Internationally recognized for our expertise and capacity-building approach. DeEtta Jones has twenty five years of experience guiding people and organizations through the process of fundamental transformation. She has been a leading voice in shaping contemporary thinking and practice around integrated and sustainable approaches to workplace culture, diversity and inclusion. Her years of experience
as a management consultant, equity, diversity and inclusion educator, organization development and training professional have led to her being one of the most sought after speakers and consultants in her field. DeEtta’s work began with her research on power and the presence of oppression in social systems, which became the foundation upon which she approached her work as a diversity educator. Her early experience includes positions as Director of Multicultural Education at Colorado State University and Director of Human Rights Advocacy and Education for the City of Fort Collins. While in Colorado, DeEtta was instrumental in piloting the Multicultural Community Retreat and the passage of a city ordinance to make illegal discrimination against citizens based on LGBTQ status. DeEtta’s has also served for 10 years as Director of Diversity and then Director of the Office of Leadership and Management Services at the Association of Research Libraries, an international not-for-profit representing the largest research institutions in North America. In these roles she was called upon as a thought-leader to set direction for the design and oversight of 9 international or regional leadership programs, as well as a suite of professional development services including training and organization development. Additionally, she was regularly invited to speak to academic audiences across the world. DeEtta has been an adjunct faculty member, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on leadership and diversity, at Colorado State University and University of Maryland, College Park. Her experience also include several years as a senior consultant with Diversity Best Practices, a preeminent diversity and inclusion think-tank and consultancy. In 2005 DeEtta Jones and Associates was launched to leverage the relationships DeEtta had cultivated over the years, and to bring a new voice and perspective to the topics of equity, leadership, and building organizational capacity. At DJA, we are committed to our clients having a customized experience, and delivering services that exceed expectations 100% of the time. Let us know how the DJA team can help you shape a strategy for building a healthy organizational culture and maximizing workforce performance.
