We are Highlander: The Movement School

The Highlander Research and Education Center is excited to announce Highlander’s new co-executive directors Vonda McDaniel and Garrett Stark. 

Following an extensive year-long leadership search and a participatory transition process led by Strategies for Social Change along with Highlander’s Board and Staff, Vonda and Garrett will formally join Highlander as our new Co-Executive Directors in February 2026 as an established leadership team with more than 50 years of combined experience in grassroots organizing, leadership development, and movement building in the South.