Faith Leach
Faith Leach was appointed by Mayor Brandon Scott to serve as the City Administrator in the City of Baltimore where she leads the day-to-day operations of city government.
Faith previously served as the Deputy Mayor of Equity, Health and Human Services in Baltimore. Prior to joining the City of Baltimore she served as the Chief of Staff at the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation; a global leader dedicated to driving inclusive economic growth in communities worldwide. In her role, she oversaw the Foundation’s commitment to invest $2B over the next five years to strengthen workforce systems, revitalize neighborhoods, grow small businesses, and improve the financial health of vulnerable communities across the globe. She was also instrumental in the development of the firm’s $30B business commitment to advance racial equity.
Faith has spent more than a decade working to address the key drivers of economic inequality that fuel the racial wealth divide. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., Faith served as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity under DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, standing up a first-of-its-kind government agency focused on revitalizing overlooked and underserved neighborhoods. As Chief of Staff, Faith provided strategic oversight and direction to a cluster of government agencies focused on workforce training and employment, small business growth and development and equitable, community-centered economic development. While in the DC Mayor’s office, Faith also led efforts to combat an uptick in community violence and developed a multi-agency approach to violence prevention.
She has held posts in local governments ranging from the Mecklenburg County’s Office of Management and Budget, the City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Determined to address inequality, Faith leverages her experience and personal passion to advocate for formerly incarcerated women and children with incarcerated parents. She serves on the Boards of the Meyer Foundation and Ladies of Hope Ministries. She is also a member of the United Justice Coalition and is an Ambassador with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. In 2019, she was honored with a 40 for 40 award by the NC State Black Alumni Society.