19× international bestselling author & publisher
Creating inspirational, faith-centered, leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal-development works.
About Dr. Lashonda Wofford
A guide for the space between what happened and who you are becoming.
Dr. Lashonda Wofford is a 19-time international bestselling author, award-winning leadership strategist, Certified Chaplain, Transformational Purpose & Legacy Coach™, and founder of All Bets On Me Academy and Publishing.
A life shaped by faith, resilience, and the call to live forward.
Dr. Lashonda Wofford is an award-winning transformational leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, Certified Chaplain, international inspirational speaker, visionary author, publisher, and faith-based Master Empowerment Coach. Her work bridges faith, healing, leadership, professional education, compassionate service, and legacy.
Founder of All Bets On Me Academy and Publishing, EmpowerHer Legacy: Purposeful Collective, and Bridging The Gap CommunityCare Solutions Inc., she equips emerging and established leaders through professional education, certification, leadership development, publishing, and faith-centered mentorship. Her work helps people align purpose with preparation and transform calling into meaningful service.
With a PhD in Christian Education and extensive credentials in leadership, recovery, transformation, mental health, positive psychology, trauma-informed coaching, and Christian marriage coaching, Dr. Wofford takes a whole-person approach to growth. Through teaching, speaking, publishing, mentorship, and compassionate pastoral presence, she invites people to heal, lead, build, and create legacies that outlive them.
A calling expressed in many ways
Credentials & work
International inspirational speaker
Bringing messages of recovery, resilience, leadership, and legacy to audiences worldwide.
Transformational Purpose & Legacy Coach™
Helping people identify what they carry forward and build from it with confidence.
Certified Chaplain & PhD in Christian Education
Grounding care, teaching, and formation in a faith-informed practice.
Founder, All Bets On Me Ecosystem
Championing courageous self-investment and a purposeful next chapter.
Media & press
A message reaching beyond the room.
Her voice, message, and work have reached audiences through television, radio, podcasts, interviews, print and digital publications, and national and international media platforms.
National & international media
Media exposure includes The New York Times, CBS, FOX News, Dominion TV, and numerous national and international publications.
Magazine features
Featured in KISH MAGAZINE, BLACK DIAMOND MAGAZINE, Rise To Greater Heights Magazine, Testimony Magazine, and Growth Women’s Business Magazine.
Billboards & high-visibility placements
Featured on billboards in Times Square and across North Carolina, South Carolina, Atlanta, Texas, Nashville, and Delaware.
Awards & accolades
Recognition rooted in purpose and impact.
Her contributions to authorship, leadership, entrepreneurship, public service, and community transformation have earned numerous distinctions.
2022 ACHI Award for Public Service
Recognized for public service.
2023 InspireU Network Author of the Year
Honored by InspireU Network.
2023 Power and Grace Leadership Association Coach of the Year
Recognized for coaching leadership.
Two Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards
Received in 2024.
2024 International Impact Book Award
For Pain Equals Purpose in the Autobiography, Female Empowerment, and Inspirational categories.
Christlit Book Awards
Received in 2024 and 2025 for Breaking the Chains.
2024 Author of Influence
Designed With A Purpose.
2024 Visionary Author of the Year
Global Iconic Changemakers of the 21st Century.
2024 Purpose Driven Person of the Year
G.B.B. Organization.
2025 Phenomenal Woman Award
Elite Creations Organization.
2025 Trailblazer Award
Book Talks With Sandy Visionary Leaders Awards.
2025 Black Diamond Award
Recognized with the Black Diamond Award.
2025 Black Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented by Dr. Iris Wright.
2025 Leader of the Year
Rise to Greater Heights Network, Canada.
2025 Inspire Global Network Honoree
Honored by Inspire Global Network.
2026 Author of the Year
She-E-O Girl Boss Network.
2026 Top Ten Trailblazers, Barrier Breakers & Women Who Dream Big
Kish Magazine.
2026 Purpose Pusher of the Year Award
Presented by Crown Me Different.
2026 GSU Speaker ICON Award Honoree
Honored with the GSU Speaker ICON Award.
2026 100 Women of Excellence Honoree
Recognized as a 100 Women of Excellence honoree.
The mission
To help people reclaim their story and rise into what is still possible.
Dr. Wofford serves those who know a season changed them but refuse to let that season define the rest of their lives. Her work honors healing as holy work, courage as a daily choice, and legacy as something we build long before we leave it.
“You do not have to deny the hard chapter to believe there is more ahead.”
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