Carolyn D. Love, PhD

Dr. Carolyn Love decided at an early age that she would work to end racism during her lifetime. As a leader in the non-profit sector, she has supported other women and girls of color, LGBTQ, and people with disabilities. She is a mentor to people throughout Colorado and is highly respected in the nonprofit community. She helps leaders improve how organizations are considered, solves problems, and leaves people inspired and eager to learn more. She is always looking for a way to move our communities to a place with nurtured leaders, and opportunities for the future.

Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Dr. Love received her undergraduate degree in Social Work from Indiana State University. She then continued her education at Regis University attaining a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and her PhD (at age 60) at Antioch in Leadership and Change.

With her educational foundation, Dr. Love worked in corporate, non-profit, and educational environments which led her to leadership experience with numerous organizations. These include the Colorado Non-Profit Association Governance Committee, the National ACLU Board, the ACLU of Colorado Affiliate Equity office, the NAACP Boulder Chapter, the International Leadership Association, the National Council of Negro Women, and Leadership Denver. 

Dr. Love was part of a delegation that attended a White House briefing on minority-owned businesses, during the Clinton administration. 

As part of the Denver Foundation consultant team, she began racial equity work, developing an early nonprofit racial equity training program. Her work with the Inclusiveness Project in Denver helped shape the nonprofit landscape in the Denver metro area. Many Colorado foundations now center racial equality as an operational principle because of Dr. Loves’ influence. As a nonprofit director with the Minority Business Exchange and Chamber of Commerce, she advocated for minority and women-owned businesses. This advocacy invited large corporations to invest in small minority-owned businesses, and not overlook them.

 In addition to her community work Dr. Love is affiliated with the Iliff School of Theology, and Regis University as a professor and is the owner of Kebaya Consulting and Coaching bringing women together on societal issues. Her influence has left an indelible mark on the nonprofit sector.

She consulted with Colorado foundations including the Colorado Health Foundation, the Denver Foundation, and the Rose Community Foundation. She served on the Board of the ACLU, Iliff School of Theology, Colorado Nonprofit Association, United Black Women of Boulder Valley, and the Boulder NAACP. She is a professor of nonprofit management at Regis University shaping the minds of our future leaders.