Reisha Raney is the president and founder of Encyde Corporation, currently ranked in the top 4% of all women-owned businesses in the United States, protecting clients’ technology program investments by providing business analysis, systems engineering, independent testing, and post implementation solutions for some of the world’s largest systems; a Living Classrooms Board Member- promoting STEM through hands-on learning using urban, maritime, and natural resources; the Organizing Secretary for the Maryland State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) – the first black state officer in Maryland and only one of four African American state officers in the history of the 125+ year old, 180,000-member society; a descendant of Thomas Jefferson’s grandfather, a non-resident fellow at Harvard University under Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of PBS Special “Finding Your Roots”; and creator of DaughterDialogues.com- a website that explores the lives of women of color in the DAR.

Reisha has been featured in USA Today, The Washington Post, The Japan Times, Politico and on WBAL TV 11 NBC News. Reisha earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Spelman College and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has traveled to over 40 countries, has a boating license, enjoys doing headstands on paddleboards and practices Krav Maga hand-to-hand combat.