Juanita Gallion

Juanita Gallion is the Director, Capacity Building & Leadership Development at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP). She helps lead the organization’s work to advance racial equity through facilitation, training, capacity building, leadership development, and coaching with a variety of national and local partners and philanthropic organizations. She supports parent and community leadership through CSSP’s engagement in the Early Learning Nation Collective and provides leadership development for the U.S. Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative grantees. She previously led the technical assistance and training for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connections initiative and was part of the Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare.

Prior to joining CSSP, Juanita managed the technical assistance for a national initiative aimed at reducing children’s exposure to violence, and her additional expertise youth and community engagement, worker rights, and national AIDS/HIV advocacy. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a Master’s degree in Social Service Administration, and received her Bachelor’s degree in Law and Society from American University. She is an Annie E. Casey Foundations Results Count™ Advanced Practitioners, part of the Cataylst:Ed Expert Hub, and a certified EQi, TESI and MBTI Certified Practitioner.