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Ebony helps people and organizations thrive

Ebony C. Peace, SPHR®, CCSP is a clinical sociologist with over 20 years’ experience in strategic human resources and organizational and employee development. A Sweet Briar College and Johns Hopkins University graduate, she is on a mission to help people and communities thrive into their best selves.

She is a career expert contributor to the award-winning book, “The Twitter Job Search Guide” and serves clients nationally through her career consulting private practice based in Washington, DC which she opened in 2008. Ebony has been featured in The Washington City Paper and has written for the National Career Development Associations Career Convergence magazine. She was also invited by the state of Maryland to provide expertise in helping craft and implement the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act when it was reauthorized by Congress.

Whether it’s an organizational-wide event, college campus, podcast panel, federal agency, or national conference, Ebony puts listeners at ease with sensitive topics. She uses a heartfelt attitude and dynamic delivery to inspire and transform her audience!

Ebony guides members of historically marginalized groups in achieving career wellness and helps organizations advance their goals of an inclusive workplace culture with an engaged workforce. She does this through her sociologically informed Change Resilience Framework™ for thriving in the workplace and in life.

Ebony has served as an Executive Director of Human Resources, Chief Learning Officer, and leader on boards at multiple organizations, including the Maryland Career Development Association where she served as President. She currently serves as an adjunct professor, where she mentors Sociology students into inter-culturally competent and ethical critical thinkers while teaching the practical and strategic application of sociology for personal and professional growth.

Ebony regularly volunteers at The DC Center for the LGBT Community in Washington, DC and serves progressive faith-based communities through her interfaith ministry, Sunstone Chapel. She resides in Maryland with her spouse, children, and cat.

 

Some of her Qualifications and Experience include:

  • Master of Arts in Leadership Studies (Meadville Lombard Theological School)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Human Resources and Organization Development (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Sweet Briar College), Law & Society minor
  • Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
  • Clinical Sociologist and adjunct professor of Sociology
  • Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP)
  • Held the Certified Global Career Development Facilitator GDCF-I certification for over 10 years
  • Chief Learning Officer in the Federal Government
  • (Executive) Director of Human Resources
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategist (Inclusive Workplace Culture Specialist training via SHRM)
  • Winner of The Charles Billings Prize in Preaching
  • Lay Community Minister at Sunstone Chapel
  • President of the Maryland Career Development Association
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate (University of South Florida)
  • PhD level continuing education in Organizational Leadership (Univ. MD Eastern Shore) and Sociology (Howard Univ)
  • Supervisory experience and experience training supervisors how to supervise
  • Published Author (newsletters, anthologies)
  • Awarded as one of the top 10 out of 49 full and part-time faculty to receive the highest Faculty Evaluation scores by students; received 5.98/6.0 March 2011 term for Business Ethics course
  • 20+ years’ experience in human resources overseeing and administering full-cycle recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee engagement, employee relations, training, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness
  • Presented at multiple conferences such as but not limited to UUA General Assembly, National Career Development Annual Conference, Maryland Career Development Annual Conference, Anime conventions, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR), Raising The Bar workforce development conference, Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Women’s Retreat
  • Member of National Career Development Association (NCDA), Association for Applied & Clinical Sociology (AACS), Society for Human Resources Management, and The Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries (UUSCM)

 

 

Invitations

(1) Looking for a Speaker for your event? Visit my Speaking page for details.

(2) Please join my email list for opportunities and resources that empower you to achieve your workplace and career goals with self-care and love.

(3) Come hang out with me and like-minded folks in my Facebook Group, Innovative Spirit: Career Joy, Remote Jobs, & Wealth Building for individuals seeking #careerwellness.

(4) Seeking career services? Visit my Career Wellness page. There, you’ll also learn the benefits and details on how to schedule a Solopreneur Business Building Marketing Mentorship call with me. 

In the spirit of Mahatma Ghandi, may we “be the change we wish to see in the world”.

Yours, in Service
Ebony C. Peace
Career & Human Resources Consultant, Innovative Spirit