LaTosha Brown

Education:B.A., Auburn University at Montgomery

LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer.

She was born in 1971 in Selma, Alabama. She attended Auburn University at Montgomery, earning a bachelor's degree in political science and government.

She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a civic engagement organization that played an instrumental role in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate race. She is principal owner of TruthSpeaks Consulting, Inc., a philanthropy advisory consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the founding project director of Grantmakers for Southern Progress.

Throughout her career, she has been distinguished as a trusted expert and resource in political strategy, rural development and special programming for a number of national and regional philanthropies. She has over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights. She also has more than 25 years serving as a consultant and advisor for individual donors, government, public foundations and private donors.


Latosha Brown. The Institute of Politics at Harvard University. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2023, from https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/latosha-brown