Dr. Kim Carter, The Igniter, is a highly sought keynote speaker, workshop presenter, corporate trainer, commencement speaker, executive coach, award-winning academic dean and published author. An esteemed front-runner in conscious leadership and training and development, she is a thought leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion, cross-cultural management, and community development. Each person/team/community is motivated by Dr. Kim to seek personal and professional clarity for positive change and to establish well-defined direction in all they do. Dr. Kim is also a champion trailblazer for delivering exceptional customer service, providing optimal engagement and producing phenomenal performance outcomes. Her unique speaking and training style bring a wealth of passion, knowledge and heightened participation to every audience/client interaction. Dr. Kim educates and equips all to immediately use shared tools, resources and best practices to implement their life’s purpose.
In addition to her speaking and training business, Dr. Kim is a college Campus Dean who sits on the Academic Integrity and Employability Strategy Committees. She recently won the top staff award at her college, is recognized as a High Performing Employee, Student Engagement Winner, honored with her department’s Super Hero Award, broke the school record for consecutively holding the #1 spot for the Net Promoter Score for Customer Service and is often called upon to provide training and development to corporate partners, new deans and faculty teaching online. Likewise, she was the first African American Woman to hold the post of Multifamily HUB Director for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Previous positions held were, the State of Ohio's Housing Director, Limited Brands Corporation Trainer, large non- profit Affiliate President and financial institution Operations Director.
Dr. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Organization and Management (leadership specialization), two Master’s Degrees in Digital Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and numerous certifications (i.e., DISC, MBTI, Government Boards And Commissions Governance, Economic Development, Housing Finance, Mediation, etc.). She has been featured throughout radio, television and print media outlets, as well as being a consistently featured contributing author with Ready Publications reaching domestic and global markets. Dr. Kim earned a distinguished recognition for her resilient leadership from the national organization, Women for Economic and Leadership Development. She presented a resolution to the Model United Nations and received United States Presidential Recognition for her leadership efforts. Dr. Kim serves in her community with her church, WELD (OH), The Diva Movement’s advisory member, Coalition of 100 Black Women, Columbus Ohio Chapter and as a Women’s Small Business Accelerator Master Class Committee advisory member. It is this extensive community and career experience, expertise to drive results and her ability to motivate progressive movement in others that coins Dr. Kim as “The Igniter.”
