Kamilia K. Landrum | Women to Watch Honoree
- Year: 2025
- Location: WomanUp and Celebrate Southeast Michigan
Executive Director of NAACP Detroit Branch
Kamilia Landrum is a top millennial leader in Detroit’s non-profit industry. She is the youngest Executive Director in the history of the NAACP Detroit Branch; a Branch known for its extraordinary leadership and membership base, robust community engagement, and iconic Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. In her 19-year commitment to the Association, Kamilia has been at the forefront of social justice advocacy issues from the fight to uphold Affirmative Action in Michigan to historical legislation such as Promote the Vote, which expanded voting access for millions of Michiganders. She has traveled across the country for Civil Rights demonstrations such as Jena 6 in Louisiana and the 50th Anniversary of the Edmund Pettus Bridge Crossing in Selma, AL. Most recently she traveled from Jamestown, Virginia to Jamestown, Ghana with a delegation of NAACP leaders to recognize the 400-year mark of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
At the Detroit Branch NAACP, Kamilia oversees the implementation of strategic partnerships and programming the Association’s five game changers: education, economic sustainability, criminal justice, civic engagement and health and heath care access. She has served in numerous leadership capacities of the local, state, and national level of the organization. Kamilia has engaged hundreds of youth leaders across the country by reactivating NAACP college chapters, training students on advocacy and civil rights issues, and mentoring students as they developed as leaders.
Kamilia is a graduate of Cass Technical High School and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and a Master of Public Administration with a focus in Nonprofit Policy and Management from Wayne State University.
Kamilia is also a small business owner in the city of Detroit. In 2014 she launched her consulting firm, The GlassDrum, and in 2017, she started Staged Spaces, an event planning and luxury party rentals company. Since its inception, the company has focused on supporting events for non-profit organizations, small businesses, and other celebrations that bring family and friends together.
