Angela at TEDx Houston, Texas
“Good organizations have three things: visionary leadership, a bold mission, and flawless execution. BakerRipley does that.”
Darren Walker
President & CEO, Ford Foundation
President & CEO, Ford Foundation
Featured Work
New York Times: What Do The Poor Need? Try Asking Them
Fast Company: What Gardening Can Teach You about Being an Effective Leader
The Atlantic: How Asking About Their Needs Connects People in Houston
NPR: How One Nonprofit is Working with Houston Immigrants
CNN: Where America Works: A Closer Look at Houston
Places Journal: Houston’s Quiet Revolution
Brookings Institution: The Metropolitan Revolution
Brookings Institution: Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Investing What Works for America’s Communities
Houston Chronicle: With Harvey, Houston is “in the Honeymoon Period”
Houston Chronicle: Departing nonprofit leader throws herself into one last challenge
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Building on the Ambitions and Aspirations of Newcomers: An Interview with Angela Blanchard
Globally Recognized Community Development Practitioner Visits Pittsburgh to Talk Community-Level Change
Paper City Magazine: Houston CEO Jumps into Emergency Shelter in wake of Harvey, Wins National Award of Crisis Management
KHOU 11: New Shelter Opening at NRG Center.
FOX 26 Houston: BakerRipley, The Congressional Delegation, City and County Press Conference at NRG Center
Angela Blanchard Named Spring 2018 Swearer Center Social Entrepreneur in Residence
Houston Chronicle: Let go of rage and practice loving detachment, for your own sake and your community’s
Houston Chronicle: Expert explains why Houston mayor was right to declare disaster
Houston Chronicle: ‘Not moving at the speed of need’
Houston Chronicle: 13 things every Houstonian should know during coronavirus pandemic
Houston Chronicle: ‘This is all going to get a lot more difficult before it gets better.’
Houston Chronicle: ‘Stay away from groups’
ZDNet: Words of wisdom for leaders battling the COVID-19 pandemic
Houston Chronicle: ‘This is what we dread’
Photos
Angela meeting former President Barack Obama at the White House
Angela with Susan G. Baker and former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Baker III
Angela with former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative
Angela at the White House Meeting with Former President Barack Obama and other Community Development Experts
Angela, a non-resident scholar at the Brookings Institution, with the inaugural Centennial Initiative Scholar, Bruce Katz
Angela with Aqel Biltaji, Mayor of Amman Jordan
Angela with Harlem Children Zone founder, Geoffrey Canada on a tour of the Baker Ripley Neighborhood Center in Houston
Angela in Hamburg, Germany meeting with volunteers serving newly arrived refugees
Angela at Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp in Beirut Lebanon
Angela in Lebanon
Angela with her son Victor at Heart of Gold Gala
