"Natasha R. Moreland Spears has vast experience in the for profit and nonprofit sectors working in print and radio media, public television, arts and culture, human services, and public health. She has advised organizations on resource development, operations, strategic planning, and marketing and communications. Natasha currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of The International Association of Blacks in Dance and she is the Principal and Founder of The DreamChaser Group, a full-service consulting firm providing nonprofit support, artist management and representation, production services and project management. Natasha is also a Managing Partner in Metaphorically Speaking, a spoken word collaborative that has produced poetry slams and stage productions for more than a decade.

Natasha holds a master’s in management from Indiana Wesleyan University and received her EdD from Grand Canyon University in the fall of 2023. She has more than 30 years of nonprofit and fundraising experience and is a Certified Fund-Raising Executive. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio and loyal Bengals fan, Natasha is parent to three including a beautiful, artistic, free-thinking teenager, Gabrielle. In her spare time, she enjoys travel, cooking, audible books, and cheering her daughter on in basketball and soccer."