Holder of a doctorate, Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever is a career reinvention strategist and women’s empowerment consultant. She is the founder of The Exceptional Leadership Institute For Women, a global personal and professional coaching firm that helps current and aspiring female executives and entrepreneurs achieve success faster while building a life that aligns with their aspirations.
Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever is also the host of the upcoming 7-Figure Sistah podcast and the CEO of Media to Millions, a coaching and consulting firm that assists entrepreneurs in developing and implementing effective marketing and sales techniques by leveraging media and other platforms.
An award-winning author, international speaker, political commentator, and expert in race and gender empowerment, Dr. Avis is a serial entrepreneur who founded the Washington DC Boutique Consulting Firm, Incite Unlimited, as well as The Exceptional Leadership Institute and World Changers Media, LLC. Through these organizations, Dr. Avis offers leadership, diversity & inclusion, entrepreneurship, and media training, along with communication strategy development and the implementation of impactful research. Her clients include major corporations, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities both domestically and internationally.
Previously, Dr. Avis served as the youngest-ever Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women, a historic membership organization impacting the lives of over four million women of African descent worldwide. She has had the privilege of being the Keynote Speaker at President Obama’s Inaugural President of the United States’ Young African Leaders Summit and was a Featured Speaker at the World Bank. Currently, Dr. Avis regularly conducts workshops and trainings on women’s empowerment, political representation and power, and entrepreneurial success on behalf of U.S. Embassies around the world.
As a prolific writer, Dr. Avis has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including her award-winning book, “How Exceptional Black Women Lead,” and “The State of Black Women in the U.S.” series from 2014 to 2019. Other publications include “Beyond Broke: Why Closing the Racial Wealth Gap is a Priority for National Economic Security,” “Massive Resistance: A Way Forward for Black America in the Wake of Trump,” and “You Mad? Black Women, Work, and the Normalcy of Disrespect,” among many others.
Her unique perspectives have been featured on various media platforms, including CNN, Fox News, PBS, C-Span, TV One, BET, BBC, NPR, Sirius XM Radio, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, Essence Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and more. Dr. Avis currently contributes to The Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, and NBC BLK.
Dr. Avis is also an active member of several boards and initiatives, including the Voter Participation Center, Women’s Voices. Women’s Vote, and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. She serves as the Sr. Public Policy Advisor to the Black Women’s Roundtable, an Affiliated Scholar to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and a member of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative. However, her most cherished role is that of a mother to two remarkable young men who will undoubtedly make a difference in the world.
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