Born in Atlanta, GA, Kimberly R. Tibbs graduated from Clark Atlanta University, earning a BA in Mass Communications. Mrs. Tibbs holds a Georgia Educator Certification in Early Childhood Education and Middle Grades for Language Arts and Social Studies from Mercer University. Mrs. Tibbs obtained a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Coppin State University.  
 
After a successful 18-year career in the Marietta City Schools system, Kimberly expanded her passion for educating and developing youth by founding a non-profit organization for young women. Glowing Girls Inc. (GGI) focuses on education, empowerment, and forward-thinking for girls in and out of the foster care system. In eight years, the GGI organization has impacted thousands of girls and operates three Chapters in Georgia.

Kimberly is a speaker, an advisor on multiple non-profit boards, and a thought leader. As a co-founder of Kingdom Dominion Church and strategic planning team member, her vast experience touches the young and the mature. Mrs. Tibbs is the wife of Dr. J. Calvin Tibbs, mother of two daughters, a son, and two grandchildren!