Khadi A. Oluwatoyin (she/her)
Founder, Executive Director
Khadi, a Nigerian-American, was born and raised in the heart of New York but currently lives in Tulsa Oklahoma, home of The Black Wall Street and first settled by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe.
Khadi is an attorney, mental health and sobriety advocate, consultant, and community builder. Her work over the last few years has focused on increasing the wellness of Black girls, women, femmes, non-conforming folks, and queer folks of color.
Khadi created Sober Black Girls Club in 2018 when she decided to get sober and noticed that many sobriety platforms did not cater to girls and women who looked like her or shared similar cultural and societal experiences. At the time, SBGC was just a blog. Today, it is a coast-to-coast, 501(c)(3) collective that, in addition to the blog, runs a newsletter, mentorship program, four weekly support meetings, annual retreat and more.
Khadi and Sober Black Girls Club have been featured in several publications including the Red Table Talk, The Washington Post, The Huff Post, Teen Vogue, Mademoiselle, and Shondaland.
Melanie N. (she/her)
Treasurer
Melanie N. started attending Sober Black Girls Club meetings in the fall of 2020. Through the compassion, patience, and support of the SBGC community, Melanie has grown into a person who has learned to love herself and others. Melanie’s sober journey began at the end of 2019 when she made the courageous move to ask for help.
Melanie is an accounting professional with over 20 years of experience and an HBCU alumnus.
Brittany Walker (she/her)
Board of Directors, Operations Manager
Brittany Walker, M.S. is a lover of serving others and aims to help the underrepresented (people of color, women, LGBTQ+, veterans and individuals with disabilities) to elevate to their highest frequency. As the Founder of Kick Cramp’s Ass, she also performs as a Strategic Operations Entrepreneur, Plant-Based Nutritionist, Educator, Author (NNG’s Formula to Kick Cramp’s Ass: A blueprint to naturally get rid of menstrual cramps), Podcast Host (Transcend with NNG and Kick Cramp’s Ass), “Amplify Black Lit” Book Club Host for Analog Dope and Wellness Blogger for Spoken Black Girl inspiring others to acquire generational wealth and achieve optimal wellness.
Brittany’s past experience includes being a former Biology Professor, Restaurateur, retired Chef, and Operations guru afforded her the skills to develop expertise in more than 15 industries. She has an Associate in Applied Science in Culinary Arts and Applied Science in Hotel/Restaurant Management, a Bachelor of Science in Technical Management (with a concentration in Hospitality Management), a Master of Science in Nutrition Education, and a certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. A true alchemist and a firm advocate for optimal health, she works diligently to ensure those who she is meant to serve are evolving mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, and financially.
Sarah W. (she/her)
Board of Directors, Board Member
Sarah is an intersectional feminist, solo world traveler, marathon runner, and dog mom in Houston, Texas. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Ohio University and a Master of Public Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Texas-San Antonio.
With eight years of experience in nonprofit, government, and policy, Sarah plans to use her expertise and passion to help other black girls and women in recovery. Outside of hanging out with friends and traveling, she enjoys watching basketball, twerking, and reading bell hooks.
Jo W. (she/her)
Board of Directors, Board Member
Jo is a healthcare professional whose family originates from West Africa. Her sobriety journey began in 2017 when she recognized that alcohol was no longer serving her. Jo joined Sober Black Girls Club during the 2020 pandemic when the lack of in-person connection influenced her to look online for alternative modalities of recovery and support. Through the organization and other recovery platforms she was able to find people like herself who were attempting to eliminate alcohol in their lives, recognize her story in the stories of other Black women in their recovery journey and find a supportive community that showed her she was not alone.
By being a part of Sober Black Girls Club, Jo has been able to find her voice, eliminate alcohol in her life, and address generational trauma and societal oppression while living a life that is in alignment with her higher self.
For fun, Jo enjoys being out in nature, hiking, reading, and having meaningful connections. Currently, she serves as one of the Club’s weekly meeting hosts and has ten months of continuous sobriety. Through her position as a board member, Jo hopes to give back to the community that has supported her on her road to recovery and to other women who seek healing in their lives.