Tameka L. Taylor, Ph.D., CDE

Tameka L. Taylor, Ph.D., CDE is the president of Compass Consulting Services, LLC and has served in that capacity since 2013.  Initially, after co-founding and serving as one of the two Partners and Founders of the organization for almost the first five years of the company’s history.  Prior to this, she worked at The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio (formerly NCCJ) where she served the organization for 14 years and her last years as Vice President & Director of Leadership Development. 

She earned her undergraduate degree from Baldwin-Wallace University, her Master’s Degrees from Bowling Green State University, and her Ph.D. from Kent State University.  Tameka has also completed the Executive Coaching Certification from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management.  She is certified in the Hogan Personality Inventory Assessment.  She is also a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE).  She has been licensed by the American Medical Association (AMA) as a Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit (C-CAT) vendor-consultant. Dr. Taylor has participated in the Equal Employment Opportunity Academy for the State of Ohio and has earned her certification as a General EEO Practitioner.  She is certified as an Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator.  She has an Executive Certification in Diversity Coaching and is working towards the Internationally Federation Coaching Certification.  Prior to joining the staff at The Diversity Center, Dr. Taylor worked in student affairs at Bowling Green State University and University of Mount Union. 

During her time at The Diversity Center, she facilitated discussions on diversity issues (race, religion, socioeconomics and physical ability) for both youth and adults.  Other areas of her expertise are communication, team building, anti-bullying, facilitation skills and conflict management.  She built the In-school programming and Professional Development for the organization.  Dr. Taylor ran the LeadDIVERSITY program.  She oversaw all of the Program initiatives for The Diversity Center.  She helped to start the Middle School program and launched the LeadDIVERSITY Alumni Association. Dr. Taylor also counsels’ students and families at a local high school through the Shaker Youth Center.  In addition, she has also taught graduate level courses at Kent State University and Walsh University.   She currently is teaching a Managing Urban Diversity class and Gender & Leadership Course at Cleveland State University.

Currently, Tameka is involved in several community related diversity committees, organizations, and initiatives.  Tameka is involved with and has served on an ad-hoc committee for the Diversity Professionals Group for the Commission on Economic Inclusion.  Tameka is active on Cleveland State University’s College of Urban Affairs Diversity Council and the Cultural Links Program Committee.   Additionally, she has served as a President Councils’ Scholars Program Mentor.  Since becoming an entrepreneur, she has gotten involved in COSE and Ohio Minority Supplier Diversity Council (OMSDC) where has served on several committees and task forces for both.  Additionally, COSE has identified her as a COSE Network Expert in diversity, conflict management, and leadership.  Tameka is a graduate of the 2010 Emerging Entrepreneur Program through The Presidents’ Council. She graduated from OMSDC’s MBE Academy in 2015.  She is one of the co-chairs for the Diversity Alumni Network (DAN) for Baldwin-Wallace University.  She has graduated from University Circle, Inc’s NextStep Program (Interise) in 2016.  She’s has also graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Cohort 20.  She serves on the following boards:  Friendly Inn Settlement, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter (Co-chair, LEAD), Presidents’ Council Foundation (Secretary), Council of Small Enterprise (COSE), Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) and WomenSafe, Inc. where she has served as the President.

Dr. Taylor has received many awards including: Kaleidoscope Magazine Forty/Forty Club Inductee; The Presidents’ Council Foundation John Bustamante Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award; Legacy Plaza Dedication Honoree, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio; Kaleidoscope Magazine’s Salute to Greater Cleveland’s Entrepreneurs Award of Achievement; Women of Distinction Award from Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio;  College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Inductee Diversity Alumni Award, Kent State University; President’s Distinguished Service Award, Bowling Green State University; Who's Who in Black Cleveland Honoree; Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) 2014 Community Partner Award; Amazing Woman Award, Mt. Zion of Oakwood Village; Good Works Award, Consortium of African American Organizations (CAAO); 2014 Celebration of Heroes Award; 2018 Golden Apple Award, Cleveland State University. She was inducted as a lifetime member into the 2010-2011 Edition of the Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs.  She is a Leadership Cleveland 2014 graduate.

She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.  Dr. Taylor is the proud mother of Andre’ T. Freeman and grandmother.