Medina Jett

Medina Jett, JD, MBA is a mother first and foremost. Formerly married, she is a mom to young adults, Taylor, Dre, and Sydni. In addition to her role as a dedicated mom, Medina is a career-driven professional and a servant leader. She has achieved success in multiple professional areas. She was a senior executive at three Fortune 500 companies before the age of 40. She then founded an award-winning international business in the asset management industry which she scaled and eventually sold 13 years later. Medina is now pursuing her passion for real estate and the creation of a family business with her newest entrepreneurial venture, TDS Builders, a real estate development company that she co-founded with her youngest daughter, Sydni. 

Medina is a long-time social justice advocate. She has been the recipient of many awards and recognition for her advocacy most notably the Anti-Defamation League’s Torch of Liberty award for her advocacy in social justice and racial equality issues; the Urban League of Southern Connecticut’s Diversity Award; the Tri-State Diversity Council’s Influential Women award; and the Hartford Business Journal’s Top Women in Business award, to name a few.

Medina became an advocate for destigmatizing mental illness and raising awareness on this national epidemic after her son, Andre (Dre) Jett, was diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective in October 2018.  Medina has become a trusted resource for parents across the country challenged with young adults who have developed mental health issues.  Peace Be Still: My Journey to Save My Son From the Grip of Mental Illness marks Medina’s debut as an author.

Medina’s mental health talk gives us an opportunity to experience up close and very personal the journey of a parent dealing with an adult child with a mental health condition. She takes audiences along on her journey from handling her son’s initial bipolar diagnosis through her struggle to get help from our flawed mental health system and her personal struggles coping with her son’s mania and her new normal. 

Medina breaks down the stigma around mental health and is starting a much-needed national conversation on mental illness. Her talk is powerful, inspirational, and informative. It would be of interest to every parent, everyone who knows someone challenged with a mental health condition, every mental health worker, and every human being who wants to be a part of the solution to the mental health crisis.   

Medina earned a BA from Wesleyan University, a JD from Georgetown Law School, and an MBA in finance from the University of Connecticut School of Business. She also is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program at Babson College. Medina is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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Medina Jett, JD, MBA on Improving Diversity in Corporate America

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Medina Jett, JD, MBA on Improving Diversity in Corporate America

Medina Jett, JD, MBA on Improving Diversity in Corporate America