About

Meet the CEO Debra (Debi) Jenkins, PhD (she/her)

Hello, I am Debra (Debi) Jenkins, PhD nicknamed "Dr. Debi" by my clientele. I am a trauma-informed educator, author, and movement strategist confronting oppression through truth-telling, honoring ancestral wisdom, and radical care. I resource communities at the crossroads of power, systemic layers of oppression including race, and justice-rooted liberation.

I didn’t come to this work through theory alone. I came through lived experience, truth-telling, and having to reject rejection and resist re-traumatization. My work is grounded in the understanding that:

Trauma is not only personal—it is historical, cultural, and systemic
Leadership is never neutral; it either reproduces harm or interrupts it
Justice without resourcing leads to collapse
Sustainability is an ethical responsibility, not a luxury

I draw from trauma-informed practice, social justice frameworks, cultural wisdom, and years of experience working across educational, developmental, leadership, and healing-centered spaces.

This is not performative equity work.
It is structural, relational, and embodied.

My experiences and background include:

Professor and leader in education, development, and psychology for 33+ years and licensed in professional technical instruction and Tenured professor for 25+ years. Have served as Chair of Early Childhood Education, Chair of Psychology, Chair of Human Development, Chair of Sociology, and Division Chair of Behavioral Sciences.
Author (individually and co-authored with authors from around the world),
In addition to being a credentialed coach through the International Coaching Federation, has multiple certifications and credentials in Personal, Executive, Positive Psychology, Betrayal Trauma, and Trauma-Informed Coaching, Mentoring, and Consulting.
Trained Consultant, Facilitator-Trainer, and Speaker.
Degrees in Education (AAS-Early Childhood Education w options in inclusive education, PhD-Philosophy with Specialization in Higher Education Administration), Human Development (BA-Focus: Developmental Education, MA-Specialization: Bicultural Development), and Psychology (MS)
Experience teaching for 2 yr, 4 yr, senior, junior, University, public, private (including faith-based), for profit, and non-profit sectors of higher ed
As a life-long learner has acquired trauma-informed, justice- centered and liberatory practices certifications and trainings
Facilitation of 20,000+ learners and members of organizational teams with an overall 4.8/5 satisfaction score on evaluations
Over 1,000 presentations and workshops (local, national, and international)
Over 100 keynotes, retreats and special events (local, national, and international)
Active representation as well as over 30 years of experience on educational, developmental, & equity research teams, advisory boards, roundtables, and commissions (local, national, and international). Currently serving on a Global Education Commission and an Equity Advisory Board.

Dr. Christal Jenkins McGirt MA, MBA, DLd (she/her)

Enterprise Strategy | Digital Transformation | Risk & Governance Leadership

Advisory Board Chairperson

With over 20 years of transformational leadership experience, Dr. Jenkins has driven strategic initiatives and managed large-scale change efforts across various industries. A proven leader in cross-functional environments, she has successfully led the design, development, and implementation of user-centric web and mobile platforms, delivering impactful solutions for both B2B and B2C partners globally.

Her expertise spans national and international markets, where she has consistently executed complex, multi-country projects across diverse languages and cultures. Dr. Jenkins excels at integrating both qualitative and quantitative data into strategic decision-making, driving business transformation and innovation.

A champion of agile methodologies, she has led teams in quality execution and continuous improvement, while fostering collaborative brainstorming, mind mapping, and process optimization. With a deep understanding of both front- and back-end development, Dr. Jenkins has overseen the design and implementation of complex technical systems, including cross-channel enterprise ecosystems, ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives and delivering measurable results.

Core Strengths

Education

George Fox University

Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives (DLd)

Wake Forest School of Business

Truist School of Banking

SBGE at Seattle Pacific University

MBA Social and Sustainable Enterprise

Seattle Pacific University-Seminary

Master of Arts Business and Applied Theology

University of Washington

Bachelor of Science Human Centered Design and Engineering

Christopher (CJ) Jenkins II (he/him)

Senior Recruiter Hiring Technical Operations Engineers and Product Support Engineers

Advisory Board Member

CJ is a highly skilled Technical Sourcing Recruiter with over 13 years of experience in the industry. He exemplifies the qualities of a successful Recruiting professional in today's job market. His extensive knowledge of the business operations coupled with his keen attention to the needs of recruiting candidates is what contributed to his early and continued success. CJ is goal-oriented, and his proficiency in technical recruiting and candidate management sets him apart from others. He continues to be an influential force in the Technology landscape and takes pride in applying his successful Sourcing philosophy to every new career opportunity that comes his way.

Christian Jenkins MFA, MBA (he/him)

Business Coach | Network Marketing | Educator | Actor | Influencer | Creative

Advisory Board Member

Born in Portland, OR and raised just 20 minutes across the Columbia River in Vancouver, WA, Christian continued north for college at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Although he had trekked his way through Pre-Med/Microbiology studies, his plan of pursuing medical school was short lived. After watching his first graduate acting performance his Senior year in college, he knew that's where he was meant to be. Eventually, Christian graduated from the UW MFA Acting program and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. While in Los Angeles, Christian earned his M.B.A. from Purdue University Global. Christian also has obtained a Qualified Administrator license to use the IDI® from IDI, LLC.

Known in his acting work as "Christian Telesmar" he currently serves as an elected representative on the Board for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). In one of his most recent works is where he received a 2024 NAACP Theater Image Best Male Lead Actor Award Nomination for Large Theater playing the lead in August Wilson's Radio Golf. He also played Othello at Montana Shakespeare Company, Da'Ran in Leah Nanako Winkler's 'Kentucky' at East West Players, and FBI Agent Keene on FOX's Bones, NCIS: Los Angeles, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, Held and the Young and the Restless.

Christian has taught BFA Entrepreneurship at the AMDA College and Conservatory and was formerly the Los Angeles Site Director for the college's High School Summer Conservatory, where 500+ performing artist travel from all over the world to L.A./N.Y.C. for a two-week intensive on the college campus.

He is the creator of the Disparity Trap Board Game. "Disparity Trap" is the Socially Conscious Board Game (click on books and resources in the site menu bar to access) that provides an easy way to have the hard conversations around race & privilege in America, and how they impact society in Systemically Dominant (SD)™ and Systemically Non Dominant (SND)™ ways. The board game is like many of its kind, where your main goal is to live your life the way you choose; go to school, get a job, possibly build a family and a career. But in this game, you also step into someone else’s shoes to experience that life within an identity different from your own. Throughout the game, the dice rolls correlate your identity in the game to real life statistics. So like life, the dice are in your hands, but the odds are not.

He is excited to be fusing his many passions full-time - combining his love of the arts, business, and education together.

*Systemically Dominant (SD)™ and Systemically Non- Dominant (SND)™" terminology and the IST of an ISM™ paradigm are trademarked and coined by Debra (Debi) Jenkins, PhD (1995-present) all rights reserved and used by permission.

Christina Jenkins, MFA/ MA (she/her)

Holistic Nutrition-Somatic Wellness Coach

Freelance Designer Media Digital Graphics | Communication Creative

Advisory Board Alternate

Christina Jenkins is a Creative with a BA in Liberal Arts Studies focusing on Business, Art Illustration and Psychology with a Minor in Dance and a master's in fine arts degree in Fashion Merchandising, a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, and Christina has also obtained a Qualified Administrator license to use the IDI® from IDI, LLC. Christina is also a certified nutritionist and yoga instructor.

She works with clients seeking authentic change for a healthier well-being including those who are dealing with anxiety and trauma and are in need of natural beneficial wellness support. Her services, provide the following: affirmation meditation, anxiety and trauma yoga, holistic nutrition counseling, tutoring for those dealing with anxiety, trauma, in need of ELL, dyslexic learning support, and or applied psychology.

Christina is a freelance designer under her company Christina J Brand, LLC, an author of the The Traveling Vegan (see books and resources) about her nomad life to survive and how it created a green book to life. Christina is also the illustrator for the Children's book, "I Love My Kind of Brown" and designed the cover for the Daring to Dismantle book and journal.

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