Loyola University Chicago

Executive and Professional Education Center

A Member of the Loyola Business Leadership Hub

Dr. Gertrude Lyons

Director of the Family Program, Wright Foundation

Dr. Gertrude Lyons

Dr. Gertrude Lyons is Director of the Family Program at the Wright Foundation and faculty at the Wright Graduate University. The Founder of the Rewrite the Mot(HER) Code® coaching platform, Gertrude holds an EdD and MA in transformational leadership and coaching (with a focus on mothering) and a second MA in psychology from Antioch University.

Gertrude has spent the last 20 years empowering individuals, couples, parents, and families to bring out their best and vision and realize meaningful, successful lives. Dr. Lyons is a leading-edge trainer and educator on areas such as human emergence, lifestyle parenting, leadership development, career, relationship satisfaction and success, and women’s development. After completing her doctoral studies on mothering, she has been featured on TV, in articles, and on podcasts for her work. Through her scholarly writing, speaking, and coaching Dr. Lyons has made it her mission to empower women leaders to use mothering as a vehicle for their own personal transformation.