Founded by Dr. Donna Marino and grown into a small, senior team, our firm exists for one reason: to keep family businesses and the families who own them from being destroyed by the very relationships that created them.
Dr. Donna Marino began her career as a licensed clinical psychologist, sitting across from families in crisis. Over time, a pattern emerged in her private practice: the same people who could not reconcile at the dinner table were sitting across from one another at the boardroom table — and the business was paying the price.
What began as clinical work with individuals became consulting work with enterprises. Dr. Marino built a firm that refused to separate the business from the family, the strategy from the psychology, or the outcome from the human beings responsible for it.
In 2025, Dr. Donna Marino & Associates expanded to welcome its first associate, Annie Gleason. The firm remains small by design — senior, selective, and close to the work.
The best plan in the world fails when the people responsible for it can’t speak honestly to one another. We work the relationships first.
The way your family communicates today began long before you joined the business. Naming the pattern is the first step to changing it.
No junior analysts, no pyramid scheme of billable hours. You work directly with the person whose name is on the door.
Every engagement is governed by clinical-grade confidentiality. What is said in the room stays in the room.
From fourth-generation family enterprises to Fortune 500 executive teams, our work spans industries and scales — with the same clinical discipline at its core.
A book and companion workbook distilling twenty-five years of leadership psychology into a practical guide for women stepping into their next chapter of leadership.
A Woman’s Guide to Leadership — the core text.
Exercises and reflections to put the work into practice.
No sales pitch, no pressure. A 60-minute call to understand what you’re navigating and whether we’re the right fit for the work ahead.
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