Sherece West-Scantlebury, PhD

Sherece is a leading 21st-century equity advocate. From her early beginnings as a housing advocate in New York City to leading programs at some of the most prestigious foundations in the Southeastern United States, Sherece has been relentless in her quest to increase prosperity for families striving to move out of poverty. Sherece uses every opportunity to speak life into leaders and organizations. She encourages them to use their talents to solve our country’s most urgent challenges. Her public policy, strategic philanthropy, and program development expertise make her one of our nation’s top transformational leaders. Before the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, she was the founding CEO of the Foundation for Louisiana (FLL). Before FFL, she was with the Annie E. Casey Foundation.