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Rev. Ronnie Roll
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My Journey
Why I Do What I Do.
My life has been a hero’s journey of learning what Love is, what’s it’s not, and my Super Power is teaching others how to Love, and celebrating it with them. Having a lot of personal experience with victimization in my earlier years at school, home and in the workplace taught me a myriad of things about why people hurt others, how to not only survive in that, but also how to thrive by taking those gifts and putting them to work for me in other ways.
In 1999 I was struck by lighting while standing inside my home. Yes, it really happened. After that I started having visions of where my life was going to go, what I needed to do to get there, and who was going to help me do it. They say when the student is ready, the teacher will come, and several did for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each and every one of them.
That path led me to leave the sales training/motivational speaking/strategic consulting work behind while I returned back to school, became certified in conflict resolution, certified in diversity, equity, engagement & inclusion and picked up a few other skills along the way.
2020 is the year. This is the year where Spirit At Work is being born. It’s time to take all my skills, bring them together, and step boldly back out into the world to help create more loving work environments for us all. Given we spend more hours with our co-workers than we probably do with our own families, we really need to improve those environments and relationships, often with people who are not of our own choosing.
Diversity has been redefined now to refer to any time we have two people who bring different experiences or viewpoints to the table. That means an even bigger focus on mutual understanding, conflict resolution and acceptance of our differences than ever before.
Who better to do that work than an interfaith minister/mediator/certified DEI specialist with experience at all levels from employee to entrepreneur?
In 1999 I was struck by lighting while standing inside my home. Yes, it really happened. After that I started having visions of where my life was going to go, what I needed to do to get there, and who was going to help me do it. They say when the student is ready, the teacher will come, and several did for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each and every one of them.
That path led me to leave the sales training/motivational speaking/strategic consulting work behind while I returned back to school, became certified in conflict resolution, certified in diversity, equity, engagement & inclusion and picked up a few other skills along the way.
2020 is the year. This is the year where Spirit At Work is being born. It’s time to take all my skills, bring them together, and step boldly back out into the world to help create more loving work environments for us all. Given we spend more hours with our co-workers than we probably do with our own families, we really need to improve those environments and relationships, often with people who are not of our own choosing.
Diversity has been redefined now to refer to any time we have two people who bring different experiences or viewpoints to the table. That means an even bigger focus on mutual understanding, conflict resolution and acceptance of our differences than ever before.
Who better to do that work than an interfaith minister/mediator/certified DEI specialist with experience at all levels from employee to entrepreneur?
The Boring Stuff.
Education
Work Experience
Accomplishments
- Currently enrolled in a Diversity and Bias certification program through Cornell University. Graduation will happen in October, 2020
- Ordained as an Interfaith Minister at the Riverside Church in New York City, NY through The New Seminary in 2010
- Certification in Conflict Resolution Studies in 2008 from Hamline Law School in St. Paul, MN
- Bachelor of Arts with double minors in Adult Training & Development and also Religious Studies in 2006 from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN
Work Experience
- Experience in multiple industries including law, real estate management, advertising, manufacturing, bookkeeping, sales training and marketing.
- Hiring & supervision of 35 employees simultaneously
- Decades starting up businesses for myself and others and running them
- Created and organized an architectural design firm that grossed six figures its first year in business
- Developed and conducted training seminars and programs for Fortune 100 companies and small businesses alike
- Three years working in employment law at a legal assistant/paralegal level
- Served on multiple boards, including A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy, National Speakers Association-Iowa Chapter, Conflict Resolution Minnesota, Eau Claire County Crime Stoppers, and Polka Dot Powerhouse Membership Advisory Board
- Currently serving on Polka Dot Powerhouse's International Diversity Committee.
Accomplishments
- Published Author, writer, columnist
- American Business Ethics Award Finalist in 2000
- Created and ran a 501(c)3 organized to help budding entrepreneurs conceive, develop, launch and run their own small business.
- Repeatedly #1 in sales while working in multiple industries over the years
- Broke performance records held for over 30 years in an organization
- Was known as "The Respect Lady" on the speaking circuit
- Interviewed on over 2000 radio stations around the world
- Wrote and recorded a series of public service announcements over the course of 2.5 years that were aired on two radio stations to help prevent teen suicide
- Guest lecturer at several law schools, law associations and conflict resolution conferences regarding conflict resolution in virtual worlds
- Currently serving on the Diversity Committee for Polka Dot Powerhouse, an international connection company for women.
