Dr. Joy McLaughlin-Harris, a native of Gadsden, South Carolina, is a shift speaker, author, leadership educator and Rebrandologist™️. She is the owner of Touch of Joy International, LLC and the founder of Touch of Joy Youth Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing scholarships to young entrepreneurs starting their first businesses.

Receiving multiple awards over the past 12+ years, Dr. Joy has established herself as a force of leadership, business, and success. She was recently named Top 25 women to follow in Idominate Magazine. Dr. Joy was crowned as Columbia, South Carolina’s Phenomenal Woman of the Year in 2011 and Mompreneur of the Year in 2019. Recognized by several magazines for her significant philanthropy and service to the community, Dr. Joy has also been featured on multiple television outlets as a successful business owner and community leader. 

Teaching leadership, entrepreneurial strategies, and mindset transformation across the globe, Dr. Joy is committed to creating a platform for women of color to flourish as community leaders and successful entrepreneurs. She is also dedicated to helping faith-based entrepreneurs make the shift from trading time for money to allowing money to work for them through her 3-M Approach (Mindset, Maximize, Monetize). Her energetic, go-getter attitude motivates countless clients to take possession of their future while creating generational wealth and influence.

Full of creativity and innovation, Dr. Joy embodies the meaning of her name, bringing a sense of delight, fulfillment, and happiness to everything she touches. She is a Doctor of Philosophy, has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Development. In addition to being a profitable entrepreneur, she is a renowned author, Certified Financial Literacy Coach, Certified Business Coach, community activist, wife, and mother. Joy wholeheartedly believes, “When you shift your mind, you shift your life.”