Dr. Chinasa Elue

CCE Guest Presenter

Ted-X Speaker | Keynote Speaker | Award-Winning Professor | Grief Coach

Dr. Chinasa Elue is an award-winning professor, TEDx speaker, grief coach, and CEO & Founder of True Titans Consulting Group. Her work centers on creating spaces for authentic conversations about grief to foster more holistic and compassionate support in our communities. Through her grief coaching practice, she walks alongside individuals navigating loss, helping them move forward with empathy and care.

She also is the host of the Grieving in Color Podcast, where she explores the many ways grief shapes our daily lives. In her academic role, Dr. Elue serves as a Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Kennesaw State University. Her research focuses on grief leadership, trauma-informed leadership practices in organizational settings, and the well-being of historically marginalized and underrepresented populations. Dr. Elue’s expertise has been featured in USA Today, Better Homes and Gardens, the Journal of Higher Education, the Journal of Negro Education, the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, and other outlets. In addition to her scholarship and coaching, she serves on the advisory board of Students Without Mothers, a non-profit that empowers high school students without mothers to pursue higher education.

She resides in Atlanta, GA, with her family, where she continues to weave together her passions for research, coaching, and advocacy to create spaces of healing and transformation.