Cassandra Webb

Cassandra Webb

She/Her/Hers

Director of the Place of Promise Initiative, Cities United

An inclusive leader in the field of community development committed to co-creating healthy and sustainable neighborhoods for women and families of all ages.

Cassandra Webb is dedicated to cultivating networks of support and love for Black youth, families, and their communities. Over the past ten years she’s been an advocate of supportive policies for youth and young adults, investments in family and community resources, and resident voice and leadership in nonprofit and city government spaces. Her undergraduate experience at UofL focused on the intersections of political science, economics, and Pan-African studies. After graduating with her B.S. in 2012, she jump started her career at the Network Center for Community Change (NC3). Working as an education and youth organizer led her to other leadership roles within the city, including the Louisville Urban League, Metro United Way, Coalition Supporting Young Adults, and Play Cousins Collective. Cassandra currently works on local and national projects as Cities United’s Director of the Place of Promise Initiative and Russell: A Place of Promise (RPOP) co-lead. RPOP is a justice based initiative focused on generating investments in the People and Places that make the Russell neighborhood special. She also serves on the board of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and LHOME. Cassandra’s work has been recognized by organizations such as Leadership Louisville and Louisville Business First's Forty Under 40.