Sadiqa Reynolds

Attorney and former District Judge Sadiqa Reynolds is the first woman to serve as President and CEO of Louisville Urban League. Reynolds was the first African American woman to clerk for the Kentucky Supreme Court, and the first African American to serve Kentucky as Inspector General. She has run a private practice handling criminal defense matters, while also representing abused, neglected and dependent children. ​

In 2017, Reynolds was named Community Leader of the Year by the National Alliance on Mental Illness for her work to reduce the stigma around mental health. She is a proponent for Restorative Justice and has been a participant in the Face It campaign against child abuse. Reynolds has been recognized as a Business First Enterprising Woman to Watch, and Woman of Influence. She has been honored with a Tower Award, a Torch of Wisdom and named a Daughter of Greatness by the Ali Center. In 2016 she received the Fannie Lou Hamer award for justice and was recognized as BizWomen’s Business Journal top 100 women to watch nationally. The Mortgage Bankers Association recognized her for housing advocacy, and she was the IABC/PRSA Communicator of the Year. Reynolds was Louisville Magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, the 2018 National Urban League Woman of Power and the Audrey Grievous Community Enrichment Award recipient. The National Bar Association also named her a Gertrude E. Rush Award recipient for her justice advocacy work.

Reynolds is the mother of two daughters, Sydney, 10th grade, and Wynter, 8th grade, both being educated in the Jefferson County public school system.