We create capital deployment strategies rooted in equity.
Our Story
Blackbird Strategy Group is a capital markets strategy firm dedicated to helping executives create equitable pathways to a continuum of capital, connectivity, and resources. The firm delivers innovative community- and data-centered solutions to build wealth, agency, and strong ecosystems to close the racial wealth gap and advance economic security, abundance, and sustainable generational wealth and well-being.
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We are where critical thinking and practical implementation meet. We advise a wide range of capital providers — including financial services and asset management firms, philanthropic foundations, CDFIs, and private investment funds — on how to design better and more equitable strategies to invest in opportunities that are — or should be — aligned with their stated goals.
About the Founder
Latresa McLawhorn Ryan, CEO
Latresa McLawhorn Ryan is the founder and CEO of Blackbird Strategy Group. With a personal purpose and career focused on creating economic security and sustainable generational wealth, she has more than 20 years of experience as a trusted advisor with a unique ability to make complex ideas compelling by combining critical thinking with practical implementation.
Prior to founding Blackbird Strategy Group, she served as the founding Executive Director of the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) where she raised and distributed over $36M in capital to support small business growth, development–– and ultimately, survival at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before joining AWBI, Latresa held leadership roles at SunTrust Bank, Operation Hope, and as an attorney serving clients nationally. Read more…
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