Leah Adams Pruitt

Leah Adams serves as the Institute's Vice President of Engagement. In this role, she oversees internal and external communications, while establishing organizational partnerships to advance awareness of the Institute’s mission and four centers of excellence. She utilizes her expertise in trauma-informed care to add to the Institute’s programs facilitating bereavement support programs as well as mind-body workshops and retreats. Leah joined the Institute in November 2019. 

Leah began her career at AIG Highstar Capital as an associate where she utilized her early paralegal experience joining a global team of fundraising, financial, and operational experts. From there, she worked as a senior consultant at RGP Consulting for several years supporting large international clients by providing them with training, and financial and legal solutions. Before joining the Institute, Leah was a vice president at Duff & Phelps where she spent five years consulting with top-tier enterprise clients focused on legal operations, global data risk, technology implementation, and utilizing her experience in enterprise change management. 

Leah received a certification in Project Management (PMP) in 2018. She is a member of the Houston Chapter of the Project Management Institute and has provided guidance and perspectives to several organizations as she attunes and shares this expertise with the public service sector. Leah also earned a certification in Nonprofit Leadership from Rice University in 2019 with a focus on furthering her awareness of the intricacies of the non-profit sector. She routinely presents at the Rice University Best Boards Conference on the topics of implementing trauma-informed care and sustainable change management. 

Leah received a certification in Mind-Body Medicine from the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in 2021. She has more than 15 years of experience volunteering in the Houston community and facilitating trauma and grief support groups. She continues to create and facilitate programs, retreats, and workshops throughout the Houston community on behalf of the Institute and as a private consultant.

Leah received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Houston with a minor in European Studies in Global Business. In 2013, Leah founded a social impact organization, the Sedona Yoga Festival & Healing Arts Conference. Leah has a heart for service and maintains a passion for community well-being.