Dr. Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry

Bob Murray, Ph.D. and
Alicia Fortinberry, Ph.D.

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Raising an Optimistic Child
Creating Optimism


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AU Tel: +61 (02) 8920 8087


Dr. Bob Murray & Dr. Alicia Fortinberry

Internationally recognized experts in optimal communication and emotional health, Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry have appeared on national television, taught at major institutions and consulted for Fortune 500 companies. With 20 years proven research and experience, Fortinberry Murray have been applying their highly practical, research-backed approach to help organizations build leadership that measurably enhances performance, engagement and the capacity for positive change. Multinational clients include PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ford Motor Co, McDonald's, PepsiCo, Macquarie Bank, NAB, Bain & Co, Stockland, and a number of top-tier international law firms. They also work in the not-for-profit sector, for governments departments and universities.

Award winning authors of the international best sellers Raising an Optimistic Child (McGraw-Hill 2006) and Creating Optimism (McGraw-Hill 2004), Bob and Alicia are sought out by leading US and Australian media including Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Woman's World, and Entrepreneur.

They have lectured and trained medical staff and professionals at universities and hospitals globally, including Duke, Tufts and JFK Universities in the US and Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital. Their programs for the public, psychologists and human resource professionals are sponsored by the University of South Florida, California Center for Integral Studies and California State University, Northbridge.


Bob Murray, Ph.D.

Bob holds a PhD in clinical psychology from New York University and a Masters degree in business administration from Sydney University. In the UK , his work as a management consultant for firms such as ICI and Hill Samuel Bank earned him a Fellowship of the British Institute of Management. Dr Murray is quoted frequently in major publications from Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times to Entrepreneur . He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Humanistic Psychology and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.


Alicia Fortinberry, Ph.D.

Alicia holds a PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Phoenix and received her Masters from Columbia University. Alicia has written for Psychology Today , many major US women's magazines and several Time Inc. and Dow Jones publications. Dr Fortinberry is widely quoted in publications such as the Australian Financial Review and Readers' Digest and is a sought-after speaker on resilience and leadership. She is a member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.