail, higher education, government, not-for-profit, pharmaceutical, and financial services industries.

For over a decade, he has had the distinct privilege of supporting leaders at reputable organizations such as AbbVie, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), athenahealth, Bayer, Cisco, Columbia University in the City of New York, Danone, Discovery Inc., the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Tiffany & Co., the United Nations, KPMG, the US Department of Labor, GlaxoSmithKline, and the City University of New York (CUNY).

With a genuine passion for teaching and “paying it forward,” DeMarcus devotes significant time supporting and nurturing the next generation of leadership and team coaches through his service as an Adjunct Professor in the Social-Organizational Psychology Program at Columbia University in the City of New York. DeMarcus also possesses a strong passion and devotion to efforts geared towards diversity, inclusion and belonging, and has had the privilege of (co-)authoring several publications towards that end, including: “Diversity in Leadership: Where’s the Love for Racioethnic Minorities?” (Business Journal of Hispanic Research), and “The Role of ‘Who’ in Social Capital Formation: Linking Who You Are and Who You Know” (Nova Science Publishers).

DeMarcus thrives when working with individuals across global and diverse environments, including executives who are challenged by new transitions and change in our ever-evolving world. With keen insights into group and organizational dynamics, DeMarcus takes a collaborative, holistic and systemic approach to his work that is underpinned by the core value of client empowerment as he helps leaders find liberation from their self-limiting beliefs and patterns so that they can ultimately lead from a more authentic and expansive stance.

DeMarcus graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and received his doctorate in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York. His doctoral research explored the personal and environmental conditions that promote workplace incivility among minority professionals.

Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee (Go Vols!), DeMarcus now resides in the suburbs of Atlanta where sweet tea, park walks, and the express lane make life a little easier.