The Reverend Leah D. Daughtry is a nationally acclaimed organizer-activist, political strategist, author, Faith leader, and public theologian.

The daughter of a long line of community organizers and activists, Leah represents the fifth consecutive generation of pastors in the Daughtry family.

[6] She directs the Democratic Party's Faith in Action initiative to reach out to Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim voters.

[10] In a 2019 article for the New York Times she was critical of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign[11] In 2023, President Biden appointed Daughtry to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Wilson International Center for Scholars.

She sits on the Boards of Directors of Wesley Theological Seminary, the National Council of Negro Women, Higher Heights for America, and the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership.