Ally Richman (she/her) is an experienced social science researcher and nonprofit administrator who believes that organizations have an ethical imperative to use data to guide social justice work. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2005, she has traveled between academic and community spaces working to connect theory with practice in nonprofit leadership, program development, and data-driven decision making. Working at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and structural inequality, Ally earned her PhD in Sociology at Temple University in 2013, and joined the AIDS Library team at Philadelphia FIGHT in 2015. Ally then had the opportunity to support the William Way LGBT Community Center as their Chief Operating Officer, and she is currently the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer at VisionLink. She brings over 15 years of experience merging critical analysis with hands-on work rooted within communities.
