CANDIDATE PROFILE
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My personal and life assignment is that I build influential people who change the world and live out the Gospel practically. There is something to the practicality of living our whole lives for Jesus in a way that is not weird or spooky, and the entire world taking note. I work and live for God! My calling is to empower others to win in their God-given assignment in the earth. Everyday I wake up with purpose and destiny in mind as I mentor, coach, train, teach, serve, pray for, preach to, and cheer on others.
ASSESSMENTS
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Enneagram:
8, Challenger 1, Reformer 2, Helper |
Strengths Finder:
Achiever Includer Learner Responsibility Arranger |
Working Genius:
Genius-Galvanzing & Invention Competency-Discernment & Tenacity Frustration-Enablement & Wonder |
FULL RESUME
Deanna Michelle Stokes, Ed.D.
213 Moore St.
Thomasville, NC 27360
https://linktr.ee/deestokes
(336) 561-0077
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEDAVIDSON-DAVIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Thomasville, NC Nov. 1, 2023-Present
Director, Small Business Center
● Manage the resources of the Small Business Center to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased
productivity, and economic development in small businesses and prospective businesses in Davidson and
Davie Counties
● Establish and maintain relationships with community leaders and chamber of commerce presidents
● Provide counseling, seminars, and events for small business owners
● Coordinate with the NC State Small Business Center Network in monitoring progress, for accountability,
and reporting
● Represent the college at community events to promote the Small Business Center and the College
● Establishing an annual Young (19 and under) Entrepreneurs Summit {YES}
● Encourage small business use of the Davie Education Center
● Manage use of state funding
LUTHER SEMINARY, St. Paul, MN 2020-Present
Director of The Seeds Project for FAITH + LEAD 2022-Present
● Provide strategic oversight to the Seeds Project and fellowship learning community in collaboration with
Seeds Project team members and the VP of Innovation, with an eye toward multiplication of impact and
long-term sustainability
● Manage the day-to-day operations of the Seeds Project, including designing trainings, tending the
recruitment and retention of participants, overseeing the project budget, and working with team
contributors
● Shepherd the development of the Seeds platform to scale for impact in reaching ministry entrepreneurs
● Manage a $392K budget with 8 direct reports
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
● Cultivate and maintain an environment of ongoing experimentation, adaptation, and learning, with regular
assessment and feedback loops on project goals, impact, and participant experience
● Serve as soul care coordinator for a small group from cohort one of the MDivX pilot Faith+Lead learning
community
● Contribute to the design and development of Faith+Lead Academy module courses and resources
● Serve as a member of the Innovation Leadership Team
● Created and administered surveys in Qualtrics
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
Project Manager for Spiritual Needs Assessment Tool 2022-Present
● Develop a spiritual needs assessment tool
● Work closely with Director of Institutional Effectiveness and VP of Innovation as well as outside
consultants
● Assessment tool is to be administered across a broad audience of everyday disciples and leaders
The Seeds Fellowship Coach/Mentor, Co-Curriculum Developer 2020-2021 (Consultant/Contractor)
● Contractor & Team member of the 2021 Seeds Project Fellowship, a 12-month fellowship accelerator of
two cohorts of 24 total innovators relating, accelerating, and sharing the difference Jesus makes in everyday
life
● The fellowship was designed to use the design thinking process
● Provide input and advice on the overall direction of the project
● Develop and provide mentoring/coaching to fellowship participants
● Co-Curriculum Developer
● Project Management: Visionary, Director, Organizer, and Co-Host for the June Webinar entitled ROOTED:
Innovators Planting Seeds for the Harvest (a virtual Church Planting Webinar)
● Creator and teacher for a Bias and Burnout course on the Faith + Lead platform
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
STOKES CONSULTING, LLC, Thomasville, NC 2019-Present
Owner and Lead Consultant for a firm focused on leadership development, cultural intelligence and other training
options for athletic coaches, athletic departments, churches, denominations, businesses, and educational institutions.
● Areas of focus include Cultural Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, Transformational
Leadership, and Unconscious Bias
● Work closely with diverse multicultural/multiethnic teams and organizations
● Conduct Webinars/Workshops
● Life Coaching
● Clients include universities in the US, Cuba, and Peru, seminaries, private businesses, denominations, other
ministries, and organizations
THOMASVILLE CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, Thomasville, NC, 2018-2021
Board Member
● Provided every student with the opportunity to receive a sound basic education
● Provided leadership and direction through the formulation of goals and objectives, especially in defining
and setting high academic standards for student success
● Created policies that established standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the
school system
● Helped ensure legal compliance of board and school system functions
● Performed judicial functions by conducting hearings as appropriate or as required by law regarding
decisions of school system personnel or the board
● Advised, counseled and evaluated the Superintendent
● Considered & adopted the approximate $28 million budget recommended by the superintendent for
presentation to the county commissioners
● Advocated for the school system, employees and especially for students in all interactions with other
governmental entities and the public
FRESH EXPRESSIONS US, Richmond, VA 2018-2021
Trainer 2018-2021
Director of Cultural Intelligence 2020-2021
Director of Future Church Convocation (FCC): Energizing Mission through the Lens of the Black Church
2021
● Developed Cultural Intelligence training and resources
● Helped facilitate Pioneer Learning Communities
● Recruit others and help deploy resources
● Network with leaders, churches, and denominations
● Participate in overall development of a more multiethnic/multicultural effort for Fresh Expressions
● Project Management: Visionary, Director, Organizer, and Host of the FCC
SUNSET CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, Miami, FL 2014-2015
Interim Principal
● Member of executive leadership staff for school and church
● Inherited a school with a $300,000 + deficit; helped manage a $1.3 Million budget
● Successfully implemented strategies/policies to improve overall administrative operations and increased
communication with parents
● Passionately and successfully ministered to faculty, students, and staff to empower them to be all that God
created them to be
● Inherited a faculty of only 33% certified teachers and increased that number to 100% certified teachers
● Successful fundraising campaign
● Integrated parents in student learning and activities throughout the year
● Also served on teaching/preaching team of the church
DEE STOKES MINISTRIES, INC., Orlando, FL 2009-Present
Founder, President/CEO
● Non-profit, cross-cultural global ministry involved in preaching, teaching, training, missions and
discipleship.
● Work closely with diverse multicultural/multiethnic teams and organizations
● Ministered in the U.S., Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Scotland, Philippines, and Cayman Islands
● Established personal pastoral ministry to collegiate sport coaches
● Organize and manage all aspects of the ministry including website, fundraising, finances, contract
negotiations, board/advisor selections, board meetings, all ministry paperwork, storage of documents, and
office equipment and supplies
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
RELIANT MISSION 2022-Present
Board Member
● Make strategic decisions that advance Reliant’s vision to empower its ministry partners & mobilize
missionaries globally
● Carry out fiduciary responsibilities in an objective, unselfish, honest, trustworthy, and efficient manner
● Carry out fiduciary responsibilities that lead to a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal
governance and financial management policies for an approximately $50 million budget
● Support and supervise the President & CEO
NC EAST DISTRICT OF THE WESLEYAN CHURCH 2021-2023
Director of Multicultural Ministry
● Serve as a resource for district pastors and administrators
● Ex-officio member of the District Board of Administration
● Provide support and resources for district pastors concerning culture and multiculturalism
CHRIST WESLEYAN CHURCH 2020-Present
Assistant Pastor/Teaching and Preaching
● Member of the teaching/preaching team
● Consultant/Advisor for Lead Pastor
● Other ministry duties as assigned
EMMANUEL WESLEYAN CHURCH, Roanoke, VA Oct. 2019-Feb. 2020
Teaching Team Member
• Preached on the preaching schedule rotation for a few months before the Senior Pastor resigned and
transitioned to another district
UNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Thomasville, NC 2017-2019
Senior Pastor 2018-2019
● Engaged weekly in worship planning and Biblical preaching/teaching
● Engaged in all aspects of administration and developed systems and procedures for practical
implementation
● Facilitated sale of parsonage
● Facilitated the partnership with the United Methodist Foundation to invest church funds for future use
Connections and Formation Pastor 2017-2018
● Established Unity Leadership Institute and taught classes on Spiritual Formation, Revelation, Praying
Scripture, Hearing God’s Voice, and How to Study the Bible
● Spiritual Formation Coordinator to ensure congregants and community engage in forming a deeper
relationship with Christ
● Wrote and received grants for community missional engagement
