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Chandra Brown-Stewart
Keynote Speaker
Chandra Brown-Stewart
Executive Director, Lifelines Counseling Services
Chandra Brown-Stewart is Executive Director of Lifelines Counseling Services, a United Way multi-service, nonprofit organization since 1958. Lifelines Counseling Services provides crisis, emotional, financial, and housing counseling and education to community members in southwest Alabama. She became Executive Director in 2005 and is currently in the position.
A graduate of McGill-Toolen High School and an inductee into the McGill-Toolen Hall of Fame, Chandra majored as a dual major in both pre-medicine and psychology at Xavier University in New Orleans. She has a Master’s in community counseling from the University of South Alabama, where she was honored with the Lisa Bethea Kavanaugh, 40 Under 40 Award. She was recognized as a “Soul of Mobile” in November 2019, 2020 FOCUS 40 Over 40 Award, 2021 Women’s Foundation of Alabama Honoree, AL.com Woman Who Shaped the State, for 2023, Distinguished Community Service Alumni from the University of South Alabama, in 2024 and was named the 2025 Alabama Nonprofit Employee of the Year Nominee, by the Auburn Student Philanthropy Board.
Chandra is the co-founder of the Society of Clotilda, a joyful health and wellness collective that is dedicated to the celebration, development, and prosperity of Black Women and their children. Chandra also serves as a board trustee on the University of South Alabama; serves on the regional advisory board for Truist Bank; serves as the past board president for the Alabama Coalition Against Rape; is a graduate of Leadership Alabama Class XXX; served as JLM President; and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Humanities Alliance, the Alabama Contemporary Art Center and Rebuilding Together South Alabama. She is a general member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Greater Mobile Area Chapter of the Links, Incorporated.
She is married to Leonard Stewart, Jr., a native of Mississippi, is the proud “puppy” mom to Red, a lab-hound mix and caregiver to her cousins, Kingston (7) and Reggie (15).
Chandra Brown-Stewart
Executive Director, Lifelines Counseling Services
Chandra Brown-Stewart is Executive Director of Lifelines Counseling Services, a United Way multi-service, nonprofit organization since 1958. Lifelines Counseling Services provides crisis, emotional, financial, and housing counseling and education to community members in southwest Alabama. She became Executive Director in 2005 and is currently in the position.
A graduate of McGill-Toolen High School and an inductee into the McGill-Toolen Hall of Fame, Chandra majored as a dual major in both pre-medicine and psychology at Xavier University in New Orleans. She has a Master’s in community counseling from the University of South Alabama, where she was honored with the Lisa Bethea Kavanaugh, 40 Under 40 Award. She was recognized as a “Soul of Mobile” in November 2019, 2020 FOCUS 40 Over 40 Award, 2021 Women’s Foundation of Alabama Honoree, AL.com Woman Who Shaped the State, for 2023, Distinguished Community Service Alumni from the University of South Alabama, in 2024 and was named the 2025 Alabama Nonprofit Employee of the Year Nominee, by the Auburn Student Philanthropy Board.
Chandra is the co-founder of the Society of Clotilda, a joyful health and wellness collective that is dedicated to the celebration, development, and prosperity of Black Women and their children. Chandra also serves as a board trustee on the University of South Alabama; serves on the regional advisory board for Truist Bank; serves as the past board president for the Alabama Coalition Against Rape; is a graduate of Leadership Alabama Class XXX; served as JLM President; and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Humanities Alliance, the Alabama Contemporary Art Center and Rebuilding Together South Alabama. She is a general member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Greater Mobile Area Chapter of the Links, Incorporated.
She is married to Leonard Stewart, Jr., a native of Mississippi, is the proud “puppy” mom to Red, a lab-hound mix and caregiver to her cousins, Kingston (7) and Reggie (15).
