Takema Robinson

About Takema Robinson

Entrepreneur, Social Justice Strategist, Philanthropist, Mother, and Aspiring Author, Takema Robinson is the CEO and founder of Converge, a national social-justice consulting firm, whose purpose is to accelerate the creation of a radically just new world where communities of color thrive. As a for-profit Black-woman-owned company, Converge is unapologetically committed to investing its dollars in companies owned by people of color, women and companies that demonstrate a commitment to communities of color. With over 20 years of experience in strategic philanthropy, policy advocacy, and fundraising, Takema has built a company with clients like the Ford Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Walmart Foundation, and George Soros’s Open Society Foundation, representing over $50 billion in philanthropic investment worldwide.Originally from Connecticut, Takema earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and African American Studies from Howard University in Washington, DC, and has completed post-graduate studies at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, George Washington University, and The New School. Takema is an avid advocate for radical self-care, which she practices by spending time with her partner and two boys in her second home of Jamaica, training for half-marathons, practicing and teaching yoga.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Converge Consulting, Llc

   Jun 2016 — Present

   Converge Consulting is a Black woman-owned mission-driven social justice consulting firm founded in 2016 by Takema Robinson-Llewellyn. Converge’s purpose is to accelerate the creation of a radically just new world where communities of color thrive. Converge provides strategy consulting to nonprofits, Clients include the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Medical Association, the Ford Foundation and the Women’s Foundation of the South. To date Converge has served over 100 organizations, representing over $50 billion in assets.

Education

• Howard University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Skills

• Creative Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Philanthropy
• Fundraising
• Program Management
• Report Writing