Sheena Collier has been appointed director of engagement for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce where she focuses on strategic initiatives related to racial diversity in the private sector, the role of the business community in economic mobility and building the brand of the region to attract new businesses and investments. Previously, Collier served as the Boston Promise Initiative Director at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Roxbury, leading one of 12 federally-funded Promise Neighborhoods in building a continuum of academic, family and community supports, with schools at the center. She has served in the role of community organizer, project manager, partnership builder and team leader for a number of organizations over the past 11 years. Her career and volunteer experiences have focused on developing and implementing high-quality programming and policies for girls and women, children and youth, and schools and communities. Collier’s work has been informed by her belief in the concept of microdemocracy — an idea that ordinary encounters with public agencies provide the opportunity for individual citizens to act democratically and participate effectively in decisions that affect them. She is a 2016 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Honoree.
Collier originally is from Albany, New York. She received her BA in psychology from Spelman College and her Ed.M. in risk and prevention from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
