Dr. Anita Davis-DeFoe, a member of the International Coaching Federation, possesses an earned doctorate in management, with a concentrated focus in human and organizational development. She has over 20 years of experience formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating business, governmental, human services, educational and economic development programs for a wide range of organizations in the United States, Africa and the Caribbean. She is a leadership strategist and organizational business thought coach.
Dr. DeFoe, a Senior Quality Management Examiner, has conducted organizational assessments; developed and implemented quality improvement programs, strategic plans to identify organizational priorities, programmatic process tracking systems, conducted myriad stakeholder and customer surveys, topical focus groups; and provided technical assistance to organizations in both individual and group settings. She has extensive experience providing technical assistance to organizations in the areas of team building; process and change management; training; fund development; as well as the diagnosis and resolution of operational, service delivery and programmatic challenges.
Modeling visionary leadership, Anita has designed and delivered management training programs for diverse audiences around the globe to include entrepreneurs, government officials; faith and community based organizational staff and leadership; public school staff; venture capitalists; corporate executives; educators; quality and process managers; media specialists; workforce, human and economic development professionals. She has taught leadership and organizational development courses on the university level, and possesses significant experience and demonstrated expertise in entrepreneurship and program development.
Dr. DeFoe has elevated the performance of organizations on the state, national and international levels through the design and delivery of insightful seminars on strategic planning and business start-up, performance and quality management, leadership development, effective human capital utilization and process improvement. She has taught Organization Development, Principles of Systems, Leadership, Performance Management and Strategic Planning courses on the university level in the United States and the Caribbean.
She is the author of several books for women, and she is currently working on a leadership book for women (Follow Her Lead: Unleashing the Greatness Within… Leadership Lessons for Women as They Journey from the Backroom to the Boardroom) due out in December.
Dr. DeFoe has assembled a stellar team of career, personal development and business coaches from across the Caribbean Diaspora. Together, this team will share insights, strategies, tools and action steps every woman and girl can take to fully manifest her destiny, learn how to respect her life and potential, as well as how to approach life planning in spite of inevitable life challenges. Speakers and session facilitators will include, but will not be limited to the following:
• Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama - Author-Personal - Organizational Development Expert – Jamaica
• Dr. Lisa Knowles – Psychologist - Career Development Expert – Jamaica
• Arlene Connelly- Parenting-Youth Development Expert – Trinidad
• Cheryl Gittens – Life Coach – Barbados
• Nerissa Golden-Life Coach, Publisher, Truly Caribbean Woman – St. Maarteen
• Myrna McKenzie – Sistren Theater Collective – Jamaica
• Sandra Joy Alcott – Attorney and Poet – Jamaica
• Sharon Parris-Chambers, Poet-Entrepreneur, Publisher Positive Tourism, Jamaica
• Claudette Grant- Designer – Jamaica
• Yvette Maynard- Author- Entrepreneur- Barbados
• Delia Dolor, Editor- She Caribbean Magazine – St. Lucia
• Simone Gill, Publisher- Natural Life and Entrepreneur, St. Lucia
• Angela Coleman, Publisher- Sisterhood Agenda, New Jersey
Call for presentations and speakers will be disseminated to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), women’s groups and myriad organizations that provide services to women and girls. From this group, additional individuals will be selected to conduct both product and informational sessions for expo visitors.
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