Lakimja Mattocks

Lakimja Mattocks brings over fifteen years of leadership in the nonprofit sector and currently serves as Chief Talent and Equity Officer at LEAP. In addition to her primary role, she also partners with senior and emerging leaders as a strategic thought partner and coach, and works with organizations to assess and co-create solutions to organizational design, culture and learning and development challenges through collaborations with Renew and Redesign Consulting and What's Next Now. Prior to joining LEAP, Lakimja co-led Nonprofit New York’s internal racial equity work and how it was operationalized in our programs, specifically with the use of the Key Areas of Nonprofit Excellence. Additional roles in the sector include designing, managing, and facilitating cohort-based leadership programs as the Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Learning at Support Center and leading the Programs team as the Senior Program Director at Roads to Success.

Lakimja has leaned into and leveraged professional certifications to build on her MPA from Baruch College, MS in Counseling from Long Island University and BA in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Temple University. She is active in her local community, through the New York Urban League and Brooklyn chapter of the NAACP and is a regional leader with her undergraduate alma mater, Temple University. She is also an experienced coach, mentor, and facilitator.