Meet Dena Samuels, PhD
Pronouns: she/her
Resilient Leadership Development
Consultant • Executive Coach • Speaker • Author
Dr. Samuels helps leaders and organizations build the inner capacity to lead with intention, stay steady under pressure, and create cultures where people perform sustainably.
Dena Samuels, PhD is a leadership development consultant, executive coach, speaker, and social scientist with over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of resilient leadership, sustainable performance, and organizational culture. An award-winning tenured professor at the University of Colorado — Colorado Springs, she now consults and coaches full-time while remaining on faculty.
Dr. Samuels is the creator of The Inner Edge Leadership Series, a complete leadership development pathway built around the proprietary INNER framework — five core capacities that develop the internal leadership skills most programs never address. Her latest book, Fast Relief from Anxiety: 25 Tools to Calm Your Nervous System, and her earlier work, The Mindfulness Effect, reflect the depth and breadth of her approach to inner leadership development.
Her client portfolio spans Fortune 50 corporations and more than 150 organizations across the U.S. and beyond, including NASA, Yale University, PBS, Humana, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Facebook/WhatsApp.
Her community activism includes facilitating cross-racial dialogue, and mindful yoga. You can find some of her meditations on the Insight Timer app.
I highly recommend Dena Samuels. Her program equips individuals with essential tools for self-care and wellness, especially during turbulent times, fostering resilience, community connection, and well-being.
Elizabeth Conklin
Associate Vice President | Yale University
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An independent panel of African Americans with deep roots in the community leads the DBRC, which recommends grants from the fund to rebuild institutions, religions, languages and traditions within the Black Community of the Denver Metro Area and the State of Colorado, that were destroyed during the enslavement of African and African descendant people.
The Mission of Nurturing Justice is to encourage the dismantling of white skinned supremacy and racism in American society through education, action, community building and engagement.
WINNING PROTECTIONS
FOR IMMIGRANTS
Our goal is to win citizenship, permanent protections and dignity for immigrants in the U.S. and to defeat racist,
anti-immigrant policies.
Since 1970, NARF has impacted tens of thousands of Indian people in its legal work for more than 250 tribes. NARF focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations.
Diné CARE is located on the Navajo Nation and is a non-profit organization that works with many Navajo communities affected by energy and environmental issues.
The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition works year-round to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. Made up of more than 100 local, state and national partners, Election Protection uses a wide range of tools and activities to protect, advance and defend the right to vote.
The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition works year-round to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. Made up of more than 100 local, state and national partners, Election Protection uses a wide range of tools and activities to protect, advance and defend the right to vote.
We believe music can help create a diverse, equitable, and healthy community. Grounded in song, our work extends into education, service, and collective healing.
