Brandi Richard

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Brandi Richard Thompson is an American transformational growth strategist, life coach, young professional advocate, innovator, entrepreneur, trainer, author, civic leader, and past president of the National Urban League Young Professionals. She is NULYP’s first President to serve two consecutive terms, 2011-2013 and 2013-2015. Brandi is the author of Operation Growth.

Education[]

Brandi Richard Thompson is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University in General Studies with an emphasis in Business, Computer Science and English and a graduate of the Ploughshares Fund Nuclear Security Cohort of the White House Project Go Run Political Leadership Training. Brandi participated in the NUL delegation to China, the African American Leaders Roundtable and the 2013 Aspen Institute Racial Equity Leadership Development Seminar.

Career[]

She is a civil servant with 15+ years of service, and currently is a Public Affairs Officer for FEMA.

National Urban League Young Professionals Leadership[]

Brandi Richard served as President of the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP), an auxiliary of the National Urban League (NUL), supporting 64 chapters nationwide and reaching almost 2 million young professionals. NULYP gave over 100,000 volunteer hours and $700,000 to Urban League affiliates in her first term in office. She secured over $2,900,000 in sponsorship for NULYP and served as an NUL Board Trustee. She previously served as Southern Region Vice President and President of the Urban League of Greater Dallas Young Professionals (ULGDYP), now Dallas-Fort Worth Urban League Young Professionals.

Awards[]

• NULYP Leading By Example Award (2015)
• Key to the City of Birmingham, AL (2015)
• Black Women in Media Award (2014)
• Envest Foundation 40 under 40 (2013)
• MetroBoard of the Chicago Urban League Torchbearer Award (2013)
• IMPACT Champion of Change Award (2013)
• Whitney M. Young Jr. Award (2013) - Long Island Urban League Young Professionals
• Dallas Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 (2011)
• Leadership Dallas Class (2011)
• Dallas Weekly Talented Tenth (2009)

External links[]

• Official website
• National Urban League Young Professionals
• Brandi Richard Introduces us to the National Urban League
• "Black Women In Media Awards 2014". Black Women in Media. April 1, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.