Background

Samantha E. Erskine is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Samantha’s research focuses on racialized and gendered emotions as institutional work, CEOs, antiracist feminist leadership, and flourishing/thriving. She is a certified coach with twenty years of nonprofit experience, including a decade of experience in fundraising and communications. Samantha earned a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management, a Master of Arts in Women’s History, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies.

Job experience

• 2019 - present
  Research Fellow
  Catalyst
  
• 2015 - 2016
  Senior Director of Development
  NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
  

  New York, NY, USA
• 2011 - 2015
  Director of Development
  Council of Urban Professionals
  

  New York, NY, USA
• 2009 - 2011
  Manager of Development
  National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
  

  New York, NY, USA
• 2008 - 2009
  Development Associate
  Applied Research Center
  

  New York, NY, USA
• 2006 - 2007
  Communications and Program Associate
  Legal Momentum
  

  New York, NY, USA
• 2016 - present
  Founder & President
  The Imelda Consulting Group
  

Education

• Case Western Reserve University- Weatherhead School of Management
  PhD Candidate, Organizational Behavior
  

  2017 - 2022

  - Research Focus: racialized emotions, CEOs, antiracist feminist leadership, and flourishing/thriving
  - Certificate: Executive Coaching
• The New School
  Master of Science, Nonprofit Management
  

  2012 - 2015

  Thesis/Professional Decision Report: Imelda Foundation Business Plan
  Certificate: Leadership & Change
• Sarah Lawrence College
  Master of Arts, Women’s History
  

  2005 - 2007

  Thesis: "Slavery's Echo on the Lives of Erotic Laborers: Racism, Stigma, and the Politics of Respectability"
• University of Maryland- College Park
  Dual Bachelors of Arts - Psychology & Women’s Studies
  

  1994 - 1999

• Certified Professional Coach
  iPEC Coaching
  

  2017 - present
• Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP)
  iPEC Coaching
  

  2017 - present
• Licensed Zumba Instructor
  Zumba
  

  2019 - present