DarKenya Waller

Biography

DarKenya W. Waller is the Executive Director of TN’s largest nonprofit law firm, Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands. She is an outspoken advocate for domestic violence victims and a champion for all underserved communities on the local, state, and national level. She was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to its Indigent Representation Taskforce in support of legal services for those who cannot afford it and appointed to the Criminal Justice Reform Investment Taskforce on the Probation and Parole Subcommittee by TN Governor Bill Lee. She serves on the Civil Council of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association and on the Board of Directors for the TN Alliance for Legal Services, Leadership Middle TN, and the African-American Project Directors Association, where she is President. She is a fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation, a member of Leadership Nashville, and a Nashville Business Journal recognized C-suite Executive. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Nashville Alumnae Chapter, and has been an adjunct professor at both Vanderbilt and Belmont Law Schools on the subject of poverty law. She is the author of multiple articles on the subject of poverty law and has worked more than 25 years to ensure a more equitable and justice society for all. DarKenya is a graduate of Jackson State University, University of Mississippi - School of Law and Belhaven University in Jackson, MS, where she earned her Master of Business Administration. She is married with five children.