● Engaged in leadership development and all aspects of administration
● Established Unity Community: A collaborative effort with organizations in the city to share space in the
Unity UMC building and empower citizens
● Established 4th Tuesdays: A fresh expression of church within the city to empower citizens, bring the
kingdom of God to life in the city, and BE community
LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHRISTIAN TABERNACLE, Stockbridge, GA 2015-2017
Ministry Advisor
• Engaged in preaching and teaching
• Had pastoral oversight for several ministry leaders
• Participated in the prison ministry
• Assisted with assimilation and intake
• Provided preaching coverage for multi-site locations
• Ministry leader for media/television ministry to include:
● Scheduling and working with volunteers
● Coordinated TV broadcast schedule
● Communicated regularly with TV broadcast editor on what to air on the weekly telecast
● Uploaded, organized, and filed preached messages into database
● Co-directed video shoots
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Belhaven University, School of Business Online Sports Administration and
Leadership Graduate Programs 2016-Present
● School of Education Dissertation Committee Member
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Ohio University, Online Graduate Coaching Education (COED) Program in
the Patton College of Education Department of Recreation and Sport Pedagogy 2012-2017
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Bridges Christian College, Online 2014
FACULTY, Faith Assembly of God/Faith Christian Academy, Orlando, FL 2011-2013
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, College of Education, Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL 2010-2011
LECTURER, Department of Human Performance and Sport Sciences, Winston-Salem State University,
Winston-Salem, NC Summer 2006-Spring 2009
LECTURER, Department of Health and Physical Education, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Spring
2006
UNIVERSITY COACHING EXPERIENCE
Head or Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach from 1993-2011 for University of Alabama-Birmingham,
Murray State University, Texas A&M University, University of Nebraska, East Carolina University,
Winthrop University, Winston-Salem State University, and Southeastern University
● 2001 World University Games gold medal team Assistant Coach (China)
COMMUNITY SERVICE/ INSTITUTION COMMITTEES/BOARDS PAST & PRESENT
2020 Leadership Davidson County (NC) Participant
Board of Directors, UNC Charlotte Alumni Association
Board of Directors, Thomasville Novant Health Hospital Foundation
Member, Thomasville City Schools Board of Education
Member, Rotary of Thomasville, NC
Board of Directors, Triad Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Board of Directors, Family Services of Davidson County
Member, Thomasville Multicultural Committee
Member, NHCLC Faith and Education Coalition Leadership Advisory Council
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Quality Enhancement Plan Marketing Committee,
Southeastern University
New Faculty Committee, Southeastern University
Habitat for Humanity volunteer & donor
Board of Directors, Piedmont Chamber Singers, Winston Salem
Student-Athlete Academic Committee, Winston-Salem State University
Member, Shades Mountain Sunrise Rotary, Birmingham, AL
Board of Directors, Greenville, NC Noon Rotary
Member, Greenville, NC Noon Rotary, Paul Harris Fellow
Board of Directors, Students and Athletes for Christ
East Carolina University Committee on the status of women-appointed by the Chancellor
EDUCATION
Ed.D. Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
Dissertation: Exploring the relationship between cultural intelligence, transformational leadership, and
burnout in doctorate of education students.
Ed.S. Education Specialist, Educational Leadership
(Graduate with Distinction)
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
MBTF Master of Biblical and Theological Foundations
Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY
MPA Master of Public Administration
DeVry University, Oakbrook, IL
B.A. Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
University of South Florida
Cultural Intelligence Certified Facilitator
Cultural Intelligence Center
Certificate, Theology and Ministry
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
CQ Your Bias: Use Cultural Intelligence to Manage Bias Workshop
Cultural Intelligence Center
Developing CQ: Working Effectively Across Cultures Workshop
Cultural Intelligence Center
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Stokes, D. (2022). Cultural Competence Workbook: The key to loving one’s neighbor. DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D. M. (2017). Break the box: A message of hope and inspiration (volume one). DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D.M. (2017). Break the box: A message of hope and inspiration (volume two). DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D.M., & Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. (2014). Cultural intelligence, transformational leadership, &
burnout: The 21st Century leader’s playbook for understanding the relationship between CQ, TL,
and Burnout. Lap Lambert.
Stokes, D.M. (2014). 21st Century Leadership. Publisher: Author.
Stokes, D.M. (2010). Experiencing GRACE: One woman’s yearlong journey with God after the death of
her mother. 220 Publishing.
Stokes, D.M. (2009). “Sideline MVP.” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball. Chicken Soup for the
Soul.
