DAVID B. SARNOFF, ESQ., ACC

David B. Sarnoff, Esq., ACC, is a highly sought-after ICF Certified Executive Coach, leadership trainer, and keynote speaker with a deep track record of helping professionals enhance their leadership effectiveness, navigate workplace dynamics, and drive meaningful change. He is also the co-author of Beyond the Courtroom: Proven Strategies from the Legal Field for Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Well-Being in the Modern Workplace (PLI Press, March 2026), co-written with Natalie Loeb.

As the founder of Sarnoff Group LLC and a consultant to Loeb Leadership, David brings decades of multidisciplinary expertise spanning law, executive search, business ownership, and governance—providing him with a unique perspective on the challenges faced by corporate executives, attorneys, managers, and individual contributors. David has coached scores of leaders, including managing partners, practice group leaders, general counsels, senior scientists, engineers, CTOs, COOs, managing directors, SVPs, managers, and teams.

David leverages his leadership coaching strengths to elevate clients’ professional performance, outlook, emotional intelligence, leadership potential, and team-building skills. He counsels leaders, high potentials and high performers on giving and receiving feedback, raising self-awareness, EQ vs. IQ, inclusive leadership, managing workplace conflict, effective communication, delegation, time management, bridging generational differences, and understanding how words and actions impact others.

After practicing law for several years, David transitioned into executive search, where he spent more than 17 years. He was a co-founder of the executive search firm Morandi, Taub & Sarnoff LLC for over 11 years, where he coached hundreds of attorneys and legal professionals and consulted with law firms, companies, and investment funds.

In December 2021, David joined the faculty of the iCoach New York executive coaching program, now known as iCoach Global, based at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. He is also an alumnus of the program. He earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Hofstra University and his Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School.

David is committed to advancing inclusion. In September 2022, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee of the New York City Bar Association, where he served a two-year term.

Additionally, he served for six years on the Fort Lee Board of Education, including three consecutive years as Board President, gaining insights that continue to inform his work with leaders in the field of education. He also draws on his experience as a business owner and executive search consultant to help corporate executives, leaders, managers, and individual contributors navigate complex professional environments.