Mahlia Lindquist

Mahlia Lindquist is Executive Director of Ladies Empowerment and Action Program (LEAP), a reentry program dedicated to transforming the lives of women who have experienced incarceration. She brings her advocacy skills from years of practicing law to fight on behalf of the marginalized women she serves through LEAP. Under Ms. Lindquist’s leadership, LEAP has evolved from a small non-profit providing services to women in prison, to being recognized as a leader in the women’s re-entry space. Since taking the helm at LEAP 8 years ago, her vision of providing housing, wraparound services, trauma-informed therapy, even a retail business to provide jobs and job training have all been realized. Ms. Lindquist has a law degree from Georgetown University and a BA in economics from Emory University.