Sukari Pinnock Fitts
About
Sukari is a cisgender woman, using the pronouns she, her, and they. A member of the African diaspora, she is a heterosexual Baby Boomer, living with a hidden disability and some degree of socio-economic privilege as a U.S. National. She has no religious affiliation, believing strongly that the "universe provides." She is the daughter of a Jamaican immigrant father and a South Carolinian mother and was raised with one sibling in a working-class, multi-racial neighborhood in Los Angeles. Now residing in Northern Virginia, on the unceded tribal lands of the eradicated Nacotchtank (Anacostan) people, Sukari has been developing leaders in multiple sectors for over 20 years. She supports clients in the U.S. and abroad – virtually and face-to-face. She is a devoted partner/spouse, a proud parent to three amazing human beings, and a favorably biased “Nona” to three grandsons.
Sukari is a seasoned Organization Development (OD) Consultant and an ICF-certified Leadership Coach (PCC). She specializes in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; Leadership and Executive Development; Organization Transitions; Polarity Management; and Team Building. Her master’s degree in Organization Development is from the American University’s AU/NTL MSOD Program. Her undergraduate degree in Labor Studies is from the National Labor College. She holds a Coaching Certificate from the Georgetown Leadership Coaching Program, a Diversity Practitioner’s Certificate from the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, a Certificate in Gestalt Coaching and Leadership Development from the iGOLD Center, and is a certified Polarities Navigator Practitioner.
Sukari is a co-creator of the Fifth Domain Coaching Model™ – a coach training framework. Fifth Domain Coaching promotes a holistic approach to well-being and work-life resilience through the lens of social group identity. Fifth Domain Coaching empowers leaders to lead with authenticity, integrity, and resilience, fostering an inclusive organizational culture.
For over a decade, Sukari served as the curator, Program Director, and faculty member of the Georgetown Executive Certificate Program in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Reputed to be among the top such programs in the country, Sukari recently stepped down from her role with Georgetown’s Institute for Transformational Leadership (ITL) to focus on her writing and organization development consultancy.
Working with leaders at various levels of system, Sukari has supported clients in organizations including, but not limited to, the AARP, the Atlanta Housing Authority, the Consumer Health Foundation, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Georgetown School of Nursing, the George Washington University, the International Federation of Accountants, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, KIPP Schools (Memphis & NYC), Maine Health, Montefiore Medical, the National Education Association, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Obama Foundation, the Richmond Health Foundation, Sodexo USA, the Veteran’s Administration, the Washington National Cathedral and the World Bank.