Tru Pettigrew spent four seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx of the NBA and WNBA, and takes great pride in serving as the organizations' first Chief Impact Officer. 

Tru is also a published author. His first book, Millennials Revealed, continues to provide guidance and direction to countless organizations, helping them to understand how to build bridges across the different generation gaps. His newest book, We Can All Be Bridge Builders, serves as a comprehensive guide for leaders of all levels, equipping them with tools and strategies to help bridge gaps across differences and cultivate genuine relationships and cultures of inclusion.

Tru currently serves as the Founder & Chief Bridge Builder for Tru Access, where he helps organizations build bridges of trust and understanding across various areas of division. This includes but is not limited to racial divides, gender divides, generational divides, political divides, and relational divides of all kinds. As a part of his bridge building efforts, he founded Barbershop Rap Sessions, which serves as a platform that leverages barbershops across the country as a trusted venue for hosting facilitated dialogue between law enforcement and communities of color. 

In addition to the NBA, Tru has shared his bridge building expertise with teams across the NFL and MLB. He has also worked with numerous Law Enforcement agencies and organizations such as Nike, Hennessy, Unilever, 3M, Allianz, Smarty Pants, and Caterpillar, just to name a few.