About us
At Synergy we provide programs for adults and teens. Our vision is to inspire people to live with the courage, passion and conviction to create a life of meaning and purpose. We create leaders who deliver extraordinary results in their personal lives, workplaces and communities. What is your extraordinary life?
The programs at Synergy Education look at the heart of who you are – examining the basis of your identity, your formulas for living, relating, and achieving success.
“The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes.”– Marcel Proust
Our trainers have 25+ years of experience delivering this work to tens of thousands of people all across the world including the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. We have led in schools, federal government agencies, business organizations, community groups and non profits
Vision
Synergy’s vision is to bring inspiration & transformation to young adults in NYC and beyond.
We create leaders who deliver extraordinary results in their communities, families and personal lives.
Mission
Our mission is to empower teens by giving them the tools necessary to develop their positive attributes, allowing them to be self-confident, independent thinkers. Teens learn communication, leadership, conflict management, decision-making and time management skills allowing them to take responsibility for their own choices and achieve their highest potential.
Our Team
For 30+ years, Peter Griffiths has served as an educator, management consultant, executive coach and has lead programs to more than 50,000 people. An internationally recognized leader in the field of personal transformation and corporate culture, Peter is also a father to 3 young ladies and a pillar in the Synergy community and beyond.
Peter has been designing and delivering programs to professionals across the world and has built up an extensive body of work which has been recognized by governments in South Africa & Israel.
Mr. Naranjo specializes in empowering executives, teams and organizations to create extraordinary results by having them break through obstacles that have been limiting their effectiveness and allowing them to unlock untapped potential. He has trained, facilitated and spoken before thousands of people since the Synergy Group’s inception empowering people from all walks of life to step powerfully into leadership roles.
Mr. Naranjo holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Stephanie Maslow-Blackman is the Director of the SYE program. A professional volunteer and graduate of the Synergy Education training programs, she has dedicated her energies to addressing food insufficiency, social justice issues and empowering children through SYE.
She is the CEO of Metalicious, an online fine jewelry company based in NYC. She is also the mother of two boys; one an adolescent and one teenager. She deals on a daily-basis with the many challenges that presents.
Monica Mitry is a seasoned transformational coach with over six years of experience helping individuals reach their full potential both at Synergy Business Associates and in her role as a senior corporate trainer for a multinational marketing and PR company. Prior to that, Monica worked as a speech pathologist with special needs children.
Having coached numerous leadership programs at Synergy Business Associates, Ms. Mitry is committed to empowering others and creating change and has ultimately impacted the lives of hundreds of individuals. She has led coursework for both teens and adults alike, and brings that unique experience to the sessions that she leads.
Stephanie Ferdinand has been a small business owner since 1992. In 2009, her extremely successful accounting and tax preparation firm was sold to H & R Block.
Ms. Ferdinand began her journey in transformational work in November of 2007. Since then, she has staffed multiple workshops and programs within the transformational coaching industry.
She is the Co-Creator and Co-Founder of Aspirations, an assembly of experiential and transformational workshops based in the Caribbean. The workshop was started in Trinidad and Tobago and caters to participants in every country in the Caribbean.
Joe DiRienzo is the founder of H2jOe Swimming, a water safety curriculum developed to get children as early as 2 years old, swimming competently and confidently. Joe studied marketing and public relations at City College, where he learned to connect with families over various outlets to create a community committed to taking drowning off the list of leading causes of death for children under 5. He’s worked with young children for 8+ years and has combined his aquatics work with the transformational work at Synergy to ensure that every child feels empowered both in the water and out. When he’s not teaching, he volunteers as one of the trainers at Synergy, helping people to create extraordinary in their lives.
Learn more about the Synergy Group here.