As a strategic consultant, Kira Banks has been helping individuals and groups understand themselves, others and systems of oppression for over 25 years. She works across corporations, Hollywood, Broadway, non-profits, K-12 schools, colleges, and community organizations. She is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at Saint Louis University where she researches how discrimination affects mental health and co-founded the Institute for Healing Justice and Equity. She is known for making complex and controversial topics accessible and intergroup interactions understandable, which she showcases in her podcast.
Banks received her MA and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Class of: 2000
Joined the board: 2022