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.
