La June Montgomery Tabron

Official Panelist

2025 Participant · Just Announced! · Non-Fiction · Social Science

La June Montgomery  Tabron
La June Montgomery Tabron

La June is both the first woman and the first African American to serve as President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world. In 2025, Montgomery Tabron was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in philanthropy. In 2023, Inside Philanthropy named her one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in US Philanthropy, and the New York Times named her a Groundbreaker at its annual DealBook Summit. She has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Clinton Global Initiative, the ESSENCE Festival of Culture, and the University of Oxford. She lives in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Book Title(s)

  • How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out