Full Name
Rob Greenly '83 MBA
Speaker Title
Executive Coach, Facilitator, & Organizational Consultant
DEL Company
Achieving Leadership ™ /The Greenly Group, LLC
Speaker Bio
Rob Greenly helps others apply the power of leadership to their own lives and careers. Rob’s coaching “transforms smart professionals and high achievers into influential leaders.TM” Clients give Rob rave reviews for his astute observations and assessments that shift their mindset and behavior for sustained leadership success. In addition to executive coaching, Rob offers clients a synthesis of team facilitation, organization development, leadership and management training, career development, and change management.

Rob draws upon his own firsthand experience as Director of Leadership at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Director of Organization Development and Training—Astra Pharmaceuticals, Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development—Boston Scientific, Chief Administrative Officer for Human Resources—Putnam Investments, and Senior Consultant at McBer & Company. Rob’s client engagements span multiple industries and organizations, from AstraZeneca to the U.S. Navy. He has a specialty in coaching physician leaders in biotech, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.

With a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the Yale University School of Management, Rob is the only Harvard College alum to be elected President of the Yale Club of Boston. Rob was an Executive Officer for the Yale Alumni Association Board of Governors and was the Co-Chair of the 2021 – 2023 global Yale Day of Service. He added an alumni-to-alumni focus to the successful Careers, Life and Yale Series. Rob was awarded the Yale Medal in 2024.


A native of South Carolina, Rob brings a soft-spoken southern charm and dogged client-centered assertiveness to his work. Rob resides in the Boston area and works with clients from around the United States and throughout the world. He continues as a member of the National Eagle Scout Association and was a licensed coach for Newton (Massachusetts) Girls Soccer while his daughters grew up playing.
Rob Greenly '83 MBA