As one of the nation’s leading experts on management and leadership, Consultant Randryia Houston is President of RLH Coaching & Consulting, a firm focusing on strategy development for visionary women leaders.

Author of I Almost Gave Up: Finding Faith in the Rubble of Brokenness, Houston is passionate about women creating nonprofits, ministries, and businesses that speak to their true purpose. Blog contributor for sheownsit.com, Houston shares expertise and tips with entrepreneurs worldwide.

Houston began interest in social movements after a study abroad trip to Ghana, West Africa. Grieved by the educational disparities she witnessed for children the same age as her daughter, she was compelled to create The Pencil Project, a 501(c) 3 that has hand delivered over 300,000 pencils to primary and secondary school students in Ghana, Nicaragua and Belize.

She has been honored by Women in the World Foundation as one of six Super Charities Started by College Students, one of the ten most inspiring student activists, and Top 10 Game Changing Millennials of 2015 by the Global Millennial Conference. Houston’s list of awards and international honors include features in the African Political and Economic Strategy Center and TelAfric Television Network.

Houston is an active philanthropist through the self-named Randryia L. Houston Endowment at the University of Houston Library and a board member for Her Haven, a transitional living facility for single mothers. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Christian Counselor and a licensed minister.

She resides in Houston, Texas with her 12-year-old daughter Ryann.