Jamila K Wilson

Jamila K. Wilson began her professional career as an Americorps volunteer after graduating from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a BA in Political Science in 2001. In 2022 Jamila joined United Way of the Columbia Willamette and currently serves as the Director of the Climate and Disaster Resilience dept. In this role she stewards the Disaster Resilience Learning Network (DRLN), a network of leaders of color advancing equity and cultural practices as tools of resilience in disaster and emergency management.

Jamila’s passion for investing in human capital is rooted in the global liberation movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, “I believe in democracy for and by the people. The people must be confident in their innate leadership abilities and strive to restore a harmonious relationship with the planet and all of her inhabitants.