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Angela Glover Blackwell
founder, CEO, PolicyLink
Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national policy research organization that partners with equity advocates around the country to lift up best practices and create policies that build a just and fair society. A renowned community building activist and advocate, Blackwell served as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation where she oversaw the Foundation's domestic and cultural divisions.