Habeebah Rasheed Grimes (LC 2020)
Founder, Habeebah Rasheed Grimes LLC
Habeebah Rasheed Grimes is a visionary, heart-centered leader and nationally recognized voice on trauma-informed care, youth mental health, and human services leadership. With over 25 years of experience advancing healing and equity for marginalized youth and families, she is the founder and principal consultant of Habeebah Rasheed Grimes LLC, where she guides individuals and organizations in adopting trauma-informed, healing-centered, and liberatory practices.
Habeebah previously served as CEO of Positive Education Program (PEP), one of Ohio’s largest mental health agencies for children. There, she led a staff of 400 and championed equitable care, staff well-being, and organizational excellence.
Her contributions have earned her numerous honors, including Crain’s Cleveland Woman of Note (2022), the Urban League of Greater Cleveland Education Champion Award (2023), the Bruce D. Perry Spirit of the Child Award (2024), and the NAACP Cleveland Community Leadership Award (2025). She is also an alumna of Leadership Cleveland and a graduate of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Ladder to Leadership program.
Habeebah is an Acosta Institute Fellow and the creator and host of No Crystal Stair Podcast, a platform that uplifts the voices of Black mothers raising sons, affirming the power of storytelling in the pursuit of healing and justice.