Darcelle Lahr

Darcelle Lahr is a Summer Lecturer in the Goldman School of Public Policy, leading the Innovation, Strategy and Leadership course in the Berkeley MPA Summer Session.

In addition, Lahr is a Professor of Business Practice in the Lokey School of Business & Public Policy at Mills College, teaching Leadership & Ethics, Social Impact Consulting, Social Entrepreneurship, Business & Society, and the capstone MBA Strategic Management course. In 2018, Lahr led the re-envisioning and relaunch of the Mills College Center for Transformative Action, creating a hub for social justice research, activity, and community action for our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Most recently, Lahr serves as Co-Chair of the Mills Black Faculty/Staff Association, Co-Lead of the Black Action Forum, and Chair of the Racial Incident Response Subcommittee of the Intersectional Antiracist Team.

Lahr is also the President and CEO of Integral Consulting Group, a Black woman-owned management consulting practice; the Founder and Executive Director of L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope, a 501(c)(3) community nonprofit; and the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Social Entrepreneurship Center, supporting socially-minded women entrepreneurs of color. Lahr’s passion is in providing compassionate, seasoned guidance to social change agents in transitioning from early-stage visionaries to purposeful, ethical leaders and governance directors. Her current programs address systemic inequities facing marginalized and systems-impacted individuals through social entrepreneurship.

Lahr earned both her Doctorate in Education and her Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Mills College, is an honored graduate of the Transnational Executive MBA Program of CSU East Bay, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Lahr is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of California.

Publications

Lahr, D. (2020). Ascend 2020 Year 3 Milestone Progress Report: Multi-Stakeholder value chain collaboration. Mills College Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy.

Lahr, D., Adams, A., Edges, A., & Bletz, J. (2020). Where do we go from here? The survival and recovery of Black-Owned businesses post Covid-19. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Lahr, D., Adams, A., Edges, A., Bletz, J., Utschig, C., & Brown, D. (2020). Oakland manufacturers: Impacts assessment. Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy, Mills College.

Lahr, D., McQueen, N., Lattimore, R., Lopez, J. (2020). Bay Area African American businesses: Financial health and intergenerational wealth 2020 status report. Main Street Launch African American Entrepreneurship Institute.

Lahr, D. C. (2018). Piercing the Cycle of Recidivism: A Self-Study to Inform Social Entrepreneurship Education as a Path to Successful Reentry for Previously Incarcerated African American Women (Doctoral dissertation, Mills College).

Intindola, M. L., Weisinger, J. Y., & Lahr, D. C. (2016). Multisector Team Collaboration at the Child Advocacy Center. The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 6(4).

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Last updated on 04/24/2024