Leila Roberts

Leila Roberts is currently serving as the Director of Communications at Vital Voices Global Partnership since September 2024. Prior experience includes a role in Impact at Copper from August 2022 to November 2024 and working in the Office of the Co-CEO at Ariel Investments from September 2018 to August 2022. Leila also contributed to public engagement efforts at the Obama Foundation between December 2017 and September 2018 and completed a public affairs internship at the National Conference of State Legislatures in 2016. Leila holds a degree in Political Studies, earned from the University of Chicago (2020-2022), and also studied at Pomona College and Pitzer College (2013-2017) as well as Georgetown University (2015-2016). Early education was completed at Lick-Wilmerding High School from 2009 to 2013.