Tamara Kennedy-Hill
Tamara Kennedy-Hill, Principal at Kennedy-Hill Strategies, LLC works with business and nonprofit leaders to design strategic impact solutions and mission driven results applying principles of change management, community engagement and tested equity, diversity and inclusion system change modeling.
Kennedy-Hill brings her over twenty years of experience from Destination Management, diversity, equity and inclusion program planning, business strategy, and Nonprofit Management to work with leaders to embrace equity and build systemic change in their organizations and communities. Her superpowers are systems thinking, equity integration, community engagement and leading with a growth mindset.
Kennedy-Hill currently serves on the boards of Black United Fund of Oregon, Greater Portland Economic Development District and Transition Projects. She holds an MBA in Nonprofit Management from the University of Portland and a bachelor’s degree in Communications, with emphasis in adult learning theory and conflict resolution, from Marylhurst University.
Tamara’s passion is to align human potential with positive community impact. She is co-founder of Portland’s My People’s Market, an equitable marketplace for entrepreneurs of color in the greater Portland region. In her spare time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends exploring the greater Portland region.