Who We Are
TrUTH is a human-centered organizational transformation practice founded by Dr. Shawn Nealy-Oparah. Using the TrUTH Method™, we help leaders understand what is happening beneath burnout, conflict, resistance, disengagement, and other signs of organizational pressure—and build the leadership, relational, and organizational conditions where people and performance can thrive together.
Shawn is joined by Tovi Scruggs-Hussein, M.Ed., co-business partner and facilitator, in delivering this work.
Dr. Shawn Nealy-Oparah
Founder & Organizational Culture Strategist
Dr. Shawn Nealy-Oparah is an Organizational Culture Strategist, executive coach, educator, and founder of TrUTH. While completing her doctorate in Educational Leadership at Mills College, she researched trauma, the brain, the body, relationships, leadership, and the environments in which people learn and work. That research became the foundation for the TrUTH Method™—a methodology that integrates applied neuroscience, trauma-informed practice, executive coaching, adult learning, relational intelligence, and systems thinking to help leaders see beneath behavior, understand the conditions shaping it, and respond in ways that create meaningful and sustainable change.
Founded in 2019, TrUTH began in education and has since expanded to partner with nonprofits, healthcare organizations, public agencies, and values-aligned companies navigating leadership transition, burnout, conflict, culture change, and other forms of organizational pressure.
Across every setting, the work begins with a central question:
What’s happening underneath what we’re seeing?
Shawn Nealy-Oparah, Ed.D.
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein, M.Ed.
Co-Business Partner | Executive Coach & Facilitator
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein, M.Ed. is an executive coach, leadership development consultant, facilitator, and co-business partner at TrUTH, with more than 25 years of experience supporting leaders, teams, and organizations.
Her work integrates emotional intelligence, resilience-building, equity-centered leadership, and embodied practice to help leaders strengthen self-awareness, communication, and relational effectiveness—particularly in moments of pressure, change, and complexity.
Central to Tovi’s approach is what she calls “BEingness”—the grounded presence, authenticity, and emotional awareness that shape how leadership is experienced by others. Through coaching and facilitated learning, she helps leaders recognize how their own ways of being influence relationships, trust, team dynamics, and organizational culture.
Known for her compassionate and direct approach, Tovi brings a deeply relational lens to TrUTH’s work, helping leaders and organizations build cultures rooted in trust, connection, accountability, and sustainable change.