The Highland Project is honored to announce the second cohort of Highland Leaders: 15 Black women innovators from across the nation, sectors, and generations who are driving bold solutions focused on creating multi-generational wealth and opportunity for Black communities where they live and serve.

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I am Kenya Bradshaw. I am reclaiming Black educational liberation. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Memphis, TN

Role
Chief Program Officer of Reconstruction

I am Sade' Cooper. I am a servant leader challenging the status quo. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Denver, CO

Role
Co-Founder and CEO of CHIC; Board Bound Committee member; Founding member of Educational Justice for Black Coloradans; Mother

I am Yordanos Eyoel. I am an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur building an entrepreneurship ecosystem to advance inclusive democracies. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Malden, MA

Role
Founder and CEO, Keseb; Board Chair, PushBlack; Civil Society Fellow of the ADL and Aspen Institute

I am Vanessa Garrison. I am my ancestors' wildest dreams. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Washington, D.C.

Role
Co-Founder of the largest health movement in the world for Black women; Creator; Activist; Adventurer

I am Rhiana Gunn-Wright. I am a worker for justice. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Flossmoor, IL

Role
A systems thinker and policy researcher; Storyteller; Mother

I am Dr. Lakeysha (Key) Hallmon. I am a transformational visionary and doer. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Atlanta, GA

Role
Champion of the Village; Auntie; Adventurer

I am Khadija Haynes. I am strong-willed and ever-ready. I find solutions others don't see by making unusual connections. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Denver, CO

Role
First and only Black woman to serve as Chief of Staff for the Colorado General Assembly -Senate; Political Strategist; Artist

I am Latoya Holman. I am a force for equality, unity, and change. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Las Vegas, NV

Role
National Ally Advocate for LGBTQ equality; DEI Champion; Collector and lover of friends; Dog mom

I am Asia Johnson. I define myself and others by the best in us, not the worst in us. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Redford, MI

Role
Filmmaker and Storyteller

I am Chastity Lord. I am a mother, wife, manifester and demystifier. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Washington, D.C.

Role
Reframing generational poverty and economic mobility as a social justice issue that sits at the nexus of race and gender

I am Lindsay Love. I am breaking barriers by decolonizing what it means to heal and be well. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Chandler, AZ

Role
Founder of Therapy Luv LLC; Licensed Clinical Social Worker; First Black woman elected to Chandler USD Board

I am Tynesha McHarris. I am a Black Feminist on assignment. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Brooklyn, NY

Role
Co-founder of The Black Feminist Fund; Supporter to many working to resource liberators and movements; Sister; Friend; Partner

I am Anne Elaine Price. I am freedom. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Oakland, CA

Role
Principal of Anne Price Policy Consulting; Former first woman President of the Insight Center; Lover of the arts; Avid pickleball player

I am State Representative Robin Shackleford. I am a change for the better. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Indianapolis, IN

Role
Impactful Legislator; Health & Life Broker; World Explorer; Mile Maker

I am Jocelyn J. Stephens. I am on a mission and moving with a purpose. I am a Highland Leader.

Current Location
Jacksonville, FL

Role
Mother; Educator; Strategist; Community Organizer; Visionary with Southern roots and charm; Foodie