Sage Strategic Advisors, LLC

sage (adjective):
wise, judicious, or prudent: sage advice.

Mission

We help leaders, teams, and organizations develop and achieve equity-centered goals and strategies.

Vision

To inspire generations of leaders and change agents who do their part in creating equitable, inclusive, and just communities that value the humanity and contributions of all.

Founder & CEO

Shayla Herndon-Edmunds
(she/her)

As a wellness professional whose experience spans talent development, operations management, equity and inclusion, and personal care, Shayla helps people awaken, evolve, and thrive. 

Before pivoting to full-time entrepreneurship in 2020, Shayla was the Director of Talent & Culture at Forward Cities and the founding Director of Diversity Education at Wake Forest University. Herndon-Edmunds founded Sage Strategic Advisors, LLC (Sage), leveraging decades of experience working with corporations, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations to create strategies for advancing equity, diversity, inclusion,  and belonging, Sage is helping local and national organizations develop and achieve equity-centered goals. 

She is also the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Oh My Goodness Wellness Bar, a boutique wellness practice that offers therapeutic bodywork services and manufactures natural skincare products inspired by the needs and lived experiences of women of color.