213 Moore St.
Thomasville, NC 27360
https://linktr.ee/deestokes
(336) 561-0077
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEDAVIDSON-DAVIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Thomasville, NC Nov. 1, 2023-Present
Director, Small Business Center
● Manage the resources of the Small Business Center to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased
productivity, and economic development in small businesses and prospective businesses in Davidson and
Davie Counties
● Establish and maintain relationships with community leaders and chamber of commerce presidents
● Provide counseling, seminars, and events for small business owners
● Coordinate with the NC State Small Business Center Network in monitoring progress, for accountability,
and reporting
● Represent the college at community events to promote the Small Business Center and the College
● Establishing an annual Young (19 and under) Entrepreneurs Summit {YES}
● Encourage small business use of the Davie Education Center
● Manage use of state funding
LUTHER SEMINARY, St. Paul, MN 2020-Present
Director of The Seeds Project for FAITH + LEAD 2022-Present
● Provide strategic oversight to the Seeds Project and fellowship learning community in collaboration with
Seeds Project team members and the VP of Innovation, with an eye toward multiplication of impact and
long-term sustainability
● Manage the day-to-day operations of the Seeds Project, including designing trainings, tending the
recruitment and retention of participants, overseeing the project budget, and working with team
contributors
● Shepherd the development of the Seeds platform to scale for impact in reaching ministry entrepreneurs
● Manage a $392K budget with 8 direct reports
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
● Cultivate and maintain an environment of ongoing experimentation, adaptation, and learning, with regular
assessment and feedback loops on project goals, impact, and participant experience
● Serve as soul care coordinator for a small group from cohort one of the MDivX pilot Faith+Lead learning
community
● Contribute to the design and development of Faith+Lead Academy module courses and resources
● Serve as a member of the Innovation Leadership Team
● Created and administered surveys in Qualtrics
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
Project Manager for Spiritual Needs Assessment Tool 2022-Present
● Develop a spiritual needs assessment tool
● Work closely with Director of Institutional Effectiveness and VP of Innovation as well as outside
consultants
● Assessment tool is to be administered across a broad audience of everyday disciples and leaders
The Seeds Fellowship Coach/Mentor, Co-Curriculum Developer 2020-2021 (Consultant/Contractor)
● Contractor & Team member of the 2021 Seeds Project Fellowship, a 12-month fellowship accelerator of
two cohorts of 24 total innovators relating, accelerating, and sharing the difference Jesus makes in everyday
life
● The fellowship was designed to use the design thinking process
● Provide input and advice on the overall direction of the project
● Develop and provide mentoring/coaching to fellowship participants
● Co-Curriculum Developer
● Project Management: Visionary, Director, Organizer, and Co-Host for the June Webinar entitled ROOTED:
Innovators Planting Seeds for the Harvest (a virtual Church Planting Webinar)
● Creator and teacher for a Bias and Burnout course on the Faith + Lead platform
● Plan and implement design thinking spirit-led retreats
STOKES CONSULTING, LLC, Thomasville, NC 2019-Present
Owner and Lead Consultant for a firm focused on leadership development, cultural intelligence and other training
options for athletic coaches, athletic departments, churches, denominations, businesses, and educational institutions.
● Areas of focus include Cultural Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, Transformational
Leadership, and Unconscious Bias
● Work closely with diverse multicultural/multiethnic teams and organizations
● Conduct Webinars/Workshops
● Life Coaching
● Clients include universities in the US, Cuba, and Peru, seminaries, private businesses, denominations, other
ministries, and organizations
THOMASVILLE CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, Thomasville, NC, 2018-2021
Board Member
● Provided every student with the opportunity to receive a sound basic education
● Provided leadership and direction through the formulation of goals and objectives, especially in defining
and setting high academic standards for student success
● Created policies that established standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the
school system
● Helped ensure legal compliance of board and school system functions
● Performed judicial functions by conducting hearings as appropriate or as required by law regarding
decisions of school system personnel or the board
● Advised, counseled and evaluated the Superintendent
● Considered & adopted the approximate $28 million budget recommended by the superintendent for
presentation to the county commissioners
● Advocated for the school system, employees and especially for students in all interactions with other
governmental entities and the public
FRESH EXPRESSIONS US, Richmond, VA 2018-2021
Trainer 2018-2021
Director of Cultural Intelligence 2020-2021
Director of Future Church Convocation (FCC): Energizing Mission through the Lens of the Black Church
2021
● Developed Cultural Intelligence training and resources
● Helped facilitate Pioneer Learning Communities
● Recruit others and help deploy resources
● Network with leaders, churches, and denominations
● Participate in overall development of a more multiethnic/multicultural effort for Fresh Expressions
● Project Management: Visionary, Director, Organizer, and Host of the FCC
SUNSET CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, Miami, FL 2014-2015
Interim Principal
● Member of executive leadership staff for school and church
● Inherited a school with a $300,000 + deficit; helped manage a $1.3 Million budget
● Successfully implemented strategies/policies to improve overall administrative operations and increased
communication with parents
● Passionately and successfully ministered to faculty, students, and staff to empower them to be all that God
created them to be
● Inherited a faculty of only 33% certified teachers and increased that number to 100% certified teachers
● Successful fundraising campaign
● Integrated parents in student learning and activities throughout the year
● Also served on teaching/preaching team of the church
DEE STOKES MINISTRIES, INC., Orlando, FL 2009-Present
Founder, President/CEO
● Non-profit, cross-cultural global ministry involved in preaching, teaching, training, missions and
discipleship.
