About Dr.Tara
Dr. Tara Phelps-Jones Bio
Dr. Tara Phelps is a native of Forest, Virginia where she grew up in a tight-knit family. Upon
graduating from Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina, she completed her Masters Degree at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. She completed her Doctorate of Education (Ed. D.) in Organizational Leadership at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion,Indiana.
Dr. Phelps-Jones is a results-oriented, consensus-builder, highly motivated professional with over 25 years of experience with the Government service. Her career in the government has afforded her the opportunity to travel to vast parts of the United States and throughout Europe. Her areas of expertise include conflict resolution, servant leadership, transformational leadership, emotional intelligence, and organizational leadership. Dr. Phelps-Jones’s dedication to service and excellence makes her an invaluable asset.
In addition to her dissertation, An Examination of organizational Trust, interpersonal Trust and Gender in a Religious Organization in the Midwest Region of the United States, Dr.Phelps-Jones co-authored a devotional entitled, Fit for Your Future. Her books, Lessons from the Dirt Road: Moving from Embarrassment to Empowerment and A Psalm of Sandra is currently being published.
She is an ordained minister and leads the Midwestern District Council Missionary and
Christian Women’s Auxiliary, 12th Episcopal District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the
World, fifty-seven churches. Dr. Phelps-Jones is the founder of Sisters Who Excel Every Time (SWEET), an organization created to encourage, inspire and empower women in the field of leadership. She is the founder of Ladies in Leadership Mentoring Program. She serves as a midwife to women who are pregnant with vision and potential.
”Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who are we?
S.W.E.E.T. is an organization created to help develop women in the area of organizational leadership. The original purpose of S.W.E.E.T. was to provide women in the local churches with the opportunity to preach, teach, and expound on the word of God through monthly fellowship meetings. Many women use these opportunities to strengthen their oral communication skills, delve deeper into the word of God and perfect the calling God has on their lives. S.W.E.E.T has expanded its mission to include teaching, training, and mentoring to women in different sectors to include government, corporate, private organizations, and academic institutions.
