DARLISHA BARNES

Human Resources Business Partner
Detroit Labs

Darlisha Barnes centers her practice on compassion. With nearly a decade of experience leading high impact projects, designing strategic planning processes, and coaching team members, Darlisha's vision is to support companies as they create cultures that allow people to do their best work. Darlisha has led in both nonprofit and for-profit spaces and found new ways to put people first in policy and practice. 

Darlisha earned an B.S. in Speech Communications from Tennessee State University and an M.S. in Journalism and Mass Communications from Murray State University. She is a Certified Professional Coach through CoachDiversity and received certifications in Change Management and Diversity in HR from Cornell University. A former English Teacher, Darlisha is a gifted listener and question asker, and happens to be hilarious.