Kenvi Phillips, Ph.D. has served in libraries, archives, and cultural spaces for more than 20 years. She has held positions in academic, non-profit, for profit, and local and federal organizations. She served as the inaugural Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Brown University Library, the first Johanna-Marie Frankel Curator for Race and Ethnicity at Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library. Currently, she is the inaugural Director for Barack Obama Presidential Library. She holds a BA in History from University of Tulsa and is a double Howard University alum, receiving a MA in Public History and a Ph.D. in American History.