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Women in Leadership Advisory Member

Brenda Alton

Active Term: 05/2025 - 05/2026
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Areas of Expertise

  • Pillars of Positivity
  • Mentoring and Building a Culture of Mentorship
  • Transformational Vs. Transactional Leadership

Director of Community Relations

UPMC

Rev. Dr. Brenda Alton is deeply committed to her faith and community. As the CEO of Brenda Alton Ministries (BAM), she ministers both internationally and locally, focusing on life application education of marketplace and Kingdom principles. She also owns BMA Resources, LLC, a consulting business that offers training, life coaching, mentorship, and leadership training. Additionally, Dr. Alton offers healthcare and corporate chaplaincy. Additionally, she serves as the president of the Holistic Hands Community Development Corporation and is the founder of  Kingdom Embassy., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In her role as the director of Community Relations for UPMC Central Pa. Region, Dr. Alton leads teams in insurance enrollment, community program education, volunteer services, and spiritual care services. She holds master's degrees in divinity and Christian Education from Virginia Union University, Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, a doctorate in ministry from Primus Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in philosophy in Administration and Leadership Studies in Nonprofit and Public Sectors from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Alton released her first book, March 1, 2025, The Blessing of Being Authentically You: A Journey of Self-Discovery, Healing, and Divine Transformation. She provides awareness and access to health, education, soul, and financial wealth. She values her blended family of seven, her twelve grandchildren, her husband of 27 years, and their pet boxer. Dr. Brenda Alton believes in the importance of leaving a legacy rather than being a legend.

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Jennifer Luedtke
Program Manager, Zschool, in partnership with Ashland University, Office of Workforce Development
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 419.324.8002

Trena Compton
Program Manager, Zschool, in partnership with Ashland University, Office of Workforce Development
AI Agents of Change, AI Driven Marketing Leadership and How to Be Irreplaceable in the Age of AI
Phone: 567.825.0686

These are new programs under the direction of Stephanie D. Meeks, Director of the Office for Workforce Development in the division of eAshland
Stephanie D. Meeks: [email protected]


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