Strategist | Storyteller
Everyone needs a champion.
Are you done second-guessing your potential—and ready to lead with clarity and conviction?
Do you sense there’s more in you to give, more impact to make, more legacy to build?
Are you committed to growing your brand and business, cultivating a truly diverse workplace, and shaping culture in ways that matter?
It starts with leadership—and the right champion.
Dr. Aerial Ellis is a sought-after consultant and coach — an award-winning communicator recognized globally for her ability to translate vision into action. She helps leaders transform culture, strengthen communication, navigate complexity, deepen belonging, and drive innovation with purpose.
Through insight, strategy, and story, she equips leaders to see what’s possible—and build it.
Allow Dr. Aerial Ellis to be the champion who helps you shape your vision, sharpen your voice, and lead with impact that lasts.
Dr. Ellis really helped me see myself and my goals in a new way.
She guided me in identifying those areas that were uncertain and mediocre and helped to truly develop me. I really felt safe and seen with her. I am a much more effective leader now and have a better view of how to move in excellence.
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Hi, I'm Dr. Aerial Ellis!
I help leaders abandon mediocrity and step fully into excellence—with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
You may be a millennial leader navigating your professional journey, or a seasoned executive leading through complexity while centering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Wherever you are on the path, this season calls for a clearer vision and a stronger champion.
Since launching my first business as a young entrepreneur, my work has been grounded in authenticity, trust, and courageous leadership.
Across boardrooms, classrooms, stages, and global platforms, I’ve helped leaders translate purpose into practice and vision into measurable impact.
Whether you’ve read my work, listened to my podcast, experienced my leadership in the public relations industry, or engaged through my speaking and trainings, you can expect one thing: I will challenge you—and champion you—to rise.
I want you to maximize all that you are called to be.
Let me be your trusted partner as you lead with excellence and leave a legacy that matters.
Ways to Work Together
01. Coaching
Significant leadership doesn’t grow in isolation—it thrives in trusted, strategic relationships.
✔️ A relationship grounded in trust and discretion
✔️ A relationship where you are seen, supported, and appropriately challenged
✔️ A relationship designed to expand your leadership capacity
Most importantly, you need a champion—one who helps you achieve better results with intention and integrity.
I welcome leaders at every stage of their journey.
For those seeking an elevated, concierge-level experience, I offer signature white-glove coaching designed specifically for:
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High-profile public figures
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High net-worth individuals
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First-generation millionaires of color
These exclusive engagements are crafted to protect your vision, sharpen your strategy, and steward your influence with wisdom and care.
02. Consulting
When organizations face complex challenges, progress depends on clarity, courage, and the right guidance.
My company, Advisory 83, is a strategic consultancy specializing in leadership development, strategic planning, communication, coaching, and research anchored in cultural competence.
We partner with organizations to move beyond surface-level solutions toward sustainable, values-driven change.
Our clients include Amazon, Learfield, Microsoft, ICANN, and Teach for America—supporting leaders through training, strategy, executive coaching, and communication that drives measurable impact.
03. Speaking
Meaningful transformation begins with messages that move people—and challenge them to act.
I am a globally sought-after speaker for organizations navigating intergenerational leadership, multicultural dynamics, and cultural change. My work has reached audiences across the United States, China, Europe, and South Africa.
Partners such as Starbucks, the National Urban League, Microsoft, and Jackson National Life have trusted me to engage their leaders with insight, relevance, and purpose.
If your organization is ready for a speaker who informs, inspires, and champions excellence—let’s begin the conversation.
Read My Book
Millennials now represent the dominant force in the U.S. workforce
reshaping how leadership looks, sounds, and succeeds.
The Original Millennial: Lessons of Leadership for the Millennial Generation unpacks the six defining areas every millennial leader must master to lead with credibility, clarity, and confidence in this new era.
This book is both a guide and a call to step into leadership
with intention and influence.
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Ministry + Marketplace
My work is rooted in the belief that leadership is not divided.
A segment of work carries a calling—to merge conviction with competence, faith with influence, and purpose with practice across every space.
Through my YouVersion devotionals, I guide thousands in daily spiritual formation. Follow me on the Bible App.
Through On Assignment, my Substack newsletter, I provide purpose-driven leaders at the intersection of marketplace and ministry with spirit-led insight and strategic guidance through curated series, devotionals, and actionable leadership reflections. Subscribe to my Substack.
Through Black Women Pray, I champion a community of women embracing their calling, deepening their faith, and stepping boldly into leadership in every sphere of life.
My podcast, Affirmations of Excellence, is for those who sense a royal calling on their lives—leaders seeking alignment, encouragement, and excellence as they steward what God has entrusted to them.
