Donna Thompson-Bennett is Executive Director of the National Parent Leadership Institute. She is a parent leader and retired attorney who has 30 years in advocacy experience, with 25 of those years centered on parent leadership and civic engagement. She is passionate and committed to social justice and race equity. Donna and her husband, Anthony, live and love in Bridgeport, CT with their son, Ahmad, and granddaughter, Nylah. She identifies as Black/African American.