Full Name
Deborah Dogba
Job Title
Founder & CEO
Company
Business Seals Consulting Firm
Speaker Bio
Known as the “Business Seal”, Deborah Dogba is a global leader and an organizational
strategist, on a mission to bring solutions to businesses. Ms. Dogba builds and restores
businesses and systems, turns talents and passion into sustainable incomes, and supports
the minority and underserved communities on their entrepreneurial journey, with
excellence, bringing them from the shadows to the light.
Ms. Dogba earned a BS degree in Business Administration, Banking, and Financial
Markets and a second bachelor’s degree in organizational psychology respectively from
the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Lomé (Togo). Deborah is a
builder, a serial entrepreneur, a business strategist, a global influencer, and a BIPOC
Champion. She is an active member of the Omaha community with a history of helping
entrepreneurs, businesses, and communities improve, grow, and succeed.
Ms. Dogba is currently the CEO of Business Seals Consulting Firm, LLC, an SBA WOSB
and Mountain Plains Minority Development Council MBE certified.
After completing her service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal (2011 – 2014), Ms.
Dogba stepped into her true purpose when she founded the consulting business (2018),
a holistic and unique model that partners with clients from the private, public, and notfor-profit sectors to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical
challenges, and transform their enterprises. She also runs Meet an Entrepreneur, a talk
show that features the minority entrepreneurs in the community as well as Afro Swag
Media & Magazine, an online and printed magazine, and media outlet, that highlights
BIPOC community members and shares their success stories.
In her spare time, she can be found sitting on several non-profit boards including Global
Partners in Hope, Victory Boxing, the Shadow Project, and Omaha/Council Bluffs
Bridges Out of Poverty.
Deborah was recently appointed to serve a 2-year term on the Park and Recreation
Committee of the City of La Vista.
Ms. Dogba is also a certified John Maxwell Business Executive Coach, Leadership
Trainer, Speaker, certified DISC Consultant, and a proud FBI Citizenship Academy
graduate. She is in the process of completing her PMP, Agile Scrum Master, Business
Analytics, and Lean Sigma Six Sigma Green Belt certifications (MCC December 2023).
In addition, Ms. Dogba is a certified lead facilitator of aHa! Process in Getting Ahead in
the Workplace as well as Workplace Instability. These two (02) programs aim to Enable
individuals, institutions, and communities to stabilize and grow resources for all, for a
more successful, sustainable future. Ms. Dogba has worked for different State of
Nebraska departments including the Nebraska Department of Education’s
Commissioner’s Office, Health, and Human Services.
Deborah Dogba