Reisha Raney
{{short description|American business executive and engineer}}
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| alma_mater = Spelman College (BS)
Georgia Tech (BSE)
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Reisha L. Raney is an American business executive and podcaster. In 2018, she became the first black woman to serve as a Maryland state officer in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She previously served as the national vice chairwoman of the society's membership committee division. Raney is the founder and CEO of Encyde Corporation and the founder of Daughter Dialogues, a podcast documenting the narratives of black members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Early life and education
Raney grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland.{{Cite web|date=2013-07-02 |title=African-American woman traces ancestry to family of Thomas Jefferson |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/world/black-u-s-woman-traces-ancestry-to-family-of-jefferson/#.W0o7IdJKg2w |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}
She graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. She also has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Spelman College.{{Cite web |title=Reisha Raney |url=https://www.encyde.com/reisha-raney |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Encyde Corporation |language=en}} She is a non-resident fellow at Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute for African and African American Studies at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.{{Cite web |last=Pacella |first=Rachael |title=New secretary looks to change perception of DAR - Baltimore Sun |url=https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=686efdd2-fa82-4c4e-8367-1b640fcbc9aa |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Baltimore Sun}}
Career
Raney served as the director of internet protocol solutions for Concert, a joint venture of AT&T and BT, working in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and in London. She became a data networking account executive and was ranked in the top two of the company's salespeople in the United States.
In 2001, Raney founded Encyde Corporation.{{Cite web |title=Reisha Raney |url=https://wonderwomentech.com/speaker/reisha-raney/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Wonder Women Tech |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.daughterdialogues.com/about |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Daughter Dialogues |language=en}}
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As a relative of President Thomas Jefferson, Raney joined the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Cartagena |first=Rosa |date=2021-04-07 |title=Yes, There Are Women of Color in the DAR |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/04/07/yes-there-are-women-of-color-in-the-dar/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Washingtonian |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url= https://www.reisha.com/|title= About|author= |date= |website= Reisha Raney|publisher= |access-date= October 11, 2024}} She is a descendant of Edwin Turpin, a cousin of Jefferson, and an enslaved woman named Mary, whom Turpon took to Canada to marry. Turpin's home in Goochland County, Virginia was burned down as a result of this union, and in his will he freed his enslaved children.{{Cite news |last=Fears |first=Darryl |date=2023-05-18 |title=A complicated family history places black Md. woman in DAR's ranks |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-complicated-family-history-places-black-md-woman-in-dars-ranks/2013/06/29/976cf1a6-e00d-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Raney's father was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Raney served as regent of a local DAR chapter in Fort Washington, Maryland. In 2018, Raney was elected the Maryland state society's organizing secretary.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2021 |title=Alumnae Elected To Prominent Positions In Historical Society |url=https://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/vol96_no4_low_res/78 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |website=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Vol. 96 No. 4 |publisher=Georgia Tech}}{{Cite news |last=Milloy |first=Courtland |date=2022-07-06 |title=Perspective {{!}} A war without end: The DAR and the 40-year fight to honor Lena Ferguson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/05/daughters-of-the-american-revolution-lena-ferguson-marian-anderson-hazel-scott/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} She was the first black woman to serve as a Maryland state officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was inducted in a ceremony in Baltimore.{{Cite web |last=Simms |first=Barry |date=2018-07-13 |title=Maryland DAR inducts first black officer |url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/maryland-dar-inducts-first-black-officer/22104839 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=WBAL |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Pitofsky |first=Marina |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Maryland DAR names first black officer |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/10/first-black-woman-officer-dar/772423002/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} She previously served on the national level of the organization as the vice chairwoman of the membership committee division.
Raney founded Daughter Dialogues, a podcast documenting the narratives of black members of the DAR, which launched on July 1, 2021.{{cite web |url= https://wjla.com/features/7news-mornings/daughter-dialogues-podcast-sharing-stories-of-black-women-with-colonial-descendants|title= 'Daughter Dialogues' podcast: sharing stories of Black women with colonial descendants|author= |date= February 23, 2021|website= WJLA-TV|publisher= |access-date= October 11, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Podcast Traces Ancestry of Black Women of Revolutionary War |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/podcast-highlights-descendants-of-revolutionary-war/2587313/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=NBC4 Washington |language=en-US}}
Personal life
In 2023, Raney married Julian Doe at Oxon Hill Manor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.{{Cite web |last=Blomquist |first=Lilly |date=2024-01-04 |title=This Vibrant Wedding With a Pink and Orange Color Palette Was Infused With Personal Touches |url=https://www.brides.com/pink-and-orange-maryland-wedding-hana-gonzales-8418256 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Brides |language=en}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://lovestoriestv.com/reisha-julian-wedding-video-october-2023 |title=Reisha + Julian {{!}} Washington, DC |language=en |access-date=2024-10-11 |date=October 20, 2023|via=lovestoriestv.com}}
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Category:African-American business executives
Category:African-American company founders
Category:American history podcasters
Category:American interview podcasters
Category:American women business executives
Category:American women podcasters
Category:Daughters of the American Revolution people
Category:People from Fort Washington, Maryland
Category:Spelman College alumni