Mauriciere de Govia, Ed.D. (Dr. Mauri) is a leader and transformation coach with over 25 years of experience in the field of education. Always a leadership strategist, Dr. Mauri is committed to transforming communities and redefining generational legacies via high-quality teaching and learning experiences that create new results that unleash limitless possibilities for all who participate in her workshops and seminars. She is the CEO and founder of The de Govia Group, LLC (2014), which is an organization that is committed to awakening the leadership maverick within all people. The de Govia Group, LLC aims to ignite, inspire, and innovate its clients via experiential teaching via life coaching, yoga and mindfulness, and meditation. Dr. Mauri is also the creator of “The Urban Vanguard” podcast on SoundCloud; a platform for 21st-century leaders who are mavericks of their own lives, and lastly, she is the co-host of “The Purple Paradigm: Conversations and Revelations in a Post-Prince World”; an online show dedicated to the genius of the artist Prince.

Dr. Mauri received her Bachelor of Arts in Film Production (1995), Masters of Science in Elementary Education (1999), and her Advance Certificate in School Administration (2003) from Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.  She received her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Sage College, Albany (2017).  She is the recipient of the Outstanding Student in a Doctoral Program Award, The Sage Colleges, April 2017, the District 23 Legacy Award, July 2016, the Brooklyn Borough President Citation for Leadership, June 2016, the United States House of Representatives Proclamation, June 2016, the MHBA- She is Me Courage Award, April 2016, the Above and Beyond Award- Community Education Council, D23, Spring 2003, and the DOE/Broad Foundation, Exceptional Leadership -1st yr. Principal Award, Spring 2005.  In May 2021, she was featured on the “Streets Politicians” podcast with Tamika Mallory. She possesses coaching certification via John Maxwell, INC. and the International Coaching Federation. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is the mother of two awesome children.