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Lakweshia Ewing lives and breathes education and learning. As professional business and educational consultant she holds multiple degrees in Psychology, Education and Organizational Leadership. Ewing has more than 18 years in program design, organizational strategy, project management and evaluation, group dynamics, team building and community coalition building, she has become a notable force in the realms of the education, faith based, business start-up and nonprofit sectors procuring over 10 million dollars in local, state and federal grants for educational programs and organizational development projects. She is a founding member of the Sankofa Fund for Civic Engagement, an African American giving circle which is focused on projects targeting African Americans in the Chattanooga area. This giving circle was recently recognized by both the Association of Fundraising Professionals as the Corporate Philanthropist of the Year as well as The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga Whitney M Young Community Service.

Lakweshia has personally received many notable awards, recognitions and certifications, such as Harvard University Young American Leader Award, Urban League Small Business of the Year recipient, Chattanooga Tennessee Top 20 under 40 young leaders award, International COGIC Achievers “Top 20 Under 40,” University of Pennsylvania Research Scholars Award,  City of Memphis Award of Merit, Footprints Foundation Community Leader Award, National Next City Vanguard class member and the Stanford University Design Thinking certification.  As an international evangelist, facilitator and speaker, she has been featured in Huffington Post, Washington Post and several other notable media publications.

She is married and resides in Chattanooga with her loving husband, Mr. Julian Ewing. The happy couple have no children of their own but are the proud guardians of her younger brothers, Fredrick Tibbs, Jr., and Emerson Tibbs.