LECIA BROOKS

Board Secretary & Treasurer 
Montgomery, Alabama

Lecia is the Chief of Staff for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), where she assists with strategic planning and works with stakeholders across the organization to ensure the SPLC’s success, whether it is achieving long-term goals or maintaining effective daily operations. Lecia previously served as the SPLC’s chief workplace transformation officer, where she supported efforts to build a culture of inclusiveness and ensure a continued focus on justice, diversity and equity. She also previously served as the SPLC’s outreach director, where she traveled across the U.S. and abroad to speak about rising extremism, and as the director of the SPLC’s Civil Rights Memorial Center, an interpretive experience providing visitors with a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement.