about our Founder
Metrisa Rene', PhD(c), MHA, CSSBB
After a 20-year career in corporate America as a leader, performance improvement coach, leadership and talent developer, organizational change agent, business consultant, and educator, Metrisa Rene’ recognized that the efforts to improve an organization's performance and culture were dependent on the level of toxicity present in the organization's executive leadership and management. Determined to improve corporate leadership, Metrisa began her PhD studies in Organization Leadership Development, only to discover that the fix was NOT found in the HR departments or board rooms in corporate America, it was found in a much more intimate location - HOME.
Research showed that despite organizations spending millions to identify and improve leadership skills, organizations with toxic leaders often failed to improve because the issue stems from childhood psychological trauma which affected a leader's ability to lead from a place of authenticity. This resonated with Metrisa because at a young age, her passion for helping children and the underserved led her to work with homeless & child advocacy organizations such as CASA, Junction 505, BV Mission, Special Olympics, and Inclusion Matters, just to name a few. This exposure to the effects of broken family dynamics, ineffective parenting, and toxic corporate culture shaped her approach to parenting her own three children and leadership.
As the pandemic hit, Metrisa witnessed the rise of toxic leadership, parents struggling to parent without external support systems, marriages collapsing, and worst, the mental health of children declining. With her PhD nearly completed, the realization hit - what if there was a way to help children, parents, and corporate America at the same time? Therefore, merging organizational leadership theory and the psychological theory of attachment and her intense passion for leadership and parenting - Metrisa founded the Parent 4 Life Institute for Parental Leadership and Healthy Families.
Metrisa Rene’ serves on multiple boards, is an author, public speaker, podcast host, and researcher that holds degrees in Business & Population Health, a Master’s in Healthcare Administration, and is awaiting her PhD confirmation in Organizational Leadership Development for her development of the Parental Leadership Development Model™.