Learn more about how Culture of Civility International can support your leaders in building courage, increasing authenticity, and leaning into tough workplace conversations.
Founder – CEO – Courage Whisperer™
Cheryl Cofield is a corporate leadership trainer, storyteller, executive coach, race dialogue facilitator, and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator (Brené Brown Education & Research Group). She mixes a deep reservoir of professional expertise with complex soft-skills to assist C-suite executives with developing self-awareness, increasing authenticity, deepening emotional literacy, building courage, navigating tough workplace conversations, and evoking powerful transformation.
With over 30 years of experience, Cheryl has managed complex human capital portfolios for Fortune 10 corporations, served as a civil rights, employment, and trial attorney for a myriad of local and national governmental entities, and served as dean of inclusive leadership, chief dialogue officer, and curator of storytelling integration in Higher Education administrations.
Most recently, Cheryl served as Associate Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Inclusion for CARE USA, an international humanitarian and global social justice organization dedicated to saving lives, defeating poverty, and empowering women and girls. She is a mindful cultural strategist who excels at building brave leaders, and humanizing workplaces.
Cheryl has been named as a Woman Worth Watching by Profiles in Diversity Journal, and her award-winning programs have been recognized in publications such as Psychology Today, The Academic Leader, and The Higher Education Workplace Magazine.
Cheryl is the founder and CEO of: Culture of Civility International, a leadership development and courage building firm; Story Masters International, an emerging storytelling agency focused on the crafting and preservation of social justice, identity, and healing stories; and Sisters Rising Bravely, a boutique personal empowerment firm dedicated to building courage and self-efficacy in women around the globe.
As a trainer, consultant and executive coach, she has served a host of prominent clients such as Harvard University, Federal Reserve Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Dropbox, March of Dimes, Cornell Medical Center, National Center for Civil & Human Rights, Barclays, Phillips Exeter Academy, Sunshine & Sachs, Columbia University, Jack and Jill of America, Inc., YWCA of Greater Atlanta, CARE USA, Iconic Womanhood, 100 Black Men of America, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Cheryl enjoys fencing, art collecting, performing magic, and producing live storytelling concerts. She believes in the liberating power of naps and is the proud mother of Zoe Ariana, a 3rd year student at Emory University School of Medicine.
Cheryl has served on advisory boards and/or faculty for The Conference Board, Linkages Institute for Leading Diversity & Inclusion, the National Storytelling Network’s Healing Stories Alliance, the College & University Professional Association, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate Academy’s Executive Leaders Program, the American Institute for Managing Diversity, the Stakeholder Impact Foundation, and the Atlanta Diversity Management Advocacy Group.
(a subsidiary of Culture of Civility International)
“Cheryl is a seasoned storyteller who masterfully holds space for courageous conversations.”
Story Masters International™ is an emerging storytelling agency focused on social justice, identity, and healing stories, Through the powerfully transforming medium of personal storytelling (and story listening), we assist organizations spark intriguing dialogue and unearth hidden lines of connection to create community and shift organizational culture.
“Participants are taken on a journey of self-discovery and healing through powerfully transforming personal stories.”
(a subsidiary of Culture of Civility International)
“There comes a time in a woman’s life when she’s called to simply play bigger.”
A boutique personal empowerment firm focused on women’s efficacy, courage-building, and inter-group and intra-group identity development, Sisters Rising Bravely™ leverages unique offerings that help women explore their stories, create healthier boundaries, release self-limiting behaviors, and step into life with greater agency, authority, and power.
“Dialogues, workshops, and healing circles that motivate, inspire and affirm the human experience.”
Learn more about how Culture of Civility International can support your leaders in building courage, increasing authenticity, and leaning into tough workplace conversations.
Learn more about how Culture of Civility International can support your leaders in building courage, increasing authenticity, and leaning into tough workplace conversations.