JOY LINDSAY

Joy Lindsay is the Founder and CEO of Butterfly Dreamz, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that equips girls to be confident leaders and supports them in achieving their dreams through mentorship, scholarships, and youth-led community action. She also provides consulting services to nonprofits and social entrepreneurs, helping them build sustainable and impactful organizations. Joy is the author and publisher of several young adult books and has worked in consulting, finance, and public education management.

Joy is an AMEX 100 for 100 Founder of Change and a 2021 Echoing Green Social Innovation Challenge Awardee. She is a proud member of the North Jersey Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, where she serves as the Co-chair of Economic Development.  Joy is passionate about education and has worked with youth in various capacities, including as a mentor, coach, and facilitator of enrichment programs, for more than fifteen years.

Joy holds a BBA in Finance from Howard University and an MPA in Nonprofit Management & Policy from NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Joy was recently accepted to Harvard University Graduate School of Education as a part-time Ed.M. student to study Human Development and Education and serve as an Identity Project Research Fellow, where she'll conduct research on adolescents’ ethnic-racial identity development and culturally sustaining pedagogy. 

"Care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical and Expect more than others think is possible." ~African Proverb

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As she continues her work, Joy hopes to use her diverse skills and background to ensure all children have equitable access to quality education and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.