Ré

Ré Phillips is a multidisciplinary creative, researcher, and capacity builder from the ancestral lands of Muscogee communities in the American South. Co-founder and Lead Consultant at Root to Bloom, she has expertise in communications strategy, leadership coaching, facilitation/space holding, strategic planning, and visual storytelling. Ré brings 17+ years of experience in research, the public sector, the non-profit sector, the private sector, and the creative economy. Her commitment to social impact is linked to her lifelong identity as an artist and an African-American woman, descended from enslaved peoples in the United States, alongside her professional experience as a humanitarian worker. She splits her time between Atlanta, London, and Nairobi.

Ré has received awards for her art and advocacy. She is a Fulbright Scholar, an AIF Banyan Fellow, as well as a winner of the Rare Rising Stars British Award, the Call to Conscience Award from the Stanford MLK Research Institute, and the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Outside of art and advocacy, Ré is a former financial services AVP, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and UN consultant. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford, a Master’s Degree in International Development from the University of Oxford, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at SOAS, University of London.