Dr. Renee Bhatti-Klug founded CITC in 2020—at the intersection of a global pandemic and a national reckoning with race—after spending over two decades developing leaders across more than 150 nations. What began as a response to an urgent cultural moment quickly became something lasting: a consultancy built on the same values it teaches. By 2021, the CI Leadership model at the heart of our work was validated through doctoral research recognized by the American Educational Research Association, and our team began serving organizations across the globe.

Today, CITC is a women of color-owned and -operated consultancy with a growing team of facilitators, consultants, and researchers. Co-led by Dr. Bhatti-Klug and Dr. Alene Terzian-Zeitounian—whose partnership began in a doctoral cohort and grew into a shared commitment to this work—we bring human-centered design, analytical rigor, and creative problem-solving to every engagement.

No matter how much we grow, we refuse to trade human connection for scale. Our clients will always work with people who know their name, understand their context, and show up with care. That's not aspirational—it's how we've operated from day one, and it's how we intend to stay.