Dr. Jo Ann Piña is one of the most acclaimed experts in cross-cultural communication and Executive Presence.  As the daughter of a migrant worker, she’s learned what it takes to be successful in our multicultural business world. 

Dr. Jo works with leaders and women who want to increase their power to influence and persuade their multicultural customers, clients and co-workers.  . 

As a certified Myers-Briggs facilitator, an executive communication coach and cultural facilitator, Dr. Jo has coached numerous leaders to speak more powerfully in public and increase their executive presence, influence and persuasion across cultures.

Dr. Jo is a former professor and counselor at Montgomery College and corporate trainer for Anthony Robbins.  Dr. Jo is currently on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and is the lead facilitator for JHU’s Leadership Development Program.  She is also CEO of her company, InspirAction.

Her book, Getting Across…Your Message, Your Ideas, Your Meaning, presents 15 ways you can influence across cultures and brilliantly bridges the gap between Hispanics and mainstream Anglo Americans.  She is also a contributing author to a cross-cultural book, The SOLVE Communication Method: Working out of the Bamboo Box with Asian Pacific Americans and African, European, Hispanic and Native Americans.