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Vikita
Poindexter

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Team Location:
Temecula, CA
Team Type
CEO & Owner Team
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Faith-Forward Leadership. The Power of Resilience.
Vikita Poindexter is the CEO and President of Poindexter Consulting Group, LLC, a trusted human resources consulting firm committed to helping organizations lead with integrity, accountability, compliance, and purpose. With more than 35 years of experience guiding leaders through complex people, culture, and employment matters, Vikita brings wisdom, clarity, and courage to every room she steps into.
Expertise

Areas of Focus

  • Human Resources Leadership
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Employee Relations
  • Organizational Development
  • DEI Strategy
  • Compliance & Employment Law
  • Leadership Training
  • Executive Coaching
  • Expert Witness Services

Leadership Rooted in Stewardship

Her work is deeply rooted in both professional excellence and personal faith. Vikita believes that leadership is not simply about position, title, or influence, but about stewardship, service, character, and the willingness to stand in truth even when it is difficult. Her approach to leadership and consulting is grounded in honesty, grace, accountability, and the belief that every organization has the opportunity to build a culture that honors people while still upholding strong standards of performance and responsibility.

As a trusted advisor to executives, boards, nonprofits, corporations, public agencies, and mission-driven organizations, Vikita is known for her ability to bring calm, structure, and strategy to difficult workplace situations. Her direct yet compassionate style allows her to speak truth with both firmness and grace.

A Trusted Advisor in Difficult Moments

Credentials

Certifications

  • SPHR-CA
    Senior Professional in Human Resources, California
  • SHRM-SCP
    SHRM Senior Certified Professional
  • SHRM-CP-CA
    SHRM Certified Professional, California
  • CA Dept. of Insurance
    License #0K21140

Vikita is often called upon to assist with sensitive employee relations matters, workplace investigations, executive coaching, organizational assessments, compliance concerns, leadership development, and employment-related expert witness analysis and testimony. Whether she is advising an executive team or guiding a difficult conversation, her mission remains the same: to help people and organizations move from confusion to clarity.

Her excellence has been widely recognized. Vikita is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award winner, a 2019 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award winner, and a multi-year Los Angeles Times Inspirational Woman nominee — recognition that reflects decades of impact across business, community, and advocacy.

Service Beyond the Firm

Vikita serves in numerous appointed and board leadership roles, including Board President of GRID Inland Empire, Appointed Chair of the Diversity Task Force for the California Department of Insurance, Public Member of the State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Executive Council Member for AARP California, Board Member of CAMEO, and Past President of NAWBO-CA. Through these roles, she continues to advocate for ethical leadership, inclusive opportunity, small business development, community impact, and responsible governance.

Beyond the Boardroom

Vikita is a woman of faith, resilience, and purpose. Her life story is one of overcoming tremendous adversity, personal loss, and seasons of brokenness that could have defined her, but instead became the foundation for her calling. Through faith, perseverance, and God’s grace, she transformed pain into purpose and now uses her platform to encourage others to rise, rebuild, and walk boldly into the life and leadership assignment placed before them.

She is the author of Brokenness to Breakthrough, a deeply personal work that speaks to healing, resilience, faith, and the courage to keep moving forward when life feels overwhelming. She is also the host of Brokenness to Breakthrough and Leading with Grace, Grit & Greatness, where she shares conversations, reflections, and leadership insights designed to inspire individuals to overcome adversity, lead with authenticity, and live with purpose.

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