Raleigh Mayer- communications consultant, presentation and executive image coach

Raleigh Mayer is a communications consultant, coach, and teacher, specializing in presentation, executive image management, and career development. Formerly a spokesperson and organizational executive for the New York City Marathon,

Raleigh’s areas of expertise include media relations, public affairs and communication strategy. She is currently a senior fellow at the Logos Institute for Crisis Management and Executive Leadership, and an associate with Benchmark Communications, Inc.

Raleigh is also a coach in New York University’s Stern School of Business, a lecturer at Columbia University’s Executive MBA program, and an adjunct professor of marketing and management for New York University, where she has taught for 15 years. She has counseled and trained hundreds of international business executives in business presentation, press interview skills, and public relations strategy, serving a wide variety of enterprises including consumer, financial, technology, law, education, entertainment, communications, non-profit, and public interest groups.

A leader of the NYU Summer Institute in Public Relations, Raleigh also conducts seminars in instructional development for NYU’s professional studies and degree program faculty. She has taught in the Media Arts and Communication department at The City College of New York, and lectured on corporate communications at the Stevens Institute for Technology.

In her previous position as vice president for public affairs for the New York City Marathon, Raleigh provided strategic consultation on all press relations and publicity for corporate sponsors, and was instrumental in the exponential growth of the Marathon, now viewed by millions worldwide.

Raleigh is an official emcee for prominent New York City-based events such as the J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, and has served as a nationwide cable television commentator for the MSG Network. She has been a featured guest on CNN’s Larry King Live, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and other national news and feature productions. Raleigh is a founding member of Women in Sports and Events, a professional organization for executives in the industry, and sits on the board of Public School 75. She is also a performing member of the “Broadway at the 92nd Street Y” community chorus.

A native New Yorker, Raleigh received a B.A. in English with a concentration in Theater Arts from Middlebury College in Vermont, and was first employed as a reporter for Park East News, a Manhattan culture monthly. She has had more than 30 letters to the editor published, in business journals such as Crain’s and PR Week, and in almost every section of The New York Times.