Yterenickia Bell

City Council, Clarkston, GA

Yterenickia ‘YT’ Bell (she/her) is currently the Georgia State Office Director at the Southern
Poverty Law Center. Previously, she held the role of the Senior Director, And Still I Vote for the
Leadership Conference Education Fund and the National Organizing Director at Care in
Action/National Domestic Workers Alliance supervising the state directors and program
managers in seven core states, while developing electoral and legislative strategy for state and
federal campaigns. Prior to that, she was the Director at the Progressive Governance Academy, a project between the State Innovation Exchange (SiX), Local Progress, and re:power to build and develop the leadership and governance skills of progressive state and local elected officials across the country. She was also the Deputy Director of a statewide public policy coalition table, currently known as America Votes Georgia, where she provided strategies and best practices for successful programmatic implementation. She is a native Georgian and graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science and a Master’s in Social Work and Public Administration with a focus in Economic Development and Planning. Bell has worked as a social worker and public policy professional serving vulnerable communities and solving complex problems for over a decade. She is also a Councilwoman in the City of Clarkston, Georgia.