Portia l. Shepherd

Portia Shepherd, a Black belt, Alabama native and graduate of the Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science at Miles College, and a Master's in Non-Profit leadership and management, is a consultant and keynote speaker with more than fifteen years’ experience across a wide range of industries: political campaigns, nonprofit and professional services, environmental injustice, domestic and sexual violence and the Blackbelt of Alabama. As a political consultant, she has advised current and past government officials, and industry associations. Portia has also served on boards of directors for several organizations and nonprofit organizations. A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Portia has taken the principles of her sorority and has used them everywhere she goes including within her current position as the Prevention Education Director with Family Services of North Alabama a non-profit organization that serves survivors of sexual assault. In her current position, she oversees two different counties.(Marshall and Dekalb) Shepherd has also studied the Arab-Israeli conflict and lobbied for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Alabama constitutional reform. Through those efforts, she has traveled the great state of Alabama as well as toured Israel and had in-depth conversations with members of the country's Likud and Labor party members. Through her efforts with working with Blackbelt citizens fighting for health and justice, she has appeared on FOX News Tucker Carson, NOWTHIS, and local television stations.