Renita Drakes

Renita Drakes is a Digital Transformation Consultant and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in technology, marketing, and leadership. As an immigrant and Black woman who has built businesses, led non-profits, and invested in real estate, she speaks from lived experience on the intersection of identity, ambition, and the systemic barriers people face in professional and entrepreneurial spaces. She is the author of the forthcoming book Phoenix Within: Rising Above Your Limits. Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.