Elevate your Brilliance
with Dr. Merle Ray
™
ELEVATE YOUR BRILLIANCE!
Get the tools, solutions, and strategies you need.
EXECUTE YOUR VISION!
Create, design, and implement solutions. Manage change.
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE!
Get results. Get noticed. Get ahead.
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Dr. Merle Ray, The Brilliance Coach™ is an American business strategist, leadership consultant, trainer, publisher, and mentor coach for both industry and ministry. She is a certified senior professional in Human Resources, Human Capital Management, and Organizational Change Management, and has specialized in the full range of leadership and transformation in large complex corporate organizations, small businesses, and non-profits for over 20 years.
A member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) from 2019 to 2025, Dr. Ray was certified as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the ICF in 2019. Dr. Ray has also been ordained as a minister serving pastors, leaders and their congregations since 2007. She is relied upon as a thought-leader in corporate for-profit industries as well as in public non-profit industries. Having earned a Bachelors (2003) and Masters degree in Leadership (2012), and a PhD in Coaching (2019), Dr. Ray established ELEVATION LIFE TRANSFORMATION (ELTU), The University of Christ-Centered Coaching, Leadership, and Change in 2022 and was approved and licensed by the Texas Workforce Commission Division of Career Schools and Colleges (TWC).
Based in Houston, Texas, Dr. Ray is known for working globally with individuals and leaders in across a full-range of leadership, personal and professional development, as well as organizational transformation. She uses best-practices tools that she custom-designed as well as those of trusted business thought-leaders to create wins for her clients. Dr. Ray has published over 8 books of her own and 70+ for other leaders. These works can be found on her book website: www.MyBestSellerBooks.com. She also founded and created a women’s ministry and social media platform, REALWomanhood.com.
Through coaching and leadership transformation, Dr. Ray’s passion is elevating the personal, professional, and spiritual lives of women and men. In her spare time, she enjoys what she calls “Eve Amazing” time setting and achieving goals with her closest friends and family.
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Not everyone has the proven consulting experience of being a paid professional navigating clients and individuals through complex business, ministry, or organizational change. When working with me, we won’t be settling for vague services; we will only accept proven results. After all, it’s your destiny that’s on the line.
Coaching is a profound transformation and learning process that enables you to personally change as we co-partner together to see your work accomplished.In coaching, YOU become the change you want to see in an exciting and inspirational process leading to your personal and professional success.
Coaching + Delivery = Fulfillment! And there are real differences between coaches, consultants, and strategists. Few people are gifted at doing all three successfully, and I’m thankful to be one of them. This leads to transformation! You’ll experience what works best for YOU, and we’ll build the solutions you need to get the job done. From pastors and ministries to professionals in business; from books and businesses to online platforms, courses, blueprints, and roadmaps; from personal and professional development to spiritual elevation – a powerful change begins with a powerful purpose partner. And you’ve come to the right place to transform your personal, professional, and spiritual life!






