Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart is the Strategic Partnerships Director at Political Research Associates, a social justice research and strategy center that provides strategic insights and actionable research that identifies, disrupts, and competes with movements and institutions that undermine democracy, justice, and human rights. In her role, she leverages PRA's research and communications capacities to support effective organizing and advocacy by movement organizations around the nation and globe.

Previously, Rev. Naomi served the city of Philadelphia as the Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs in the Mayor's Office from 2019 to 2023. Prior to working in municipal government, she was the Faith Work Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, the country's oldest national LGBTQ justice and equality group. Rev. Naomi serves on the boards of SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, Pride in the Pews, and Healing Communities PA. She is also an appointee to the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council of the US Department of Homeland Security and a member of the Faith Advisory Council of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Rev. Naomi is an adjunct professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University and Arcadia University. She regularly engages congregations, justice organizations, and academic institutions as founder of Salt | Yeast | Light, a ministry grounded in facilitating spiritual candor, theological rigor, political disruption, deep reflection, radical action, and communal transformation.