Debb

Administrative Assistant 

Debb 

Administrative Assistant

Debb has been with the Academy since 2022, and knows more about our systems than anyone! 

Write to [email protected] and Debb will most likely be the one who responds to your questions about:

• Your billing, changing a card, stopping or pausing membership 

• Your membership details and member portal access

• Zoom links and replays

• Applying for a scholarship

• All your other day-to-day membership and course enrollment needs.

Jen Solin

Outreach Director 

Jen Solin 

Outreach Director 

Jen joined the Academy as a member in 2022, and became our Outreach Director in 2023. Contact her at [email protected] or use the direct booking links below to schedule a 1:1 phone chat for a prospective member call, or new member orientation.  

• Questions about joining the Academy? Schedule here.

• New Academy member? Schedule your personalized orientation here.

• Details about our in-person retreats (Email only) 

Jen is the developer of the Manatee Lesbian Connection Cards, and leads our MMM (Meet & Mingle Magic) events. And, she's also a certified Conscious Girlfriend coach available for private 1:1 sessions. Please note, private coaching is arranged and billed separately.  

Nicki Monahan

Skills Lab Leader

Nicki Monahan 

Skills Lab Leader

Nicki (a.k.a. Nick) took her first Academy class back in 2016, as part of healing from her divorce. She came back in 2021, then attended our first Coach Training in 2022, and has been doing an amazing job leading our weekly Skill-Building Lab since later that year. Nick 

As a certified Conscious Girlfriend coach, Nicki is also available for private 1:1 coaching. Please note, private coaching is arranged and billed separately. 

Except for weekly Labs, Nicki is not part of our Admin team, so please don't contact her with day-to-day concerns. Questions, concerns or suggestions for Labs? Write to [email protected].

Ruth L. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Academy Founder & Director

Ruth L. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Academy Director

Ruth studied the Conscious Girlfriend material the hard way— on her own, in the school of hard knocks — for decades before co-founding Conscious Girlfriend in 2014, and starting the Academy in 2020. 

Ruth is our primary teacher, and leads the Deep Dive group coaching sessions. She also works with a small handful of coaching clients, mostly on attachment and/or sexuality issues. (Coaching must be arranged and paid for separately.)

The most cost-effective way to get Ruth's coaching help is as a Deep Dive Academy member, or by electing the Deep Dive/Group Coaching option (when offered), when you sign up for an a la carte class.