Alesha Arscott is the Founder and CEO of Unleashed, a coaching and consulting firm that implements strengths-based practices with individuals, teams, organizations, and students to drive breakthrough results in life, school, and work. She recently led a Racial Equity Qualitative Analysis with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to better understand the lived workplace experiences of Black employees.

Previously, Alesha served as Chief Talent Officer for STRIVE Preparatory Schools, leading talent strategy, operations, and DEI for 11 schools serving 3,700 students in Denver. Her DEI work included co-creating community strategies to attract and retain Education Professionals of Color and facilitating convenings on Redefining Power & Influence in Denver’s K–12 organizations.

Earlier in her career, Alesha was Senior Director of Talent at the Charter School Growth Fund and spent 12 years at Charter Schools USA, helping scale the organization from five to 70 schools across seven states and achieve significant academic gains. She later founded and led teams in strategy, grants, data analytics, and quality assurance, contributing to CSUSA becoming the first EMO accredited as a school system.

Alesha is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and Kolbe Certified™ Consultant. She holds a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.