Ashley Parker, Ph.D.

Dr. Ashley Parker believes the best leaders invest in their growth and learning – they realize that what they do (or don’t do!) really matters. Based at CMA Global headquarters in St. Louis, Ashley partners with executives and teams across industries to strengthen communication, build trust, and create humanizing cultures that facilitate peak performance.

Her approach helps leaders transform confusion into clarity, autopilot into intention, and insight into action. Ashley believes that leaders don’t have enough spaces to be imperfect without fear of judgment, to share strong emotions, to ask for help, and to get honest feedback. She co-creates those conditions alongside her clients. Clients describe her as engaging and insightful. She balances warmth with challenge, recognizing that growth requires pushing outside your comfort zone.

Ashley joined CMA Global in 2013. She draws on her background in clinical psychology to explore how identity, emotion, and power shape workplace dynamics. Her expertise is in executive coaching and group facilitation, with a particular focus on developing skills to create psychological safety and foster a sense of belonging in organizational cultures.

She earned her PhD and MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where her research explored multicultural identity and communication. Ashley completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center. She also holds a BA in Psychology and Anthropology with a minor in African-American Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.

Outside of consulting, Ashley is a lifelong learner who loves reading nonfiction, running in Forest Park, and exploring new restaurants. She has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under two minutes, and once road-tripped across New Zealand in an RV with her family. She is also a proud mom to three boys and loves spending time with her husband, Stan.

If you’re ready to develop human-centered leadership skills, Ashley is ready to partner with you.

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