Ingrid Cockhren

Historian, Author, Founder, and PACEs Science Visionary

Ingrid Cockhren, M.Ed., specializes in co-creating equitable and inclusive environments within organizations, collective impacts, and grassroots movements.​

 

Utilizing her knowledge of stress, trauma, human development, and personality, Mrs. Cockhren has been able to translate research concerning diversity/equity/inclusion/belonging (DEIB), trauma-informed, and healing-centered practices into community, workplace, and organizational solutions that suit both traditional and virtual teams.

Ingrid Cockhren's academic journey is marked by a B.S. in Psychology from Tennessee State University and an M.Ed. in Child Studies from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. Mrs. Cockhren specializes in PACE science (positive and adverse childhood experiences), collective trauma, historical trauma/intergenerational transmission, brain development, developmental psychology, and epigenetics. Her diverse career experience includes roles in corporate sales, juvenile justice, family counseling, early childhood education, professional development & training, and community education. Currently, she serves as an adjunct professor, specializing in lifespan developmental psychology, abnormal psychology & minority mental health. She is the former CEO of PACEs Connection, an international social network dedicated to raising awareness of trauma and resilience.

Over the last decade, Ingrid Cockhren’s consulting, facilitation, and DEIB services have significantly impacted her clients and affiliates. Mrs. Cockhren owns Cockhren Consulting, where she coaches leaders and executives and advises hospitals, colleges, schools, non-profits, and other institutions. Ingrid Cockhren is an advocate for women and children and a community change agent. She sits on several boards for organizations that empower and heal women, children, or communities. She is a founding partner of the Black Women’s Health & Healing Collective, an initiative examining Black women’s health equity.

Ingrid Cockhren is a Clarksville, TN native who currently resides in Nashville, TN, with her husband, Jurnell Cockhren, founder of Civic Hacker, a software development consulting agency.