Stefanie Adams
Chief Empowerment Officer-WNY People Development
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Stefanie Adams is a facilitator, keynote speaker, university instructor, former elected official, wife, and mother; for those who know her best, she is "Cheerleader Stef", which personifies her personality and leadership style. She has over 20 years experience leading and training in corporate, non-profit, and educational settings. She earned an M.Ed. in Multicultural Education in 2008.
In early 2020, Stefanie launched WNY People Development. In her role as Chief Empowerment Officer, she provides leadership training, coaching, and keynote presentations to grow the next generation of leaders. Her main areas of expertise are building high impact teams, first time/front line manager development, and engaging multigenerational workforces with a focus on millennial and Gen Z employees. Her facilitation style is interactive, full of movement, laughter, learning, and occasionally includes pom poms.
Stefanie has worked as an organizational consultant for Johns Hopkins University School of Education (Baltimore, MD), and served as the Director of Customized Training for Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington, NC). Before starting her own company, she led the corporate training function at CastleBranch (Wilmington, NC).
Through WNY People Development, Stefanie has developed and facilitated leadership solutions for clients in varied industries including construction, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, human resources, manufacturing, municipalities, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and non-profit management. Her clients include Association Executives of NC, City of Wilmington (NC), Embassy Suites, HC Beauty, New Hanover County Schools, NC Realtors Association, NC SHRM, Port City Java, Resilience, UNCW, and Waffle House.
Her professional affiliations include SHRM, the Lower Cape Fear Human Resource Association, the Wilmington (NC) Chamber of Commerce, and Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern NC and she was nominated as a YWCA Woman of Achievement in 2022 for her service as School Board Chair during the covid pandemic.
In her personal life, Stefanie's days are fueled by coffee, chocolate, yoga, new challenges, and building relationships; her passions are developing others, serving the community, the beach, Philly sports, travel, managing the chaos that comes with life, and kitchen dancing.
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SOAHR 2024 - SHRM-Atlanta's Annual Conference Sessionize Event
HC Beauty: Unlimited Unleashed
"Mental Health Matters"
Thriving Women's Conference
"CheerLEADERship: Find Your Squad Power"
NC SHRM: Making Waves in HR
"Feedback and Coaching for High Impact Teams"
Embassy Suites: Customer Appreciation Event
"Creating Positive Work Spaces"
WNCHRA: Monthly Meeting
"Leading Across Generations"
NC Realtors Association: Vision Quest
"CheerLEADERship"
Women's Council of Realtors (Azalea Coast): Inaugural Meeting
"Why Not You?"
NC SHRM: State Leadership Conference
"Reset and Recharge"
AENC: Annual Meeting
"The Power of Cheer"
NC Government Finance Officers Association: Annual Conference
"Leading Across Generations"
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