Formal Introduction
Dr. Ron S. Lewis is the founder of Everyday Resilience (EDR), a professional development and consulting firm helping individuals, teams, and organizations rise with purpose through clarity, confidence, and character.
With over a decade of experience as a facilitator, speaker, and educator, Dr. Lewis is known for delivering powerful, interactive sessions that blend leadership development, emotional intelligence, and organizational culture strategies. He has spoken to thousands of professionals across industries, encouraging them to take personal ownership and lead from within—core principles of his signature EDR framework.
Dr. Lewis began his career in the non-profit sector before transitioning to higher education, where he has taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Introduction to Business, Managing Human Resources, Leading Change Management, and Public Speaking. His teaching and training approach combines real-world insight, personal stories from the field, and evidence-based strategies rooted in his doctoral research on global leadership.
Dr. Lewis earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Barry University and completed his Ph.D. in Global Leadership from Indiana Tech. He currently serves as Assistant Professor and Director of the Marketing & Sports Management Program at the University of Saint Francis, where he continues to inspire and equip the next generation of leaders.
Whether he’s leading a keynote, a classroom, or a consulting session, Dr. Ron Lewis helps people embrace reality, design meaning, and rise to action ---every single day.
My Story
I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, in a neighborhood where what you wore could put your life at risk. Colors, shoes, even team logos could attract the wrong kind of attention. Adversity wasn’t an occasional challenge; it was part of everyday life. As a first-generation college student, basketball became my way out, taking me to Barry University in Miami, Florida, where I played college ball. My first semester, I earned a 3.4 GPA, but by the second, my grades crashed to a 1.7. I was devastated. I didn’t understand resilience back then, but I was about to learn. After earning my master’s in sport management, I stepped into the professional world and hit more walls quitting my first job and getting fired from the next three, each time about eighteen months in. Those years forced me to face the truth about myself, take assessments, ask hard questions, and redefine what success and fulfillment really meant.
In 2012, everything changed when I began working for a TRIO program supporting first-generation college students. That’s where I found my voice and my purpose. I realized my experiences, the struggles, the lessons, and the growth, weren’t just for me. They were meant to be shared. That same year, my identical twin brother, my sister, and I began speaking, and I haven’t looked back since.
Today, I use my story, my research, and my lived experience to help others rise, in classrooms, boardrooms, and everywhere in between. As the founder of Everyday Resilience (EDR) and a business professor, my mission is to teach people how to lead themselves through challenge, pressure, and change. Resilience isn’t something you wait for it’s something you build. Every single day.
You Are Inspiration!
If you tell me you can’t do it, I don’t believe you.
If you tell me you’re not capable, I don’t believe you.
If you tell me you’re not smart enough, strong enough, or brave enough… I don’t believe you.
You have resilience. It’s been in you since the very first challenge you ever faced and overcame. But sometimes we forget. We forget the storms we’ve already survived, the battles we’ve already won, and the strength we’ve already proven. You are an inspiration whether you see it right now or not. And I would be honored to walk this journey with you to help you rediscover that resilience, own it, and share the inspiration you carry with the world.
That photo? Yeah—that’s me winning my first kickboxing tournament at the age of 40. I was terrified, but I showed up, I fought, and I won. And you can win too. Whatever’s in front of you, you already have what it takes you just need to remember it.
