Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
alisha [at] arl [dot] org
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Alisha Keig is director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, effective May 10, 2023. Alisha is responsible for actively contributing to the design, delivery, and assessment of all of ARL’s Learning programs. She develops and implements the ARL Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference; provides tools and resources to advance the Association’s DEI + Learning goals; and operationalizes efforts to actualize and measure the Association’s impact related to DEI.
Previously, Alisha served as the associate director for Equity in Schools at Beloved Community, a racial and economic equity consulting firm. She is a skilled project manager, executive coach, facilitator, and curriculum designer who has spent a decade in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and education sectors. Prior to joining ARL, Alisha’s work primarily focused on guiding organizational leadership teams to build sustainable DEI practices. She has worked with executive leaders across the United States in multiple sectors to unearth pain points, operationalize DEI commitments, construct multi-year strategic equity plans, and build capacity for change management. She is an expert professional development leader and has extensive experience customizing content, developing tools, and collecting and analyzing data. As a consultant and coach, Alisha understands the importance of leading with inquiry and co-creating a space of ownership and expertise. And as a facilitator, Alisha takes complex ideas and makes them available to any audience. She understands that for all the heaviness of DEI conversations there must be time created for warmth, joy, and humanity as well.
Alisha holds a master of public policy from Vanderbilt University, a master of education from Lipscomb University, and a bachelor of arts in English with a minor in Spanish from Wake Forest University, where she was also a four-year varsity athlete.
