ggrant22@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Gwendolyn Grant is the first female CEO in the 101-year history of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. In addition to the Urban League, Grant has served as chair of the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and Workforce Development, founder and convener of the COVID-19 Collective Impact Collaborative and the Police Accountability Task Force, and president of the Kansas City Public Schools Buildings Corporation Board. She is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Urban League’s State of Black Kansas City – a bi-annual report on African American progress in economics, education, health, social justice, and civic engagement. Among her many honors, Grant is the recipient of the Urban League’s Whitney M. Young Leadership Award, the Invictus Award for Social Justice, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Community Service Award.