Full Name
Ms. Bob-e Simpson Epps
Job Title
Ms.
Company
BASE Consulting
Speaker Bio
Bob-e Simpson Epps (Barbara) has spent a lifetime working to enhance the operations and effectiveness of organizations in both the public and private sectors. Deeply committed to strong, healthy and resilient communities, she has used her expertise to build and sustain diverse environments.
Believing in the richness each voice brings to any conversation, situation or need Bob-e seeks to engage all in conversations leading to the extraction of knowledge, wisdom and reflection of self and others.
Bob-e engages others in creating system-wide, community-based and culturally specific approaches to address trauma and stress-induced health issues that individuals, communities and systems are faced with. Much of her work focuses on issues of race, racism, equity, diversity and inclusion, and relational leadership practices within communities, organizations and institutions. As a leader in the field of trauma most of her work is with those who are engaged with members of racial and ethnic communities using the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES), brain research, epigenetics, trauma and historical trauma. Bob-e has worked tirelessly to create compassionate systems to connect communities and to and build more trustworthy relationships. Her work focuses on engaging community at its deepest level. She consistently works with members of underrepresented communities to include African American, American Indian, Latina, Hmong, Laotian, Somali, Ethiopian, Liberian, Nigerian and new immigrants.
Bob-e has worked in public health for more than 30 years. She has taught at Minneapolis and St. Paul Community Colleges, presented on issues of health, early care and education, diversity/equity and inclusion, health policy, and numerous other topics on a local, national and global level. She has broad experience in human resource, organizational development, strategic planning, restructuring of teams and evaluation.
Professional Training/Background
-Relational Leadership Practices
-Diversity Assessment/Management Training
-Developing High Performance Organizations
-Frameworks (public policy marketing)
-Sanctuary Model (SELF care for organizations)
-Master ACES Trainer
-Master Community Resilience Coach
-ToP Facilitation
-Life Coach
-Bush Fellow 2012
-Global Art of Hosting Steward (processes and practices which she uses to create environments for meaningful conversations with individuals and groups).
Education
BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Northern Iowa, 1974
BA in Journalism, University of Northern Iowa, 1974
Further graduate studies in Communication
Believing in the richness each voice brings to any conversation, situation or need Bob-e seeks to engage all in conversations leading to the extraction of knowledge, wisdom and reflection of self and others.
Bob-e engages others in creating system-wide, community-based and culturally specific approaches to address trauma and stress-induced health issues that individuals, communities and systems are faced with. Much of her work focuses on issues of race, racism, equity, diversity and inclusion, and relational leadership practices within communities, organizations and institutions. As a leader in the field of trauma most of her work is with those who are engaged with members of racial and ethnic communities using the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES), brain research, epigenetics, trauma and historical trauma. Bob-e has worked tirelessly to create compassionate systems to connect communities and to and build more trustworthy relationships. Her work focuses on engaging community at its deepest level. She consistently works with members of underrepresented communities to include African American, American Indian, Latina, Hmong, Laotian, Somali, Ethiopian, Liberian, Nigerian and new immigrants.
Bob-e has worked in public health for more than 30 years. She has taught at Minneapolis and St. Paul Community Colleges, presented on issues of health, early care and education, diversity/equity and inclusion, health policy, and numerous other topics on a local, national and global level. She has broad experience in human resource, organizational development, strategic planning, restructuring of teams and evaluation.
Professional Training/Background
-Relational Leadership Practices
-Diversity Assessment/Management Training
-Developing High Performance Organizations
-Frameworks (public policy marketing)
-Sanctuary Model (SELF care for organizations)
-Master ACES Trainer
-Master Community Resilience Coach
-ToP Facilitation
-Life Coach
-Bush Fellow 2012
-Global Art of Hosting Steward (processes and practices which she uses to create environments for meaningful conversations with individuals and groups).
Education
BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Northern Iowa, 1974
BA in Journalism, University of Northern Iowa, 1974
Further graduate studies in Communication
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