Monique A. J. Smith
Monique AJ Smith, a Veteran Athletics Administrator with over 30 years of experience, launched her consulting business Seeds of Empowerment ® LLC full-time March 2013. Smith has been conducting workshops for youth, women, educational and corporate organizations as well as senior citizens since 2005. The B.O.S.S. Network has listed Seeds of Empowerment® as one of 50 businesses to watch. For more than 22 years she has provided consultation on Title IX, NCAA compliance, and rules education as well as served on several NCAA Committees. For 2 years she served as consultant to the NCAA Leadership Development Department by conducting campus and conference workshops for student-athletes and athletic administrators. Topics for student-athletes have been DiSC, Step-Up Bystander Intervention, Networking, and Emotional Intelligence. Staff Retreats ranged from half-day DiSC assessments to full day retreats on How to rejuvenateyour staff and to How to Reach and Repeat Success. Smith is an accomplished Sports Management Professional with a13 year tenure as athletic conference executive for the historic Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). She has served in various athletic administrative roles on college campuses. Monique also hosts the nationally recognized weekly podcast “A Chat in the Garden® with Monique A.J. Smith” where women in Higher Ed, specifically Athletic Administration are spotlighted. The listener base has grown to over 1.5K private Facebook members.
