Outdoor Afro HQ
Headquartered in Oakland, California, Outdoor Afro’s staff spans the country. With backgrounds ranging from nonprofit, corporate, education, entertainment, agriculture, and finance sectors, our home office team’s unique expertise and experiences work together daily to keep network operations moving year-round.
Meet Outdoor Afro’s Team
Know the ones who collaborate on partnerships, in education, with programs, and across multimedia to change the narrative of who gets outdoors. Outdoor Afro is a love story with nature. The following team members help tell this story every day:

Chief Executive
Officer & Founder

Operations
Director

Candace Dantes
Communications
Director

National Program
Director

Deborah Hayman
Executive Manager
to the CEO

Outdoor Afro
Human Resources

Shivanni Maharaj
Development &
Grants Assistant