Dr. Jean de Dieu "Yohana" Ndahiriwe
MAHC-MR | DLD | MLCT | US NAVY VET.
AZ, USDR. Yohana, Resilience Leader | Transforming Adversity Into Authority. "If your audience has ever wondered whether their struggles could become their greatest strength. This Resilience Doctor equips attendees to lead through pressure, build resilience, and turn setbacks into lasting impact.
Dr. Yohana was born in a refugee clinic between Rwanda and Uganda, his first breath a declaration of resilience in the face of genocide. As the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi claimed over one million lives, his family fled again, and Dr. Yohana spent his formative years navigating displacement, loss, and uncertainty across borders before arriving in the United States of America.
Dr. Yohana served honorably in the United States Navy, earned a Doctorate in Leadership with Global Perspectives, and rose to become an Executive Director with the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, one of the world’s foremost leadership development organizations. He serves simultaneously as Clinical Correctional Chaplain at Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville and a Pastor of Christ Embassy Church Arizona.
His keynote Born on the Run takes audiences on a visceral journey from a refugee clinic to the global stage revealing how every storm, every displacement, and every seemingly insurmountable barrier can become the raw material of authentic, transformational leadership.
Using his proprietary RISE Framework Resilience, Identity, Service, Excellence. Dr. Yohana equips leaders with practical, transferable tools to convert personal adversity into organizational authority.
His memoir, Born on the Run, is currently in final manuscript a firsthand account of survival, displacement, and the forging of resilient leadership. He has spoken on stages commemorating genocide, in military installations, boardrooms, correctional facilities, and church altars always with the same message: Your storm is not your ending. It is your origin story.
Dr. Yohana is based in Phoenix, Arizona and available for keynotes, workshops, executive coaching, and panel facilitation nationwide and internationally. Virtual and hybrid delivery available.
Outside of work, you can often find him enjoying a strong cup of coffee, losing himself in a good book, or taking in the beauty of the desert sunsets, simple joys that remind him that every day is a gift worth savoring.
Dr. Yohana was born in a refugee clinic between Rwanda and Uganda, his first breath a declaration of resilience in the face of genocide. As the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi claimed over one million lives, his family fled again, and Dr. Yohana spent his formative years navigating displacement, loss, and uncertainty across borders before arriving in the United States of America.
Dr. Yohana served honorably in the United States Navy, earned a Doctorate in Leadership with Global Perspectives, and rose to become an Executive Director with the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, one of the world’s foremost leadership development organizations. He serves simultaneously as Clinical Correctional Chaplain at Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville and a Pastor of Christ Embassy Church Arizona.
His keynote Born on the Run takes audiences on a visceral journey from a refugee clinic to the global stage revealing how every storm, every displacement, and every seemingly insurmountable barrier can become the raw material of authentic, transformational leadership.
Using his proprietary RISE Framework Resilience, Identity, Service, Excellence. Dr. Yohana equips leaders with practical, transferable tools to convert personal adversity into organizational authority.
His memoir, Born on the Run, is currently in final manuscript a firsthand account of survival, displacement, and the forging of resilient leadership. He has spoken on stages commemorating genocide, in military installations, boardrooms, correctional facilities, and church altars always with the same message: Your storm is not your ending. It is your origin story.
Dr. Yohana is based in Phoenix, Arizona and available for keynotes, workshops, executive coaching, and panel facilitation nationwide and internationally. Virtual and hybrid delivery available.
Outside of work, you can often find him enjoying a strong cup of coffee, losing himself in a good book, or taking in the beauty of the desert sunsets, simple joys that remind him that every day is a gift worth savoring.
Born on the Run "Transforming Adversity Into Authority"
Born in a refugee clinic between Rwanda and Uganda as massacres that would later become the genocide raged, Dr. Yohana’s signature keynote takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from devastation to destiny. Using his RISE Framework — Resilience, Identity, Service, Excellence — he reveals how every storm can become a leadership breakthrough.
This keynote shatters the myth that great leaders are born in comfort and replaces it with a grittier, truer conviction: that the storms we...
Lead Through the Storm "Resilient Leaders Rise Through Adversity"
Crisis reveals character and it also creates leaders. In this leadership-focused keynote, Dr. Yohana draws on his experience surviving genocide, serving in the U.S. military, and leading organizations through complexity to equip today’s leaders with resilient leadership strategies that work in the real world.
Designed for organizations facing change, disruption, and uncertainty, this keynote delivers an actionable framework that transforms how leaders show up when it matters most....
Societal Fracture - Resilience the Remedy
Understanding Global Fracture & the Power of Collective Resilience
As societies fracture along political, cultural, and ideological lines, Dr. Yohana — who has witnessed fracture at its most devastating — offers a perspective that is both urgent and healing. Drawing on his identity as genocide survivor, military veteran, correctional chaplain, and global leadership voice, he examines how divided societies can rebuild through collective resilience, shared humanity, and courageous...
Never Again - From Slogan to Action
Moving Genocide Awareness Into Active Prevention & Collective Responsibility
Delivered annually at Kwibuka - the commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda - and invited to universities, governments, NGOs, and faith communities worldwide, this keynote is Dr. Yohana’s most personal and most urgent. He does not simply honor the dead. He charges the living.
Drawing on survivor testimony, historical analysis, and a clear call to collective responsibility,...
Building Legacy Leadership
Transform Personal Scars Into Global Leadership Strategy
Legacy is not built in comfort — it is carved from the hard places. In this executive and high-potential leadership session, Dr. Yohana guides leaders through the transformative process of converting their deepest challenges into the foundation of their most meaningful leadership contribution.
This session is part keynote, part workshop, and part personal reckoning. It is designed for leaders who have achieved success...
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Community organization
Virtual
C.R., Vice President, US Rwandan Community Abroad (USRD), Community organization
Wow what a life prodding message, it really put a lot of my internal emotions into perspective. "Self limiting beliefs, sabotage, belittling one's efforts" the statement on our fear of sharing and of course the daring to develop oneself. I will listen to it again but it really was something I needed to hear and I will ponder on it for some time. Thank you again. God bless you immensely (Added 2 hand emojis, a prayer of blessings).
CrossPointe Healing House Church
In situ
J.C.N., Religious Leader, CrossPointe Healing House Church
Verificado @gmail.comBrother Jean De Dieu is a great leader, motivation speaker and a great interpreter! I witness His great services and skills at church and in the DMV East Africa Community!
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