Meet Wheda A. Carletos, Ph.D.
Speaker, Author, Executive Coach,
Leadership Strategist
Wheda A. Carletos, Ph.D. is a speaker, author, award-winning educator, and executive leadership coach dedicated to helping individuals and organizations lead with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment. Her work supports high-achieving leaders who are accomplished on paper yet navigating self-doubt, visibility challenges, burnout, or misalignment, helping them move beyond performance and into authentic, impactful leadership.
Through keynote speaking, leadership development experiences, executive coaching, and transformational group cohorts, Wheda creates spaces where reflection leads to action and insight leads to measurable growth. She partners with leaders, teams, and organizations to strengthen executive presence, deepen self-trust, improve communication, and cultivate cultures rooted in purpose, connection, and impact.
Grounded in lived experience and deep expertise across education, leadership, and organizational development, Wheda’s approach blends strategic leadership development with personal transformation. Her work helps clients move from feeling stuck to leading with intentionality, clarity, and confidence. Whether coaching executives, facilitating leadership experiences, or speaking to large audiences, she challenges people to lead from alignment rather than fear and to claim their power unapologetically.
Let's Work Together
“Your power isn't something you earn, it's something you remember.”
- Wheda A. Carletos, Ph.D.
Dr. Carletos is both insightful and intelligent. These two traits allowed her to not only compassionately listen to me but also cognitively coach me to the solutions that worked best for me. I will always be indebted to her and really believe I have a confidant and cheerleader for life.
- Pennie Gregory
Assistant Director of Special Services at MSD of Wayne Township
Dr. Wheda Carletos has been a phenomenal human and partner in the work of coaching leaders in the Indianapolis community. She has pushed our leaders to aspire to accomplish dreams they never thought could come true. She has pushed our leaders with a fierce fire and supported them with a welcoming spirit. her coachees continually credit Dr. Carletos for the recent prosperity, accomplishments, and confidence. Dr. Carletos, MelanatED Leaders thanks you and is grateful for your partnership.
- Patrick Gregory
SVP of Leadership & Equity, The Mind Trust
Dr. Wheda Carletos is not only a fantastic professional but she is an exceptional human. She has the ability to welcome you to a session or a group meeting with such an ease and open atmosphere where you feel comfortable and ready to share. Dr. Carletos is a talented presenter who commands a room with her knowledge of any topic. As a coach she is empathetic, understanding and trust worthy. She has an amazing knack for making you ask yourself questions. She comes over as a loyal partner who can assist you in getting to the root of problems, I will also mention she never judges you, she however guides you in a way to determine for yourself a path. I am so lucky to know Dr. Wheda Carletos because she has helped me not only reach my goals for my career but also my ambition for happiness for my overall life.
- Eric Skates
Chief People Officer,
Equity Prime Mortgage