About Me

I am a spiritual activist, leader, coach, and lifelong learner, deeply committed to advancing justice, equity, and healing. For over 25 years, I’ve walked a path that weaves together medicine, community-based research, leadership development, and coaching — all in service of creating a more just and compassionate world.

My leadership journey has included over 20 years in senior roles within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where I championed efforts to strengthen care for the safety-net of marginalized communities and led initiatives that brought together community clinics, universities, and national agencies to drive meaningful change. Later, as Managing Director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, I guided a $400 million investment in national leadership programs that supported and connected leaders working to advance health equity and dismantle structural racism.

Today, I serve as a Distinguished Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. There, I study community-led solutions to vexing social challenges, and I teach public health leaders how to lead in challenging times. I am also the founder of Black Birthing Futures, a project that uplifts the solutions Black communities are advancing to end maternal death and injury in the U.S. Alongside this work, I am passionate about helping individuals and teams grow. While at the Department of Health and Human Services in 2011, I trained in ontological coaching and generative leadership at the Newfield School and the Institute of Generative Leadership. Across my career, my leadership training has allowed me to support my teams and private clients to generate results that matter to them and their organizations. As an executive and leadership coach, I partner with ambitious, caring leaders who are working toward bold, transformative change. I help them see the macro forces that shape their work, deepen their self-awareness, align their values with their leadership, and generate results that matter.

At the heart of everything I do are two core values: human dignity and learning. These values guide me — whether I am working in classrooms, communities, or conversations — as I walk alongside others to help create a world where everyone can thrive.

I live in Trenton, New Jersey, with my husband and am the proud mama of a filmmaker.

This work isn’t about quick fixes or advice giving. It’s about creating space—space to reflect, to listen inward, and to learn new ways of being, thinking, and acting that translates to meaningful, lasting shifts.

Whether in a workshop, a coaching series, or a keynote, I bring thoughtfulness, warmth, and structure to support transformation. My style is relational, reflective, and real. I believe we all have the capacity to grow into lives that reflect our deepest values, and that growth happens best in community. Learning is social!