Leading to build what's next.
Visionary. Connector. Driver. Archietect.
Principal + CEO
Ricka' Berry, MBA is the Founder of genius grace and a former COO, Vice President, and Director of Program Evaluation and Research.. With more than two decades of experience across business, social impact, behavioral health, prevention systems, and national brands, she has built the kind of range that comes from operating inside the work, not only advising it.
At genius grace, she works with executives, founders, corporations, and mission-driven organizations, designing strategy, developing programs, building culture, and partnering through the decisions that define what organizations become.
Practitioner. Researcher. Builder.
Ricka's career spans C-suite operations, business model development, program design, and system-level change. She has led multi-million-dollar portfolios, built national evidence-based programs including CDC-recognized models, and guided organizations through growth, leadership transitions, and cultural transformation.
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Her work with founders has included designing business plans and financial models from the ground up. With executives, aligning human capital and organizational design to the conditions they are actually operating in. With national brands, advising on culture, wellbeing, workforce performance, and leadership identity.
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As a scholar-practitioner, she brings doctoral research in leadership and organizational systems into every engagement. The lens is research-informed, and the practice is grounded in real conditions.
genius grace was built from this integrated perspective. Strategy grounded in humanity, leadership grounded in truth, and systems designed for the work as it actually is.
genius grace philosophy
genius—the strategy, structure, and systems, that move work forward
and grace—the humanity, awareness, and leadership fluency to do it.