● Work closely with diverse multicultural/multiethnic teams and organizations
● Ministered in the U.S., Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Scotland, Philippines, and Cayman Islands
● Established personal pastoral ministry to collegiate sport coaches
● Organize and manage all aspects of the ministry including website, fundraising, finances, contract
negotiations, board/advisor selections, board meetings, all ministry paperwork, storage of documents, and
office equipment and supplies
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
RELIANT MISSION 2022-Present
Board Member
● Make strategic decisions that advance Reliant’s vision to empower its ministry partners & mobilize
missionaries globally
● Carry out fiduciary responsibilities in an objective, unselfish, honest, trustworthy, and efficient manner
● Carry out fiduciary responsibilities that lead to a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal
governance and financial management policies for an approximately $50 million budget
● Support and supervise the President & CEO
NC EAST DISTRICT OF THE WESLEYAN CHURCH 2021-2023
Director of Multicultural Ministry
● Serve as a resource for district pastors and administrators
● Ex-officio member of the District Board of Administration
● Provide support and resources for district pastors concerning culture and multiculturalism
CHRIST WESLEYAN CHURCH 2020-Present
Assistant Pastor/Teaching and Preaching
● Member of the teaching/preaching team
● Consultant/Advisor for Lead Pastor
● Other ministry duties as assigned
EMMANUEL WESLEYAN CHURCH, Roanoke, VA Oct. 2019-Feb. 2020
Teaching Team Member
• Preached on the preaching schedule rotation for a few months before the Senior Pastor resigned and
transitioned to another district
UNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Thomasville, NC 2017-2019
Senior Pastor 2018-2019
● Engaged weekly in worship planning and Biblical preaching/teaching
● Engaged in all aspects of administration and developed systems and procedures for practical
implementation
● Facilitated sale of parsonage
● Facilitated the partnership with the United Methodist Foundation to invest church funds for future use
Connections and Formation Pastor 2017-2018
● Established Unity Leadership Institute and taught classes on Spiritual Formation, Revelation, Praying
Scripture, Hearing God’s Voice, and How to Study the Bible
● Spiritual Formation Coordinator to ensure congregants and community engage in forming a deeper
relationship with Christ
● Wrote and received grants for community missional engagement
● Engaged in leadership development and all aspects of administration
● Established Unity Community: A collaborative effort with organizations in the city to share space in the
Unity UMC building and empower citizens
● Established 4th Tuesdays: A fresh expression of church within the city to empower citizens, bring the
kingdom of God to life in the city, and BE community
LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHRISTIAN TABERNACLE, Stockbridge, GA 2015-2017
Ministry Advisor
• Engaged in preaching and teaching
• Had pastoral oversight for several ministry leaders
• Participated in the prison ministry
• Assisted with assimilation and intake
• Provided preaching coverage for multi-site locations
• Ministry leader for media/television ministry to include:
● Scheduling and working with volunteers
● Coordinated TV broadcast schedule
● Communicated regularly with TV broadcast editor on what to air on the weekly telecast
● Uploaded, organized, and filed preached messages into database
● Co-directed video shoots
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Belhaven University, School of Business Online Sports Administration and
Leadership Graduate Programs 2016-Present
● School of Education Dissertation Committee Member
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Ohio University, Online Graduate Coaching Education (COED) Program in
the Patton College of Education Department of Recreation and Sport Pedagogy 2012-2017
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Bridges Christian College, Online 2014
FACULTY, Faith Assembly of God/Faith Christian Academy, Orlando, FL 2011-2013
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, College of Education, Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL 2010-2011
LECTURER, Department of Human Performance and Sport Sciences, Winston-Salem State University,
Winston-Salem, NC Summer 2006-Spring 2009
LECTURER, Department of Health and Physical Education, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Spring
2006
UNIVERSITY COACHING EXPERIENCE
Head or Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach from 1993-2011 for University of Alabama-Birmingham,
Murray State University, Texas A&M University, University of Nebraska, East Carolina University,
Winthrop University, Winston-Salem State University, and Southeastern University
● 2001 World University Games gold medal team Assistant Coach (China)
COMMUNITY SERVICE/ INSTITUTION COMMITTEES/BOARDS PAST & PRESENT
2020 Leadership Davidson County (NC) Participant
Board of Directors, UNC Charlotte Alumni Association
Board of Directors, Thomasville Novant Health Hospital Foundation
Member, Thomasville City Schools Board of Education
Member, Rotary of Thomasville, NC
Board of Directors, Triad Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Board of Directors, Family Services of Davidson County
Member, Thomasville Multicultural Committee
Member, NHCLC Faith and Education Coalition Leadership Advisory Council
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Quality Enhancement Plan Marketing Committee,
Southeastern University
New Faculty Committee, Southeastern University
Habitat for Humanity volunteer & donor
Board of Directors, Piedmont Chamber Singers, Winston Salem
Student-Athlete Academic Committee, Winston-Salem State University
Member, Shades Mountain Sunrise Rotary, Birmingham, AL
Board of Directors, Greenville, NC Noon Rotary
Member, Greenville, NC Noon Rotary, Paul Harris Fellow
Board of Directors, Students and Athletes for Christ
East Carolina University Committee on the status of women-appointed by the Chancellor
EDUCATION
Ed.D. Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
Dissertation: Exploring the relationship between cultural intelligence, transformational leadership, and
burnout in doctorate of education students.
Ed.S. Education Specialist, Educational Leadership
(Graduate with Distinction)
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
MBTF Master of Biblical and Theological Foundations
Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY
MPA Master of Public Administration
DeVry University, Oakbrook, IL
B.A. Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
University of South Florida
Cultural Intelligence Certified Facilitator
Cultural Intelligence Center
Certificate, Theology and Ministry
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
CQ Your Bias: Use Cultural Intelligence to Manage Bias Workshop
Cultural Intelligence Center
Developing CQ: Working Effectively Across Cultures Workshop
Cultural Intelligence Center
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Stokes, D. (2022). Cultural Competence Workbook: The key to loving one’s neighbor. DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D. M. (2017). Break the box: A message of hope and inspiration (volume one). DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D.M. (2017). Break the box: A message of hope and inspiration (volume two). DSM Kingdom
Publishers.
Stokes, D.M., & Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. (2014). Cultural intelligence, transformational leadership, &
burnout: The 21st Century leader’s playbook for understanding the relationship between CQ, TL,
and Burnout. Lap Lambert.
Stokes, D.M. (2014). 21st Century Leadership. Publisher: Author.
Stokes, D.M. (2010). Experiencing GRACE: One woman’s yearlong journey with God after the death of
her mother. 220 Publishing.
Stokes, D.M. (2009). “Sideline MVP.” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball. Chicken Soup for the
Soul.
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Understanding, Exploring, and Managing Bias and Burnout (On-Demand Course)
Starting a Fresh Expression of Church (On-Demand Course)
Exploring the Relationship Between Cultural Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, and Burnout in Doctorate of Education Students (Doctoral Dissertation)
The "Layman" who Rebuilt Jerusalem
Why did Joseph's Brothers not Recognize Him
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman as a Fresh Expression of Church
Reaching Minority Neighborhoods with Fresh Expressions
This Year, Take up Your Mantle
Many Pastors Don't Understand the Culture and it's Costing Them
Starting a Fresh Expression of Church (On-Demand Course)
Exploring the Relationship Between Cultural Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, and Burnout in Doctorate of Education Students (Doctoral Dissertation)
The "Layman" who Rebuilt Jerusalem
Why did Joseph's Brothers not Recognize Him
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman as a Fresh Expression of Church
Reaching Minority Neighborhoods with Fresh Expressions
This Year, Take up Your Mantle
Many Pastors Don't Understand the Culture and it's Costing Them
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