Leanna Powell

She, Her, Hers | Baltimore, MD | Facilitator

Leanna specializes in nonprofit fundraising and institutional partnerships in Baltimore. She works as a director of development and co-organizes the White Womxn's Anti-Racism Alliance (WWARA) locally, bringing white womxn together in cross-racial community to move from waking to rising and from comfort to risk. Her areas of study and application include the intersection of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism in modern philanthropy; equitable strategic planning; and relationship-centered organizational policies. She was an inaugural fellow in both the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies Imagining Justice in Baltimore program and with WWARA, and serves as a volunteer, teacher, and advisor with the Station North Tool Library. 

 Leanna offers formal and informal support to nonprofit staff and boards interested in refining or strengthening their practices in fundraising, storytelling, collaboration, work planning, and board development.