Chinyere Oparah is an experienced leader with over 30 years of administrative experience in higher education and the nonprofit sector, including the roles of dean, provost, and vice president for academic affairs. Oparah founded the Center for Liberated Leadership and the FreeToLead blog to connect and resource equity-oriented leaders. As a certified executive coach, she has extensive experience managing change; building high-trust teams; leading DEI initiatives; creating engaged and equitable campus climates; developing actionable strategic plans; and leading during fiscal restructuring, mergers, and acquisitions. She has published numerous books and essays on issues impacting women, nonbinary, and transgender persons of color, from the crisis in maternal health care and the prison industrial complex to surviving and thriving as an academic leader.
Chinyere Oparah
Founder and Executive Director, Center for Liberated Leadership
