Ashanta Evans Blackwell ’95
- Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Teach for America
- Memphis, TN
Ashanta Evans Blackwell is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Teach For America, Inc. where she manages the Legal and Risk functions for the organization and serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership.. She is the current Board Chair for Gestalt Community Schools, a charter management organization and has served in varying capacities on other Boards. She has also held several roles for the Alum Association of Mount Holyoke College on its Board and Committees and has been honored for her ongoing commitment to the College.
After graduating from Vanderbilt University School of Law, Blackwell held several positions including clerking for Justice Fred L. Banks, Jr. at the Mississippi Supreme Court and as a federal law clerk to the Honorable William J. Hibbler of the Northern District of Illinois. She currently lives in Tennessee with her family.
Class year: 1995
Joined board: 2021