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Angelique Power
Angelique Power is the President & CEO of The Skillman Foundation, a private, independent foundation that works with grassroots and grasstops advocates to transform the education system. Rooted in values of fairness, belonging, justice, and bridge-building in a purple state, the Foundation works for and with Detroit youth and grants approximately $24 million annually. The Skillman Foundation actively leverages its financial, moral, social, and reputational capital to ensure young people are designers of their own destiny, and ours.
Prior to The Skillman Foundation, Power was president of the Field Foundation, a Program Director at the Joyce Foundation and a senior executive at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she also holds a Master of Fine Arts and an Honorary Doctorate from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Power is a board member of Bas Blue, Council of Michigan Foundations, CultureSource, Detroit Future City, Detroit Public Theatre, The Parade Company, United States Artists and serves on Mayor Duggan’s Workforce Development Board. Named a 2025 Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News, Angelique is the proud wife of her photographer husband, Sean, and the grateful mother of a wise 15-year-old named Sadie.
To connect with Angelique, please contact Arnett Parham at aparham@skillman.org.
