Dr. Angela N. Campbell has spent over 20 years as an impactful educator and executive leader in higher education, academic consultant, community advocate, and life coach. She was honored in the May 2024 City & State publication as one of the “Higher Education Trailblazers” in Pennsylvania. She is the founder and CEO of Presence Power for Success, LLC. Her company provides Positive Intelligence (PQ) mental fitness training, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) education, professional consultation and empowerment coaching services. She developed a revolutionary Paradigm of Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (BE-IDEA). She encourages participants to “BE a new IDEA” and use Presence Power principles to co-create Inclusive Excellence, human transformation, dignity, and justice for all. As a keynote, she inspires her audience to be the best version of themselves by living on purpose and more authentically from the inside - out with joy, integrity, and compassion. 

As an urban education expert, Dr. Campbell brings innovative approaches to increasing access to community-based co-educational opportunities in social and restorative justice education, trauma-informed practices, conflict resolution, and “Pathways to Peace” training. Currently, she is consulting with Temple University to launch a Center for Urban Education that will bolster existing co-educational programming for Philadelphia community members across the lifespan and intergenerational college and career preparation opportunities. She supports grant-funded programs for at-promise students, and educator diversity initiatives in urban schools and teacher education programs. 

Dr. Campbell earned her Ph.D. in Urban Education from Temple University. Her areas of expertise include social justice and DEI education, gendered socialization practices in schools, adolescent gender identity, Freedom Schools and rites of passage programs for young women in urban communities. She earned an M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Maryland College Park, and a B.A. in Human Communication and Sociology minor from La Salle University. She completed her Executive Leadership education at Carnegie Mellon University.