Annette Parkins on Clubhouse

Bio

Annette Parkins is a second-year MA student in the Social-Organizational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds a BS in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Annette has a deep interest in authentic leadership, transformational coaching and helping people live a purpose driven life. Annette believes life is nothing without collaboration, and champions the importance of authenticity and wholeness in the workplace as an essential aspect of individual and corporate success. She desires to impact the lives of leaders and youth through coaching and workshops to explore and connect with their authentic selves.

With over 15 years of experience in non-profit leadership, Annette deeply values the importance of developing leadership teams, creating clear communication systems, and managing expectations. She helps to bring leadership, structure and collaborative processes to organizations through her focus on empathy, accountability and integrity. Her diverse experiences have prepared her to work with people at different stages in their career and personal lives to live intentionally with purpose and power.

Annette is currently working on her first book of writings and poetry to be released this year. Annette proudly hails from Jamaica, W.I. and is passionate about contributing to the growth of consciousness, healing and wholeness in Black communities. She is an ordained Prophet in the Prophetic Order of Mar Elijah, under the leadership of Archbishop E. Bernard Jordan. Her hobbies and interests include cooking, sketching, dancing, creating DIY beauty products, spending time with her nieces and nephews, and taking advantage of any opportunity to explore nature.