Where Representation Matters
Untapped Leaders
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Our Mission
Untapped Leaders is a woman of color-led leadership development organization. Our mission is to challenge and transform the traditional leadership landscape by empowering and elevating the voices of historically underrepresented professionals. We aim to redefine effective leadership, moving away from conventional norms and towards a more inclusive, diverse, and authentic leadership model.
Our Core Values
Collaboration: Fostering a community where cooperation and contribution are paramount.
Inclusivity and Diversity: Creating spaces for marginalized voices and perspectives in leadership.
Challenging the Status Quo: Advocating for and implementing new leadership paradigms.
Empowerment through Experience: Emphasizing the importance of personal and cultural identities in shaping effective leaders.
Career-spanning Growth: Encouraging continual personal and professional development for individuals and organizations. Leadership is a lifelong practice.
A Visionary in Leadership
As a seasoned facilitator, writer, and speaker, Dr. Jenny Vazquez-Newsum's passion for leadership began in her youth and has since shaped her life's mission
Jenny has worked with 500+ leaders ranging from established executives at large corporations to high school students beginning their leadership journeys -- witnessing the untapped capacities that exist across all stages in career paths. Through her prior work as Vice President of Leadership Training and Programs at Coro Southern California, Jenny designed and facilitated cohort-based programs for leaders across all sectors and industries.
Meet Dr. Jenny Vazquez-Newsum
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Interested in digging deeper into the limitations of current leadership rhetoric and bringing in the voices of the often-unrecognized leadership contributions of BIPOC and marginalized leaders, Jenny launched Untapped Leaders to create a space for those contributions to be named, validated, and amplified. Having studied and facilitated leadership frameworks for the past two decades, Jenny realized most all frameworks are not developed by nor for leaders of color. As a result, Jenny designed the Untapped Leadership framework.
Jenny holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, an M.P.A from New York University, and an Ed.D from the University of California - Los Angeles.
Moving Beyond Traditional Frameworks to
Foster Inclusive Leadership
The Evolution of Leadership: A Historical Perspective
“Untapped Leaders widens the lens and
shifts the focus of where leadership sits.”
“It sits with all of us thriving through professional turbulence
and navigating through environments built by others.”
Women of color account for only 4% of C-suite leaders
*Women in the Workplace 2021, McKinseyAcross the entire economy’s chief executives,
only 5.9% are Black, 6.8% are Asian, and 7.2% are Latinx
*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021Among Fortune 500 CEOs in 2021 only 1.2% were Black, 4% were Latinx, 8% were Asian.
Only 21% of S&P 500 directors in 2021 were from underrepresented racial & ethnic groups
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