The Reverend Leah D. Daughtry is a nationally recognized teacher, preacher, speaker, organizer, leader, and political strategist. Throughout her career, she has sought to bring sound, principled leadership, business, and management practices to organizations that seek to enhance and improve the lives of the people with and for whom they work.

She is President and CEO of On These Things, LLC, which provides strategic and event planning, issue advocacy, and organizational management consulting services to a broad array of businesses and organizations. Daughtry possesses the rare ability to manage people, processes, and policies equally well. This is clearly demonstrated through her proven capacity to manage multi-billion dollar budgets, lead complex human resource portfolios, develop internal and external communications strategies, and assist clients in managing transitions and organizational change.

With her ordination in 2002, Leah joined the fifth consecutive generation of pastors in the Daughtry family. She is Pastor of The House of the Lord Church in Washington, DC, and in 2012, she was ordained as an Elder and presently serves as Jurisdictional Elder of the organization’s Southeast Region.

Daughtry served as Chief Executive Officer of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee, responsible for the planning and execution of the Democratic Party's quadrennial presidential nominating convention. She simultaneously served as Chief of Staff of the Democratic National Committee ("DNC"). She is the creator of Faith In Action, the Democratic Party’s outreach to communities of Faith, and was named by Religion News Service as one of the 12 most influential Democrats in the nation on faith and values politics. In 2009, Daughtry served as Resident Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, where she focused on the role Faith and values have come to play in American politics.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Reverend Daughtry held various senior posts at the United States Department of Labor and the United States Congress. She remains connected to her community through her service on several boards of directors, and her involvement in a variety of social, political, and public service initiatives. Leah is the first-born child of the Reverend Doctors Herbert and Karen Daughtry, and the doting aunt of three wonderful nephews. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Wesley Theological Seminary.