Ifeoma Ike

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ABOUT IFEOMA IKE

Ifeomasinachi (Ifeoma) Ike is an award-winning lawyer, researcher and policy strategist and the founder and Chief Equity Weaver of Pink Cornrows, which specializes in designing solutions which combine the cultural genius of marginalized communities with her team\'s background in law, communications and research to advance equity. Ifeoma supports industry leaders across diverse sectors achieve their impact goals, and designs data-driven strategies to create safe spaces for historically disenfranchised communities Ifeoma is the visionary of Black Policy Lab, an annual gathering where everyone is an expert, and each is qualified to imagine how we create policies to improve the lives of Black people globally. Her impact library includes co-creating three congressional caucuses, drafting mental health policies and successfully advancing criminal justice legislation and reforms. She has also been a co-designer of major diversity pipeline initiatives, including working with the late Virgil Abloh and the Fashion Scholarship Fund on increasing the number of Black creatives in the exclusive world of fashion and retail. She has been awarded by several outlets including the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Huffington Post, HBO and Vanity Fair. Her company, Pink Cornrows, has been named one of the top 75 consulting firms in New York State by City & State. Her tenure includes serving as a senior policy researcher for the Innocence Project, counsel on the United States House Judiciary and Executive Deputy Director for New York City\'s Mayor\'s Office Young Men\'s Initiative, where she designed NYC Men Teach, one of the nation\'s leading diversity teacher recruitment pipelines. She has led the design of efforts addressing inequity on a mass scale, including leading the largest municipal mental health strategy focused on the well-being of Black communities. A natural teacher, Ifeoma has served as an adjunct professor in political science, law, and Africana/African-American history-as well as been a guest lecturer at leading institutions from the United Nations, to the White House to the UK Parliament. Learn more about her at ifeomasinachi.com.