Shavon Arline-Bradley is the President & Founding Principal of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions LLC (reachbeyondsolutions.com) a strategy and innovation consulting firm designed to expand the leadership and strategic capacity of government, corporation, foundation and non-profit partners based in Maryland (Washington DC metro area). She is also a Co-Founder of The Health Equity Cypher Group, a collaborative of nationally recognized health equity experts designed to expand the work of health, equity and diversity & inclusion in all sectors. Shavon personally has over 20 years of professional experience. She served in the Office of the 19th United States Surgeon General (OSG) as the Director of External Engagement and senior advisor. Prior to her tenure in the Office of the US Surgeon General, Mrs. Arline Bradley served as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning & Partnerships and senior director of health programs for the national NAACP where she served for 6 years.
In January, 2023 Shavon was selected as the President & CEO of the National Council of Negro Women serving as the first in the organization’s new infrastructure.
The Southern New Jersey native is a public health & social justice advocate and former track & field athlete who earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science and Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Arline-Bradley graduated in May 2016 from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University with a Master of Divinity. In May 2019, Shavon completed the Executive Certificate of Executive Leadership, Business Development and Business Management from Howard University School of Business with a concentration in strategic planning and project management. In July 2020, she completed the Executive Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University.
Shavon was initiated into the Nu Mu Citywide Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta at Tulane Univ in New Orleans, LA in December, 1997. She is the immediate past co-chair of the National Social Action Commission and serves as the current president and chair of Delta for Women in Action. Shavon is a member of the Columbia MD chapter of the Links and is the Associate Dean of the Scott Hawkins Leadership Institute. She is the vice-chair of the NAACP Board Health Committee and a member of Jack & Jill of America. She completed the Herndon Institute Fellowship and is also an advisory member of the Oprah Winfrey Network initiative OWN Your Health.
Shavon was ordained in May 2018 as a Baptist preacher and serves as an associate minister of the Alfred Street Baptist Church. She is married to Andrew Bradley and mother of two.
