Dawn R. McCoy

Dawn McCoy has written extensively about leadership development, communication skills, community engagement, and governance for more than 20 years. She served as a nonprofit executive and has led several public awareness campaigns.

In 2002, Dawn was elected to the Sacramento City Unified School Board of Trustees, one of the nation's top fifty largest school systems, at age of thirty-three where she sparked renewed school district accountability, spearheaded policy governance, and preserved literacy programs and school libraries.

She holds a bachelor's of science degree in psychology from Howard University and a master of public policy degree from Georgetown University, and is a Connective Leadership Institute certified leadership practitioner.

Debrena Jackson Gandy, national best-selling author of Sacred Pampering Principles and All the Joy You Can Stand, describes Dawn saying, "Dawn has written what I consider to be a leaders handbook that should be required reading."

Pamela Hemann, a renowned women's leadership development advocate says that "Dawn has captured her own wide range of leadership experiences into a concise, well-organized book which transfers her experiences into valuable lessons for others in leadership roles. As she did during her Leadership California involvement, she shares her natural leadership skills."