Professional Development Services

What Professional Development Services does

Professional Development Services, operating as JAMA Professional Development Services, LLC, is a privately held management consulting firm founded by Dr. Judith Josiah-Martin in 1989 and headquartered in Montgomery, United States. The company delivers mentorship, professional development, and consulting services to two primary segments: mental health professionals seeking career advancement and leadership preparation, and working parents seeking to balance career vitality with family wellness. Founder expertise spans clinical mental health, substance use treatment, social service administration, and higher education, and alumni mentees now occupy leadership positions in mental health agencies, academic programs, and nonprofit organizations.

The firm operates a two-surface model: its core entity provides consulting and mentorship engagements, while a sub-brand called "Dr. Judi Speaks" extends the founder's expertise into a speaking platform covering career vitality and family wellness topics. No proprietary technology platform, mobile application, or AI capability is disclosed; service delivery is human-led and relationship-based.

The business is founder-owned, bootstrapped, and structured as a U.S. LLC with no institutional funding, parent company, or public-market presence. Pricing, revenue, customer counts, and distribution channels are not publicly disclosed. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees, consistent with a boutique consulting practice.

Name

Professional Development Services

Legal name

JAMA Professional Development Services, LLC

Website

https://consultpdsllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54199)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Professional development consulting
• Mental health consulting
• Career mentorship services
• Clinical social work consulting
• Leadership development mentoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Montgomery

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Professional Development Services (legal entity JAMA Professional Development Services, LLC) is a management consulting firm that provides professional development, mentorship, and consulting services for mental health professionals, working parents, and leaders of mental health agencies, academic programs, and nonprofit organizations. Offerings span clinical mental health, substance use treatment, social service administration, and higher education, with a companion speaking platform branded "Dr. Judi Speaks" focused on career vitality and family wellness topics.

Product overview

Professional Development Services operates as a consulting and professional development firm, comprising JAMA Professional Development Services, LLC as its primary service entity and Dr. Judi Speaks as its speaking platform. The offerings focus on mentorship programs for working parents and mental health professionals, along with consulting services in clinical mental health, substance use treatment, and social service administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dr. Judi Speaks: A speaking platform founded by Dr. Judith Josiah-Martin

Products and services

• JAMA Professional Development Services, LLC Professional development, mentorship, and consulting services for mental health professionals, working parents, and leaders of mental health agencies, academic programs, and nonprofit organizations.
• Dr. Judi Speaks A speaking platform featuring Dr. Judith Josiah-Martin, focused on career vitality and family wellness topics for professional audiences.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BetterUp: Enterprise coaching and professional development platform with a heavy emphasis on career vitality and work-life integration — directly overlapping the founder's positioning, though at a digital, enterprise scale.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Long-established leadership development organization serving executives across sectors including healthcare and nonprofit. Comparable as a high-touch leadership-preparation provider targeting similar senior mental-health and nonprofit leaders.
• FranklinCovey: Provider of professional development, leadership, and productivity training to organizations. Comparable in selling PD and leadership content to professional audiences, though focused on broader workforce segments.
• PESI, Inc. A large, established continuing-education provider for mental health, counseling, and behavioral health professionals. PESI competes for the same CE/PD budgets as JAMA PDS but at much greater scale and through a digital catalog model.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership development firm offering assessments, training, and executive coaching. Comparable in targeting leadership preparation for professionals in healthcare, education, and nonprofit organizations.
• NICABM: National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine offers online training and CE for behavioral health practitioners. Comparable in serving the same mental-health professional buyer with continuing education content.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a substantial leadership and professional development practice. Serves the same healthcare and nonprofit talent market but at enterprise scale and with broader service lines.

Others

• American Counseling Association: Professional membership association delivering CE and career resources to counselors. Comparable as a channel/ecosystem player serving the same mental-health professional segment, though as a nonprofit association rather than a competitor.
• Talkspace: While Talkspace is primarily a therapy provider, its clinician network and clinician PD/CE offerings represent an adjacent ecosystem the founder's firm could partner with or be displaced by as digital CE scales.

Emerging players

• Zur Institute: Online CE and training provider for mental health professionals, particularly in clinical and ethical practice. A small, niche competitor mirroring JAMA PDS's online CE play in the behavioral health vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/professionaldevelopmentservices

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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