Felecia Ward Earns Thinkers360 Certified Expert Status in Leadership, Plus Top 25 GRC and Top 50 Public Relations Rankings
Triple recognition adds a Certified Expert credential in Leadership alongside two new Thought Leader category rankings
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — September 27, 2026 — Felecia Ward, Leadership Navigator™ and founder of Felecia Ward Marketing, has earned three new Thinkers360 credentials: Certified Expert — Leadership, a Top 25 Thought Leader ranking in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), and a Top 50 Thought Leader ranking in Public Relations. Thinkers360 is the world’s premier platform for thought leaders.
The Certified Expert designation is awarded only after a rigorous, data-driven audit of real-world expertise — verified professional experience, education and industry certifications, published intellectual property, and peer-recognized awards — evaluated against a minimum verified point score within the topic area. The Top 25 GRC and Top 50 Public Relations rankings are calculated using Thinkers360’s patent-pending, multi-dimensional scoring system, which evaluates personally authored content, speaking engagements, and peer recognition across a thought leader’s body of work, and explicitly excludes social media reach in favor of technical and professional merit.
Ward’s official Thinkers360 credentials can be viewed at thinkers360.com/tl/certification/26775/473 (Certified Expert — Leadership), thinkers360.com/tl/badge/26775/9079 (Top 25 Thought Leader — GRC), and thinkers360.com/tl/badge/26775/9080 (Top 50 Thought Leader — Public Relations).
The new credentials add to a rapidly growing list of Thinkers360 recognitions for Ward in 2026 alone, including a Top 50 Thought Leader ranking in Personal Branding, a Top 50 ranking in AI Orchestration, and a Top 100 ranking in AI Infrastructure — alongside her 2025 Thinkers360 Top Voice honor and her 3× LinkedIn Top Voice recognition in 2024, across Thought Leadership, Team Building, and Mindfulness.
“Certification is different from ranking — it’s not about visibility, it’s about verification,” said Ward. “Earning Certified Expert status in Leadership, alongside new rankings in GRC and Public Relations, reflects the same principle I teach every client: document the expertise you already have, across every discipline it touches, and let the evidence do the talking.”
As Leadership Navigator™, Ward guides leaders through career and leadership transitions using The Chrysalis Journey™ — her signature leadership evolution experience, built around four phases: Discover, Develop, Evolve, and Emerge. She is the creator of the Strategic Leadership Visibility Framework™ (SLVF™) and Evidence-Based Storytelling™ (EBS™) methodology, and the developer of the Leadership Navigator™ mobile app, designed to help leaders build documented, evidence-based professional narratives. She also authors Evolution, a Substack publication exploring strategic leadership visibility.
“Recognition like this doesn’t happen by accident,” Ward added. “It happens because you intentionally document, connect, and tell the story of the expertise you’ve already built.”
