Full Name
Zenith Houston
Job Title
Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer
Company
Purpose Built Communities Foundation
Speaker Bio
Zenith Houston is the Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer, for Purpose Built Communities.
A strategic senior executive, she boasts more than 20 years of proven experience in successfully driving innovation to build growth and long-term sustainability for diverse, national, and local organizations. Zenith is an experienced, results-oriented thought leader with advanced knowledge and experience in diversity and inclusion strategic planning and program implementation with a stellar record of success developing and operationalizing strategies and programs that engage and unite diverse missions and organizations. Prior to launching her management consulting firm, GaillardHouston, she spent ten years as the Atlanta Director with The Posse Foundation.
Currently, Zenith serves on the board of AFS-USA, Veritas School of Social Science, Alliance Theatre, and the Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has received numerous recognitions for her leadership that includes the Atlanta Hawks Forever 404 Honoree, Atlanta Business League’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence, 100 Black Men of North Atlanta Image Award, Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Award, and Kenny Leon’s True Color Theatre Company’s 52 Weeks of Women. She is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2020), the Atlanta Regional Leadership Institute, and REALITY Impact Israel. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. A native of Columbia, SC, Zenith holds a bachelor’s in science and a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina in Criminal Justice.
A strategic senior executive, she boasts more than 20 years of proven experience in successfully driving innovation to build growth and long-term sustainability for diverse, national, and local organizations. Zenith is an experienced, results-oriented thought leader with advanced knowledge and experience in diversity and inclusion strategic planning and program implementation with a stellar record of success developing and operationalizing strategies and programs that engage and unite diverse missions and organizations. Prior to launching her management consulting firm, GaillardHouston, she spent ten years as the Atlanta Director with The Posse Foundation.
Currently, Zenith serves on the board of AFS-USA, Veritas School of Social Science, Alliance Theatre, and the Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has received numerous recognitions for her leadership that includes the Atlanta Hawks Forever 404 Honoree, Atlanta Business League’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence, 100 Black Men of North Atlanta Image Award, Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Award, and Kenny Leon’s True Color Theatre Company’s 52 Weeks of Women. She is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2020), the Atlanta Regional Leadership Institute, and REALITY Impact Israel. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. A native of Columbia, SC, Zenith holds a bachelor’s in science and a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina in Criminal Justice.
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