Rodrigua Ross currently serves as the Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. She has been with the YMCA for over 22 years both in Dallas, TX and in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Rodrigua Ross currently serves as the Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. She has been with the YMCA for over 22 years both in Dallas, TX and in Framingham, Massachusetts.
She strives to be an advocate for children and families in under resourced, marginalized, and access deficient communities. She is also a strategist that aids organizations embed diversity and equity strategies into their operations. She has collaborated with government entities, public and private nonprofit agencies, and corporate partners nationwide to address issues such as youth development program deficiencies, improving family stability, increasing access in low income communities, poverty, reducing social stigmas associated with “at- risk” populations, and dismantling of inequitable systems.
She strives to be an advocate for children and families in under resourced, marginalized, and access deficient communities. She is also a strategist that aids organizations embed diversity and equity strategies into their operations. She has collaborated with government entities, public and private nonprofit agencies, and corporate partners nationwide to address issues such as youth development program deficiencies, improving family stability, increasing access in low income communities, poverty, reducing social stigmas associated with “at- risk” populations, and dismantling of inequitable systems.
To that end, she has:
To that end, she has:
- Created comprehensive strategies and delivery models to facilitate with organizational pivot during the COVID 19 Crisis.
- Established early childhood learning academies that served hundreds of children each school year through subsidized programs
- Created food and fresh produce strategies and programs to support families living in food deserts
- Implemented financial development strategies that raised money to support families with financial assistance to participate in programs and activities as well as for facility capital and infrastructure improvements
- Chaired a multi-million-dollar Collective Impact Strategy to address public health, education, poverty, public safety, housing and economic development in Dallas
- Sat on the task force to develop the first Purpose Built Community in South Dallas
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Leadership. She is a national trainer and public speaker in courses with topics ranging from mitigating bias, finance and budgeting, diversity and inclusion, understanding cultural competency, program development, executive presence, business culture, leading and coaching, and others. She is the current National Chair of the African American Resource Network an Employee Resource Group for the YMCA of the USA. She has also partnered to establish a nonprofit based out of her hometown of Brooklyn NY to support academic achievement among student athletes of color. She is the wife of Dr. Iman Ross, and a mother of three Asha, Azeem and Ameer. In her free time, she is a shoe enthusiast.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Leadership. She is a national trainer and public speaker in courses with topics ranging from mitigating bias, finance and budgeting, diversity and inclusion, understanding cultural competency, program development, executive presence, business culture, leading and coaching, and others. She is the current National Chair of the African American Resource Network an Employee Resource Group for the YMCA of the USA. She has also partnered to establish a nonprofit based out of her hometown of Brooklyn NY to support academic achievement among student athletes of color. She is the wife of Dr. Iman Ross, and a mother of three Asha, Azeem and Ameer. In her free time, she is a shoe enthusiast.