Maryhan Abdelazim, PhD

PhD-trained organizational psychologist, founder, and chief executive with 15+ years of progressive leadership and consulting experience across nonprofit, business, academic, and community sectors. Leads a PhD-led advisory firm focused on organizational assessment, strategic planning, leadership development, workforce strategy, and evidence-based transformation.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Reach Potential LLC - Albany, NY

(2025-01)

• Founded and lead a PhD-led consulting firm delivering organizational development, strategic advisory, leadership, and workforce solutions.
• Direct firm strategy, client engagements, service design, partnerships, contracts, and day-to-day operations.
• Translate Industrial-Organizational Psychology into practical solutions for organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and leadership performance.
• Position Reach Potential as a professional firm brand aligned with executive advisory, evidence-based practice, and long-term institutional value.

Board of Directors - Treasurer - Muslim Sisters of Staten Island (MSSI) - Staten Island, NY

(2025-07)

• Provide executive-level nonprofit leadership through governance, financial stewardship, strategic planning support, and community capacity building.
• Oversee budget planning, financial accountability, and resource allocation in a constrained operating environment.
• Support organizational structure, governance processes, and strategic decision-making to strengthen operational sustainability.
• Contribute to partnership-building efforts and program frameworks tied to leadership, civic engagement, workforce exposure, and community impact.

AI Trainer & Data Rater, Project Sonic - TELUS Digital - Remote

(2025-09 - 2026-01)

• Supported AI model improvement through structured evaluation of generated outputs against quality, relevance, and safety standards.
• Documented output patterns, issues, and quality findings to support iterative refinement.

Doctoral Researcher - Keiser University - Fort Lauderdale, FL

(2023-05 - 2025-11)

• Led doctoral research examining relationships among self-actualization, self-awareness, and self-rated job performance in organizational settings.
• Designed and executed a large-scale quantitative study with 311 participants across multiple organizational levels.
• Applied confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and moderated mediation modeling using SPSS and Hayes PROCESS.

Industrial-Organizational Consultant - Nowadays Inc. - Staten Island, NY

(2022-02 - 2024-02)

Innovation Strategist - John Craig Construction Inc. - White Plains, NY

(2020-01 - 2022-01)

Leadership Development Director - Racing Peter Inc. - Yonkers, NY

(2019-12 - 2021-12)

Organizational Effectiveness Director - Missy May Corp. - New York, NY

(2017-11 - 2019-12)

PhD - Industrial-Organizational Psychology - Keiser University (2025-11)

Master - Industrial-Organizational Psychology - Keiser University (2025-05)

Doctor of Medicine - M.D. - International University of Health Science (2022-06)

Bachelor of Science - Psychology - SUNY Empire State College (2016-06)