Meet Our Team & Collaborators
Dr. Nadira Ramcharan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Nadira Ramcharan is a consultant, trainer, and coach with over a decade of professional experience. She is a high-performing executive with extensive experience in developing the skills and capacity of professionals with a variety of organizations throughout the United States.
Nadira focuses on building partnerships with stakeholders and setting strategies for program, operations, projects and talent management. She supports leaders in creating HR policies and practices to enhance organizational operations and performance. She strongly believes that employees at all levels, regardless of roles and titles, should have access to professional development, opportunities, and career paths to support their professional growth.
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She holds a Doctorate of Business Administration in Leadership from Capella University and an M.B.A. and an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. She also has a B.A. from the City University of New York-Bernard M. Baruch College.
Jessica E. Otunuya, MPA
Chief Operations and Strategy Consultant
Jessica Pulley serves NRNY Consulting, LLC as a consultant/thought partner and collaborator on strategy and operations. Jessica’s expertise lies in strategic organizational planning (OKRs, KPIs, and progress monitoring), talent life cycle strategy (selection, onboarding, career pathing), and operations (policies, procedures, infrastructure and financial planning). Through her work at various organizations, Jessica has mastered the art of ensuring that the right strategies, systems, structures, technologies and procedures exist to ensure optimal organizational performance.
Jessica received her master's degree in Public Administration from CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College and her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Waynesburg University. Currently, Jessica serves as Director of Operations at New York University’s Wasserman Center for Career Development. In this role, Jessica leads a team responsible for program evaluation and assessment, budgeting and finance as well as systems and technology.
Jeanette Knotts, aPHR
Consultant, Human Resources and Advisor to President and CEO
Jeanette serves NRNY Consulting, LLC as an HR Consultant, collaborator, and advisor to the President and CEO, bringing over 5 years of diverse Human Resources experience to the team. Her areas of expertise includes employee handbook development, employee engagement events and programs, and employee lifecycle.
Jeanette has supported clients in a variety of industries including nonprofit, risk management, insurance brokerage, and legal.
Fun facts about Jeanette:
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Earned B.S. in Business Administration and Human Resource Management from SUNY Empire State College
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Has an A.S. Degree in Business Marketing from TCI College of Technology
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Earned aPHR certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI)
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Loves incorporating meditation into her daily routines
Edward Morris, Jr.
Consultant, Program and Strategy
Edward Morris, Jr. serves NRNY Consulting, LLC as a consultant/thought partner and collaborator on program and content design. He is the Founder and President of VisionPort, LLC., which focuses on building capacity (intelligence) of leaders to effectively influence their work, teams, and spheres of operation. VisionPort, LLC. has three essential pathways of impact: Training, Strategy, and Leadership Coaching. One primary arm of VisionPort, LLC. focuses on guiding the design of small business and nonprofit leadership development programming. Ed’s leadership work extends well beyond Visionport, LLC. He is also the Vice President of Programs and Services with Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. BranchED is currently the premiere education nonprofit that represents a national network of high impact educator prep programs at minority serving institutions (MSIs), such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Asian American and Native Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. At BranchED, Ed Morris leads all programs and service provision to maximize the capacity of these MSIs to deliver high quality educator preparation through training and technical assistance.
Previously, he served in multiple Executive Director roles with New Leaders, Inc. (previously New Leaders for New Schools), which has prepared approximately 3,200 K-12 leaders across the country. At New Leaders, Ed was the national Executive Director of the organization’s Instructional Leadership (Program Strategy), Instructional Design (Professional Development), and their flagship program, Aspiring Principals Program (Leadership Program). Ed also led program strategy and professional development for LEAP Innovations, a non-profit focused on personalized learning for K-12 students. Prior to his work in nonprofit, Ed proudly served several years as an accomplished K-8 principal of one of the nation’s first widely recognized turnaround schools and a middle school teacher in Chicago. Ed has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and National Louis University.