Get to Know Rose
Rose Snyder is a certified performance, leadership and organizational culture coach who has worked in the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic world for over 30 years. In addition to coaching athletes to achieve at the highest levels, she has led discussions with Olympic coaches, athletes, and corporate leaders on what makes high performing teams and individuals achieve.

Rose Snyder is a certified executive leadership coach with more than 30 years of experience in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic movement. Throughout her career, she has worked with elite athletes, coaches, and administrators to explore what drives high-performing individuals and teams to achieve excellence. Rose now brings those same principles into her business coaching practice, helping leaders and organizations set meaningful goals, overcome challenges, and achieve lasting success.
Rose received her coach training through The Institute for Integrative Intelligence and The Maslow Research Center. She is a Certified Professional Integrative Coach (CPIC), an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation, and a Certified Organizational Culture Coach (OCC). She is also a certified advanced facilitator through the Waters Center for Systems Thinking and certified in The Big 5 of Strategy through Strategy Inc. In addition to her coaching credentials, Rose is recognized as a BoardSource Nonprofit Certified Consultant and has become a trusted advisor to local and national nonprofits leaders. Her leadership and facilitation trainings consistently earn high praise for helping leaders see themselves not as individuals working in silos, but as teams working together toward a shared mission. Rose believes that high performance comes from strong communication based on trust, shared commitment, respect for one another and accountability. After more than three decades helping elite athletes achieve their dreams, she brings that same passion to coaching business leaders, nonprofit executives, and organizational teams. She designs customized leadership and professional development programs that help clients build and sustain cultures of high performance.
A former elite athlete, coach, and administrator, Rose is also the author of nationally recognized educational programs focused on leadership, management, strategic thinking, communication, and conflict resolution. Her work helps organizations think strategically and lead with purpose, passion and collaboration.
Rose is also one of only a handful of professionals worldwide certified to deliver Psycho-Geometrics® Shapes communication and team-building programs. Her dynamic sessions help teams understand communication styles, strengthen relationships, and improve collaboration.
Whether working with individuals, leadership teams, or entire organizations, Rose helps clients unlock their potential and build the skills needed to lead with confidence and impact.
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Experience
USA Swimming
Club Services Director
USA
Figure Skating
Sr. Director of Membership development
US Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Assoc. Director of
Coaching
Rose’s Credentials
Certified ACC coach through the International Coaching Federation
Certified Professional Integrative Coach (CPIC)
Certified Organizational Culture Coach, Maslow Research Center
BoardSource certified nonprofit governance consultant
Bachelors of Science in Education
Master’s in organizational management
Certified in the Big 5 of Strategy
35 years experience in coaching and administration
20 years as a nonprofit consultant
Positive Intelligence Mental Fitness Coach
Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence trained coach
Certified communication specialist with Psycho-geometrics® "Shapes"
Gifted and skilled networker
Storyteller / Keynote Speaker
Certified as an Advanced Facilitator in the Water’s Center for Systems Thinking
Clients
Who I've worked with
- Komatsu Mining
- FL Smidth (North America)
- ASARCO Mining-Arizona
- United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee
- Association for Chief Executives of Sport
- United States Parachute Association
- Gila Watershed Partnership
- Dunbar Pavillion
- USA Ultimate
- USA Fencing Foundation
- USA Swimming
- BNI Southern Arizona
- Mighty Underdogs
- Literacy Connects
- Desert Rose Baha'i' Institute
- YWCA of Southern Arizona
- University of Arizona, ODCE
- Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
- Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
- Tucson Young Professionals
- Tucson Emerging Leaders Council
- Cooper Center for Environmental Learning
- Tucson Values Teacher
- Habitat fo Humanity
- Tucson LBGT Chamber
- Institute of Real Estate Management (Phoenix, Tucson)
- International Coaching Federation Arizona
- Titan Restoration of Tucson
- Animal League of Green Valley
- Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter & Sanctuary
