Sukari Pinnock

and PCC-level ICF-certified Coach, specializing in Cultural Competency, Leadership and

Executive Development, Organization Transitions and Team Building. Her Master's

degree in Organization Development is from the American University. Her

undergraduate degree, in Labor Studies, is from the National Labor College.

Pinnock-Fitts is an Adjunct Professor in the Human Resources Masters’ Degree

Program for the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, as well as the

Program Manager for Georgetown’s Executive Certificate in Strategic Diversity and

Inclusion Management, which is housed in its Institute for Transformational Leadership.

She is a Coach Assessor for Georgetown’s Leadership Coaching Certificate Program

and is presently working with a colleague on a book about coaching “with difference in

mind” – a topic for which she offers coaching workshops.

Believing strongly in an “action-oriented” approach to change, Pinnock-Fitts works with

individuals and organizations to maximize human potential, cultivate talent and enhance

group and individual performance. In the two decades spent as an Executive with a mid-

sized nonprofit, she developed a unique understanding of the need for effectiveness,

efficiency and commitment in both “mission-driven” and“for-profit”

organizations. Pinnock-Fitts believes small shifts – in awareness, thinking, behavior,

intention and action – can result in significant changes that propel her clients forward.

Pinnock-Fitts has supported clients in organizations including, but not limited to: the

AARP, the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, the Atlanta

Housing Authority, the Busboys & Poets Restaurant Group, the Conference of Bank

Supervisors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Consumer Health

Foundation, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Reserve Bank, the

George Washington University, the International Federation of Accountants, the Internal

Revenue Service, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, KIPP Schools (Bay Area), the

Millennium Challenge Corporation, the National Education Association, the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sodexo USA, Inc., the South Africa Rugby

Association, Unreasonable East Africa, and the Weissberg Foundation.

Favorite quote: “Chance favors the prepared mind.”(Louis Pasteur)