Photography by Shelly Puri
Leadership. Learning & development. Coaching. Facilitation.
Welcome! I’m Nnenna Ozobia. For close to two decades, I’ve engaged in multilingual and cross-sector work focused on educational access and diversity, equity, and inclusion. I enjoy designing and facilitating individual and collective learning journeys for leaders at diverse stages in their careers.
My formal education includes a bachelor’s and master’s from Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University, respectively. I’m an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and hold certificates in Co-Active® coaching, Positive Intelligence®, Mental Health First Aid®, mindfulness, mediation/conflict transformation, and English as a Second Language. I’m also a bilingual, non-native Spanish speaker and basic Mandarin Chinese speaker (HSK 2) who is passionate about the use of educational tools to bridge differences.
“If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions, and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
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I've worked for
FranklinCovey
Strive
Quantuvos
Coro Northern California
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Kaiser Permanente International
San Francisco Department of Public Health (Bridge HIV)
Volunteers in Asia
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
TransAfrica Forum
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Institutions I’ve partnered/collaborated with
Foursquare | Peerspace | Checkr | GitHub | BetMGM | NextRoll | ServiceNow (leadership & executive coaching & group facilitation)
Stanford University, Ardent Mills, Church Mutual Insurance (leadership & executive coaching)
Positive Intelligence®, founded by Shirzad Chamine (coaching & facilitation)
The Schmidt Family Foundation | ImmSchools | Rise Economy (facilitation/training)
University of California, Office of the President (lead co-facilitator/trainer)
San Francisco Federal Executive Board (lead facilitator/trainer)
Leadership Rohnert Park (curriculum development/strategic planning)
UC Berkeley Leadership Academy (co-facilitator/trainer)
University of California, San Francisco (co-facilitator/trainer)
University of California, Irvine (keynote speaker)
UC Oracles/Toastmasters (keynote speaker)
Water Solutions Network (co-facilitator/trainer)
International Federation of Health Plans (facilitator)
Inter-American Dialogue (consultant)
Inter-American Foundation (consultant)
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