About SABRINA

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Sabrina K. Garba, PhDc, is a respected executive strategist, business psychologist and public speaker focused on culture,  communications, leadership, and organizational strategy. Over the last decade, Sabrina has supported organizations and individuals in strategizing, communicating and demonstrating their value.

Sabrina has also launched several projects focused on supporting women leaders. In 2019 she launched WIA or the Women’s Impact Accelerator which aims to accelerate the success and impact of women entrepreneurs and thought leaders through training.

Most recently in 2022 she launched Honey Hive (HH), an inclusive community that hosts leadership and well-being activations for women.

Before her most recent endeavors, Ms. Garba served as the Acting Director of the Intercultural  Management Institute (IMI) at American University (AU), a diplomatic and  intercultural training center. At IMI, she oversaw all day-to-day operations and budgets including products, programs, services and  publications. As Acting Director, she developed critical training  programs for U.S. Department of State initiatives, managed the  development and execution of the learning and development conference  for intercultural experts and designed training curriculum, case studies  and scenarios. Prior to joining IMI, she managed the International Communication and Media Master’s programs at AU. In this role she created graduate-level curriculum and programming focused on the impact  of culture on technology, media, diplomacy, and international education. Additionally, she facilitated strategic partnerships with organizations  that allowed scholars to gain media production skills and research techniques that equipped them to lead teams of communication  practitioners in creating, shaping and managing information across  international media platforms.

Previous to her time at American  University, Ms. Garba served as a consultant for cross-cultural business exchange in Brazil, as well as with United World Communication and  Boland. As a consultant she built relationships, strategies and systems  that shaped organizational cultures and helped them to tell their unique story. She also worked with the elite Public Affairs firm, the Glover  Park Group (now Finsbury Glover Hering), where she provided program support, developed collateral  material and served as a client-firm liaison for organizations that  included Participant Media, Rock The Vote, The White House Project, the  NFL Players Association and the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund.

Ms. Garba served as an Adjunct Professor at American University’s School of International Service and has conducted various training workshops on communication, media, intercultural relations, entrepreneurship and  leadership. Additionally, she has chaired and served as spokesperson for  many initiatives including the Historically Black College and  University (HBCU) Project at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Ending Violence against Women Howard University (EVAWHU). She is a frequent commentator on the subjects of culture, communication, business strategy, international affairs, social justice and women’s rights and has spoken at numerous conferences. 

Sabrina has been recognized for her work through many awards including the 2015  Intercultural Achievement Award by the American University, School of  International Service, the 2017 "Woman Who Disrupts" Entrepreneur Award  by Lady ReBranded and City National Bank, the 2017 Walker's Legacy Los  Angeles Power 25, a nomination as 2017 Women Business Enterprise Supplier of the Year by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a 2019 LABJ Women’s Council nomination and a 2019 Girls’ Choice Nomination.

In her spare time, Ms. Garba supports many non-profit  efforts. Among her many volunteer efforts, she serves as the Secretary of the Board for ArtworxLA where she contributes her expertise in board governance and strategic communications. Additionally, in the past she served as the President of the Howard University Alumni Club of Los Angeles, a Scholar Bridge Committee Member for the Fulfillment Fund, and supported Step Up Women’s Network as a Luminary Circle  Member. Ms. Garba is an avid cultural and language aficionado who has traveled to six of the seven continents and is conversational in  multiple languages.

Ms. Garba is currently a doctoral candidate focused on Business Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a certified intercultural trainer, psychometric analyst, and a graduate of the Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business  Minority Business Programs. She has a Master’s in Corporate Communications and Public Relations from Georgetown University and Bachelor’s in Communication and Culture from Howard University.

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