Meet
Shani Godwin

Meet Shani Godwin

Entrepreneur, speaker, blogger, podcaster, and “Chief Joy Officer”.

Shani has over 24 years of experience leading Communiqué USA, a high-growth marketing firm that has served clients including Chick-fil-A, Cox Enterprises, Party City, Georgia Power, and more.

She created JOY Economics®

Joy Economics is the coaching and speaker platform that helps women entrepreneurs scale to seven figures while prioritizing well-being. Her story and work have been featured in Essence, Forbes.com, and The Huffington Post. A graduate of Hampton University (BA, Mass Communications) and Mercer University (MBA, Marketing), Shani is also an alumna of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, Leadership Atlanta, and Dartmouth Tuck School’s High-Performing Minority Business Program. Her combination of lived experience—leading a multimillion-dollar firm while navigating her own mental-health challenges—and her national speaking platform uniquely position her to tell this story and reach those who need it most.
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