Executive Director
The Prosperity Agenda
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Jomaris DeJesus is a Certified Entrepreneur & Life Coach, featured on Vol. II of The Coaching Gurus for her chapter A Strategic Plan for Your Life. For almost two decades she has guided individuals, nonprofit organization directors, small business owners, and corporations toward success through a compassionate, facilitative process, to engage their employees, attract new customers or donors, and resolve disputes with respect and dignity. This paved her way to running for office, being elected to serve a 4-year term as County Commissioner for District B in Jefferson County in Louisville, KY.
Jomaris has also supported multiple non-profits in increasing community awareness to expand their reach by leveraging her undergraduate degree in Communications from the University of the Sacred Heart. After relocating to Kentucky from her home in Puerto Rico, she applied her MBA in Global Management, from the University of Phoenix, to train expats through intercultural education and adaptation techniques, to help new immigrants avoid culture shock, and better understand the U.S. American culture. Which led her to pursue an M.A. in Cultural Studies at the University of Louisville.
Jomaris has since honed her strategic planning skills, becoming an expert in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and traveling the nation for training and speaking engagements on the topic. Some of her clients have included renowned organizations such as Mars, Bosch, and Daimler Mercedes-Benz. This exposure to the underpinnings of the corporate world, she decided to pursue a Business Psychology PhD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. There, following her passion for cross-cultural awareness, she is currently developing a grounded theory to identify the role of cultural value differences in the formation of negative out-group attitudes. And now she enjoys using a combined skills and coaching approach to lead The Prosperity Agenda as Executive Director.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET