Althea F. Penn

Dr. Althea Penn is an educational consultant and featured conference speaker. Althea has a passion for children and those who serve them. She has over thirty years of experience in education and early education management serving as a teacher, Children's Ministry leader, and principal. She has earned a doctorate in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in education, two Masters Degrees in Education Administration, certification as an Early Childhood Educator, and the National Administrator Credential. As an educational consultant she has trained thousands of board members, owners, and program directors of preschools and private schools. She has also provided guidance in the accreditation and licensing process for numerous schools.

Althea also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership degree and as an Organization Development Practitioner (ODP) she designs and delivers strategic interventions to organizations interested in creating high performing, inclusive, and culturally effective workplaces. This includes drafting legal documents (articles of incorporation, bylaws, etc.), business plans, grants, handbooks (parent and personnel), administrative forms, websites, brochures, and so forth. Her insight helps achieve long-term, sustainable change by working at all levels of an organization. As a coach, she supports leaders and individuals in discovering and aligning people, performance, and payoffs for results in their personal and professional lives.

She is also a licensed minister and founding member of the Daughters of Sarah, a covenant women's group that meets regularly to cultivate spiritual growth and accountability. She has a passion for seeing women develop in their knowledge of the one who created them and their relationships with others. She promotes spiritual formation and faith development through facilitating discipleship meetings and Bible studies. This well-rounded background equips her to share with women as well as fellow educators via high quality seminars and workshops. She is married to her best friend and high school sweetheart. They are the parents of two beautiful daughters who have also become certified educators. You can usually find her curled up with a book and her grandson.