Jadayah Spencer is the Executive Director of the International Youth Leadership Institute (IYLI). She is an advocate for improving access to opportunities that enhance the lives of youth, people of African descent, and indigenous people worldwide.
A proud IYLI alumna, Jadayah became an IYLI fellow in 2010 and traveled on the 2011 Summer Fellowship Program to Tanzania. She subsequently served in various roles: as a volunteer, a board member, and a group leader (Brazil 2013, Senegal 2018, Senegal 2019).
She has served on several international and local boards, including her work as a Co-Chair of the UN DGC/CSO Youth Representative Steering Committee and on the New York City Young Women’s Advisory Council, which addresses policy issues that directly affect young women of color in New York City, and which has received $20 million in funding to implement policy recommendations.