About | Eileen Pippins

   Eileen Pippins, M.A. is a Learning Organizational Development (LD/OD) Specialist, educator, and dynamic facilitator. With over 15 years of learning and program development, implementation and training in higher learning, non-profit and corporate settings, she has lent her talents to organizations and individuals in communications, strategic planning, conflict management, change management, community engagement, and social justice. She is a Communication Studies professor teaching courses in interpersonal communication, group dynamics, and intercultural communication. She is also a Doctoral Candidate in Organizational Psychology, studying employee engagement and various Organizational Development frameworks. As a facilitator, she has worked with non-profits, city and county agencies, and affinity groups. Some highlights of her work include Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for Black/African Americans in education, foster care advocacy, formally incarcerated populations, military personnel, faith-based organizations, NGOs, and more. Eileen brings focused and exciting energy in the work she does as a change agent.

   An Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area native, Eileen has found her work wrapped around human services to support marginalized communities so close to home. She is passionate about supporting people in their communication to get what they need to get things done. She has effectively facilitated difficult conversations in groups through social justice capacities including education, housing and displacement, health advocacy, civic engagement, and equity in criminal justice. Her work also includes international explorations on communities in Ghana, Jamaica, Cuba and Brazil. Her motto for working with people, whether in groups or individuals is centered in the belief that "You can't do the work and not be the work."