Tammy Foster-Knight, Ph.D.

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Dr. Tammy Foster-Knight brings 35 years of comprehensive blue-chip experience in military leadership, human capital development, entrepreneurship, community service, and academia. She spent 23+ years on active Air Force duty, entering in August 1987 as an Airman Basic/E-1. Having served in 10 different locations, including a 7-month deployment to Iraq, Dr. Foster-Knight retired as a Manpower & Personnel Officer - HR Director in June 2011 as a Major/O-4.

As a business strategist, Dr. Foster-Knight is a certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), Step 1 and Step II, Practitioner. While on active duty and as an extension of her businesses, she advises organizations on the dynamics of leadership development, complex communications, and performance management. She developed interactive training plans and administers various employee self-assessments to help them understand their personality types and those in the general population.

As the President and CEO of Optional Solutions, LLC, Dr. Foster-Knight is a Healthcare Provider of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) & Supplies and Safety-Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Having been in business for 14 years, OS, LLC delivers exceptional products to patients, healthcare professionals, and construction companies; nationally and internationally. Her sister company, Safe-T-Gear, manufactures disposable nitrile gloves and nitrile-dipped work gloves (www.optionalsolutionsllc-dme.com)  |  (www.safetgear-ppe.com).

Dr. Foster-Knight continues to serve her country as the Founder of She VET, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization. She Vet, Inc. is a platform designed to use Women Veterans' collective strength to help one another move upward, move forward, and move on. The organization advocates for positive change in the individual Service Woman and the condition of Women Veterans as a whole (www.shevetinc.org). 

As a professional student, Dr. Foster-Knight has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Florida, a Master of Arts in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Arts in Organization & Management (leadership specialization) from Capella University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership (psychology foundation) from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.   

Dr. Foster-Knight is a leading authority in cutting-edge adult education. As an adjunct professor, she facilitates courses in Organizational Leadership: Managing & Leading in Business, Strategic Change Management, Managing Organizational Change, Human Relations in Administration, and Corporate Social Responsibility, to name a few. She is also a Course Author Consultant, a Subject Matter Expert in Leadership and Management, and an Editor for SAGE Publishing. 

A native of Tampa, Florida, Dr. Foster-Knight has one daughter, Tai, and four grandchildren: Lyric (14), Jayden (10), Elijah (6), and little Nola Ray is due in April 2022.