Leniece K. Flowers Email & Phone Number

California, United States

New York City, New York, US

Serve as a voluntary advisor for startup CEOs chosen by Techstars Silicon Valley and powered by J.P. Morgan and eBay.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Leniece is the founder and CEO of Compass Talent Group, an executive search firm that builds diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. Her firm has partnered with companies with annual revenues ranging from $2M to $36B resulting in 90% of hires identifying as underrepresented (Black or Latinx). She built Compass Talent Group to shift the culture of.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Black Venture Institute (BVI) teaches foundational venture principles like financing, sourcing, diligence, and corporate governance. Fellows learn how investors evaluate opportunities and negotiate terms from top industry minds, business leaders, and UC Berkeley professors. BVI is a curriculum-based program that teaches Black operators and executives the.

Atlanta, GA, US

Selected as inaugural data journalism fellow for The Plug, a digital news and insights platform covering the Black innovation economy. Under the mentorship of Sherrell Dorsey, published a piece on Apple's investment in racial equity and the first piece tracking Black women executives that have led successful acquisitions or IPO.

New York, NY, US

Published a piercing critique on corporate America's sluggish shift to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The article was embraced globally and became one of the top ten most-read articles by Quartz in 2018.

Washington, DC, US

Published an article on LinkedIn lifting the veil on the insidious ways inclusive recruitment is undermined by unconscious bias in the hiring process. The article went viral reaching over 60,000 members on LinkedIn and was later republished by Vox which then reached several hundred thousand readers.

Houston, Texas, US

Joined Leadership Houston whose mission is to enlighten, empower, and engage diverse community leaders through a broadened knowledge of Houston and increase their civic leadership capacity for the benefit of Greater Houston and its stakeholders.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Led Texas office of national non-profit through major growth phase two years after it launched. Oversaw the statewide expansion of the Graduate Fellowship scaling the program from two cities to four while managing a full-time team of four, alumni and volunteers. Recruited fellows from top graduate schools of business, policy, law, and education; increased.

New York, New York, US

Partnered with the Dean of Hunter College to launch Relay Graduate School of Education's first course: Diversity in the American School. Facilitated the course to over 120 educators resulting in increased cultural competency.

New York, NY, US

Founded at the height of the Civil Rights Movement - as the embodiment of Martin Luther King Jr's dream - Manhattan Country School teaches students in a community with no racial or socioeconomic majority. Served as a lead educator with the goals of cultivating academic excellence, intellectual freedom, social awareness, self-confidence, and firsthand.

New York, NY, US

Selected to be one of 5,300 national TFA Corps Members out of a pool of more than 50,000 applicants to close the opportunity gap in the Bronx community where I was raised:- Collaborated with teachers and teaching assistant to develop data-driven strategies to improve teaching effectiveness and ensure the academic achievement of 40 students over two years.

New York, NY, US

Developed and executed a campus strategy to increase awareness at the University of Vermont, while researching and recruiting qualified, diverse applicants for Teach For America

M.A, Sociology And Education

Executive Education, Developing Leaders Program

M.S, Early Childhood Education

B.A, Sociology

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