Orisha A. Bowers is a strategic and visionary leader with over 25 years of experience designing and implementing healing-centered, justice-rooted programs across reproductive health, harm reduction, and interfaith spaces. With a BFA, MA, MEd, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, a Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies, and a Certificate in Complementary Alternative Medicine, she brings deep expertise in program strategy, knowledge management, and public engagement rooted in justice, healing, and community wisdom.

As Deputy Director at Yellowhammer Fund and former Executive Director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition, Orisha has led national coalitions, managed multi-state initiatives, and facilitated leadership development for partner organizations. She has stewarded complex budgets, built cross-sector partnerships, and curated transformative programming that centers Black and Brown women, LGBTQ+ communities, and people living with HIV.

Her interdisciplinary Ph.D. research on Tennessee’s fetal assault law and the founding of Orixa Healing Arts reflect a lifelong commitment to systems change, spiritual resilience, and community-led innovation. As an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church, she seamlessly integrates spirituality with therapeutic disciplines such as mindfulness dancing, offering Dancing Mindfulness and other healing practices across the U.S.

Orisha’s work embodies integrity, creativity, and purpose. She is devoted to designing programs that not only meet the moment but shape liberatory futures, merging women’s studies, education, interdisciplinarity, and healing to foster collective wellness and transformation in communities of color.

Services Offered:

• Training and Technical Assistance 

• Conferences/Retreat/Staff Meeting  Coordination

• Executive Coaching 

• Leadership And Organizational Development