Her Story
About Rhonda
Rhonda Glover Reese, Ed.D. is a retired senior law enforcement executive, leadership strategist, certified executive coach, and international speaker whose career spans more than three decades of public service and organizational leadership. She is the CEO of The Rhonda M. Glover Group LLC, where she focuses on leadership development, coaching, and training for law enforcement professionals and emerging leaders. With a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership, she blends academic research with practical experience to advance authentic, service-driven leadership practices.
Her 34-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) included both professional staff and Special Agent roles, where she led complex investigative teams, managed critical national security and criminal programs, and developed talent across multiple divisions. Throughout her tenure, she became known for her commitment to mentorship, operational excellence, and building high-performing teams grounded in accountability, trust, and mission alignment. Her leadership style emphasized developing others, strengthening organizational culture, and ensuring that personnel had the tools and support needed to effectively serve the mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.
Following her retirement, she transitioned into full-time coaching, speaking, and consulting, formalizing her expertise through certification and expanding her impact across law enforcement and civilian sectors. She is the founder of the NOBLE Youth Leadership Program under the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), which has provided leadership development opportunities to thousands of young people. Today, she continues to serve as a bestselling author, thought leader, and global speaker, while working on a forthcoming book that draws on her FBI experience and doctoral research to offer practical insights on organizational leadership, accountability, and authentic leadership in complex environments.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Rhonda
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to a career grounded in service and mentoring, a deliberate investment in ongoing coaching development—including earning my certification in 2012—and a consistent commitment to helping others grow and advance. This commitment is reflected in initiatives I have founded and sustained, such as the Noble Youth Program.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Invest in you. That's self-care, that's learning. Always be in a place of learning. Always be in a place where you are able to stretch and do better and go to the next level. Just show up at your best. And in showing up at your best, you've got to keep learning, keep stretching, you've got to really go higher. So just learn, read a book, listen to podcasts, just invest in you. You've got to have confidence, you've got to have mentors, you've got to have sponsors, you have to be intentional about investing in you. Everything that came out of my research applies to everyone when you're looking to become a leader - it didn't matter whether you're white, black, Asian, Hispanic, male, female, it didn't matter.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The coaching and consulting market is oversaturated. For the youth leadership program, the biggest challenge is finding the right donors and contributors for the organization and convincing others why it matters to support a conference for youth, since most youth do not have $500 to attend and most likely their parents may not either. The type of conference that I ensure we have would be close to $500, but kids don't have $500 and parents don't have an extra $500, so I have to raise the money and get into people's pockets to write checks for the kids.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Transparency and vulnerability in leadership are incredibly important to me, though I wasn't always transparent because being transparent means you're quite vulnerable and you're really putting yourself out there. I'm blessed to have gotten to a place where I just want to tell it, because in telling it, it helps others and keeps other people from going down that wrong path and doing things that could cost them a whole lot of time and money. Continuous learning has always been central to my work - I believe you should always be in a place of learning, always be in a place where you are able to stretch and do better and go to the next level. Self-care and investing in yourself is critical - I make sure I'm taking care of me so I can take care of others. I don't wear myself low. The importance of mentorship and having sponsors is essential. Building confidence is the number one challenge, especially for women, and you've got to be intentional about investing in you.
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