Carlisha Williams Bradley
2024-2025 Obama Foundation USA Leader
Founder and Executive Director, Women Empowering Nations
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Carlisha Williams Bradley is the founder and executive director at Women Empowering Nations (WEN), a nonprofit organization that accelerates the path to executive leadership for girls of color. As the first Black woman on the Oklahoma State Board of Education, an award-winning executive, former superintendent, and women’s leadership coach, Carlisha champions education and women’s leadership globally to alleviate the lack of diversity in the C-Suite. She has reached more than 9,000 Black girls through WEN’s transformative programming and continues her changemaking work despite the introduction of HB 1775, a bill restricting discussions on race and gender in Oklahoma schools.
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- Building the Center
Join other Obama alumni in coming together to support the naming of the Water Garden at the Obama Presidential Center in honor of the life and legacy of President Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham—as a gift for the President’s 61st birthday.
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Watch President Obama share his vision for the Obama Presidential Center during a surprise visit with supporters and stakeholders—a vision for a public space that will honor history, help revitalize the South Side, and connect people throughout the communi
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