S1E2: Anucha Browne – It’s Time for Women to Lead: Exploring the Need for Harnessing the Collective Voice of Women

Disrupting the Dominoes

Thanks for tuning in to Disrupting the Dominoes: Season 2, Episode 2, featuring guest Anucha Browne!

In this episode, Arlene and Anucha discuss the importance of women's collective power, energy, and voice in redefining the landscape of racial justice and the comprehensive acceptance of women in society and the workplace. They explore the complex relationship of women of color in positions of power and the shifting perspectives of their counterparts, and Anucha shares her personal experience with workplace violence and the societal response following the media coverage, along with her journey as an athlete, leader, and advocate for women of color in positions of power.

Anucha currently serves as the Chief Impact Officer for Tides, where she leads the execution and implementation of strategic initiatives to advance their goal of shifting and strengthening the power of proximate leaders, communities of color, and other historically excluded groups who face systemic barriers.

Before joining Tides, Anucha was the chief advocacy and engagement officer at UNICEF USA, where she was responsible for managing strategy, engagement, advocacy, congressional relations, emergency response, and domestic programs. She pioneered domestic programs and grants in support of vulnerable children in the U.S. impacted by natural disasters, disease, and migration. She also launched UNICEF’s Child-Friendly Cities Initiative to build safer, more just, equitable, inclusive, and child-responsive cities around the world.

Previously, she served as the NCAA’s vice president of women’s basketball, where she set the strategic direction and oversaw the operation and management of its Division I, II, and III women’s basketball championships. She also acted as the organization’s regional, national, and international spokesperson and primary liaison to the women’s basketball committees and to 1,200 public and private colleges and universities on all matters related to the sport. Anucha has also held executive leadership positions at the University of Buffalo, the NBA, and IBM.