Dr. Yulanda Harris is a philanthropist who spent over 30 years in Training & Development and Talent Management working in various industries. She received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership & Management and Master's in Human Resource Management.

Her past accomplishments include creating the landscape and development corporate universities for various organizations. As Chief Organizational Development Officer, she designs, implements, and evaluates change management initiatives, assesses organizational needs, facilitates the organization’s professional development and continuous learning process., Her extensive mentoring and coaching skills allow her to develop and facilitate programs to remove barriers, challenging a team and fostering team management thereby assisting organizations to become immediately resourceful.

Throughout her career she has developed and implemented a wide range of diversity training initiatives along with a portfolio of leadership and professional development classes and workshops. Her development and training on “Work Life Balance” received Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through Detroit Medical Center on behalf of the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation and the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education.

In 2018, Dr. Harris was officially diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum, which was a defining moment as her life would change. As a result, she became a self-advocate and a Certified Neurodiversity Professional. Her company Trainingphase provides consulting services to help organizations improve their corporate structure that works to attract and increase tenure of current and future neurodivergent employees.