As Executive Director of the State of Black Arizona, Teniqua Broughton has proven efficacy in enhancing systems, educating communities, and equipping citizens of Arizona. She is passionate about using data to advance the organization’s mission by compelling both leadership and the grassroot community to create solutions that benefit the lives of others.
Teniqua proved her dedication to grow civic leaders in our community by leading the transition of the African American Leadership Institute (2017) from Valle del Sol and cultivated the inaugural institute in Southern Arizona in 2021. The program is purposed to develop African American leaders by increasing civic, political and workforce leadership roles and enhancing participants’ understanding of the role culture plays in a variety of circumstances, with specific attention to the enduring influence of African Americans in Arizona.
Teniqua has received countless recognition and awards for her contributions. In 2021, she received the ASU 2021 MLK Community Servant-Leader Award and Phoenix Business Journal’s Most Admired Leader award. 2020, Governor’s Arts Award Individual nomination. 2017, she received the Arizona Champion Award for the Central Arizona region from her Flinn Brown fellows for significant contributions to the civic leadership. She is class of 2013.
Teniqua has her master’s in educational administration and supervision, bachelor interdisciplinary studies in educational psychology, with an emphasis on theater for youth and certificates as certified nonprofit accounting professional (CNAP), nonprofit leadership and management from UA and in equity & inclusion from Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.