Meet Our Team
L. Danyetta Najoli grew up in Harlem, New York City in the St. Nicholas Housing Authority. She is a cultural humility coach, Amazon best-selling author, and principal consultant of Najoli Learning Group LLC. Her mission is to support people’s growth mindset and personal development, particularly those who provide close support to vulnerable people as their main role and job function. Danyetta’s work is based on the research of multiple intelligences, design thinking, mindfulness, and positive psychology.
She earned a Coaching for Results Certificate from Harvard Business School, a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University, a Healing Centered Education certificate from Acosta Institute, and a certificate of cultural humility through the University of Chicago. She is a member of Thomas Leonard’s Graduate School of Coaching and is a long-standing member of Coachville.com. Danyetta has written two ebooks, What is Coaching? and Unstoppable Confidence: Sustaining a Posture for Success, that was published as an audiobook on Audible.com. She is the author of 40 Keys to Excellence-Based Living: Practical Ways for Happily Living with Intention, a journal companion book. She is also the author of the book, MicroShift: Small Mindset Changes for Big Results. This books walks readers through her signature coaching program, Release, Allow, Attract, and Act while sharing her personal reset story. Danyetta co-designed the creative, embodiment, and participatory project called, The Black American Tree Project which looks at the shadow experiences of Black Americans from pre-colonial Africa to present-day America.
Danyetta earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fisk University (HBCU) and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. Danyetta is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She served on numerous community boards and is a current board member of Neighbours, Inc, a New Jersey based organization that provides community support to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they can be contributing members of society while improving the larger culture.
In 2021, she coined the term"person centered cultural humility" as a collection of ideas and approaches to supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This approach keeps the person's culture in mind when engaging in a person centered planning process and when supporting the person to have a meaningful, enriching, and engaging life.
Danyetta provides in-person training, webinars, and group coaching on essential soft skills, including cultural humility, community building, and strengths-based communications.
Antoinette Dawson is a seasoned executive coach, organizational strategist, and facilitator,
guiding and advising business and service firms through complex transitions.
As an effective coach and strategist with over 30 years of experience leading multidimensional transformation for Bay Area organizations, enterprises, and startups, Antoinette supports leaders to diagnose the structural patterns blocking growth. Examples include a founding team hitting their first scaling wall, a mid-stage company fragmenting under hypergrowth, and an established enterprise losing innovation velocity.
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Danette (Dee) Boone brings more than 20 years of hands-on IT experience from Progressive Insurance and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, where she led device deployment, asset management, and compliance initiatives that improved efficiency and security at scale. She holds a BBA in Business Management and Information Technology from the University of Cincinnati and has earned CompTIA CySA+, Google Cybersecurity, and AI & Prompting certifications. Danette is passionate about using technology to create practical, people-focused solutions that help small businesses work smarter and grow.
Outside of IT, she enjoys pickleball, line dancing, roller skating, cycling, and hiking, and is deeply committed to mentoring and community service.
Kim McKinney is a registered nurse focused on healthy communities and is involved in efforts to understand and support individuals and families as they seek to live a rich and full life. She is president of the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Services Board. She serves as President of Good Life Networks, a family-driven association committed to building relationships and creating belonging with a focus on individuals who live with disability and their families. She is an active member of the Butler County Suicide Prevention Coalition and Chairs the Taskforce to Improve Mental Health in the African American Community. In addition, she serves on the Butler County United Way Board and is involved in the Health Committee. She is also involved in several civic organizations within her community. As a military spouse, Kim has worked overseas as a nurse in various roles and stateside. Kim lives in Liberty Township, a suburb outside of Cincinnati, Ohio where she fuels her passion for networks, Community Building, and helping individuals connect with resources and others to live a good life. Kim has been married for 35 years and has a son, daughter-in-law, and daughter who are busy creating their good lives. Kim thoroughly enjoys reading, connecting with others, and self-discovery. She believes that inclusion, diversity, and curiosity lead to a strong and vibrant community for all.
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As a person who spent a year in Kenya learning the language and the culture at a young age, Jumba shares his personal story of what it means to manage a changing environment. He shares how he overcame a medical condition andm as a resultm played in a number of sports from an early age through high school, all while maintaining excellent grades and receiving honors. Jumba has a passion and heart for service that has been a throughline in his life, volunteering in school and in his church, as a camp counselor for middle schoolers and high schoolers.
As a rising junior studying Mechanical Engineering with a strong passion for robotics and hands-on engineering, Jumba's goal is to pursue a career in robotics where he can design and build innovative systems that make a real impact in the world and others in his community.
Jumba is dedicated to achieving this through hard work, continuous learning, and engagement in projects that challenge him to grow. With strong leadership skills, determination, and a problem-solving mindset, He is on his way to becoming a professional engineer who contributes meaningful solutions in the field of engineering.