Paula Bell 

Paula Bell is the CEO of Paula A Bell Consulting, LLC for 20 years.  She is a coach, consultant, speaker, and author with expertise in the areas of business analysis, project management, leadership, diversity, equity & Inclusion, career development, and self-development.  Through her 5-tier consulting business model, Paula helps individuals find their passion, build their brand, and enhance their skill sets through consultations, coaching, and customizable documentation to drive results.  She desires to inspire, motivate, and encourage others, through a structured journey of self-reflection and awareness as a catalyst for unlimited success.  Paula is a Certified Business Analyst, Certified Master Life Coach, Certified Life Purpose Coach, Certified Goal Success Coach, Certified Happiness Coach, Certified Career Development Coach, Certified Diversity & Inclusion Manager Coach, Licensed Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Administrator, and Forrester Customer Experience (CX) Champion.
 
Paula also possesses 21+ years of experience in corporate America in project roles including business analyst, requirements manager, business initiatives manager, business process quality manager, technical writer, project manager, developer, test lead, and implementation lead. Paula has experience in a variety of industries including media, courts, manufacturing, and financial. She has led multiple highly visible multi-million dollar technology and business projects to create solutions to transform businesses as either a consultant, senior business analyst or manager.
 
Paula is originally from Brooklyn, NY.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Oral Roberts, University located in Tulsa, OK.  Paula is currently married and resides in Iowa with her husband and teenage twins (boy/girl).  Paula is extremely active in her community as she is the Past President of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships to minorities attending Iowa institutions, as well as, volunteers for many different community events.  Paula believes is mind, body, and soul, and to add to the health component,  she studies, and trains, in martial arts and achieved her 3rd-degree black belt designation in June of 2022.  She leverages martial arts concepts to bring forth personal and professional concepts, hence her brand of the BA Martial Artist, as well as, she is a Certified Xtreme Hip Hop™ Step Aerobics & Burn Instructor, and Certified Bounce DanceFit Group Fitness instructor.