My name is Rick Raymond. I am an Ignatian spiritual director and a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and family enterprises. For more than 20 years, I have accompanied individuals as they navigate growth, leadership, and transition—often where personal and professional lives are closely intertwined.
My background spans environmental science, public service, education, and business ownership, including founding and selling an environmental management company. Across these experiences, a consistent thread has been a commitment to listening—attending not only to practical decisions, but to the deeper questions of meaning, relationship, and purpose that often lie beneath them.
Today, my work is grounded in the Ignatian tradition, helping others recognize the presence and movement of God (as they know God) within their lives, and to respond with greater clarity, freedom, and purpose. While born into Christian traditions, I have a strong interfaith perspective, have years studying Buddhism, and ahve worked with individuals of different faiths and beliefs.
I am an Ignatian spiritual director and personal coach–with 25 years of experience–offering individuals and family businesses a contemplative, relational approach to life and leadership —grounded in the ordinary and daily experiences of life.
Appointed captain of the (currently dormant) Gotham swim team, photography, cooking, and sailing .
• Visiting Faculty, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China * Director, Lay Spirits Program, Church of St. Francis Xavier, NYC * Founder/Facilitator, Elder Talking Circle, virtual
- Heads of family businesses wrestling with harmony in the family, concerned about the future of the family or business after they transition out, or see themselves never leaving
- Spiritual and clerical workers
