Her Story
About Imani
I am the founder and principal consultant of Berry Advisory Group, LLC, a consulting firm I started in May 2026 based in Atlanta, Georgia. We provide executive advisory and strategic counseling and consulting services to healthcare, government, and private entities, transforming abstract public health priorities into high-performing, scalable programs. My journey in public health began in 2010 at Georgia State University, where I worked as a peer health educator in the Student Health Promotions Office, leading STI and HIV prevention initiatives. In July 2011, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 19, which became a defining moment that lit a fire in me and solidified my mission to make a real impact in healthcare. Despite experiencing partial paralysis and partial blindness, I had to learn to walk again and find the right medications, but I didn't let my physical challenges hold me back from what I wanted to accomplish. I immediately started pursuing opportunities that aligned with having the most impact through public health, volunteering as a research assistant in a developmental psychology lab working with the modified detection of autism in toddlers, and serving as lead undergraduate research assistant at the Center for Leadership in Disability, where I led mixed methods research examining institutional discrimination and educational inequities among K-12 children nationwide. My experience ranges across the academic sector, nonprofit, government, and private industry. Most recently, I worked with the CDC for the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity for three years, which gave me new experience in the government sector as a consultant and inspired me to expand my expertise by establishing my own firm to serve a broader range of clientele.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Imani
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say that there's a plethora of opportunities within the field of public health. There's going to be many opportunities for you to do a wide range of things. She would need to hone in on what her strong skills are, and which areas of skills are, whether it's education, like health education, whether it's policy, partnerships, the development of programs, evaluations. There's an abundance of opportunities in the field of public health. You can have a background in psychology, sociology, global health. There's a plethora of opportunities. She would just need to figure out what she aligns with the most and go in that direction. You can find opportunities in government, nonprofit, private sector roles. There's an abundance. I would encourage it. Seek out what you find the most true to what you value, and your certain skill set is likely to be applicable to work in a variety of sectors within public health.
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