Not a politician. A community lender, a small-business builder, a minister, and a neighbor running to make life affordable for NC-14.
LaKesha Womack has spent more than twenty years doing the work North Carolina's 14th District needs most: getting capital, loans, and opportunity into small businesses and small towns that Wall Street and Washington too often overlook.
She is the Chief Strategy Officer of ASPIRE Community Capital, an emerging Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for undercapitalized entrepreneurs, and a graduate of the Rural Economic Development Institute. As the founder of Womack Consulting Group, she has spent two decades helping small businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders build sustainable organizations, turning ideas into jobs.
LaKesha's story begins in the small rural town of Evergreen, Alabama, where her mother taught her that community is a responsibility, not a slogan. Her passion for public service started in high school through the Alabama Youth Legislature, and carried her to Vanderbilt University, where she earned a degree in Political Science. Today she is pursuing a Master of Legal Studies at Vanderbilt Law School.
An ordained AME Zion minister and deacon, LaKesha is rooted in faith and community. Through The Politics of Jesus Podcast and her work with faith leaders across the country, she brings people together around shared values, dignity, and service.
She is running for Congress because the families of NC-14 deserve a representative who understands why life costs too much, and who has actually done the work to fix it, someone who knows how to get capital into a Main Street business, protect affordable health care, and put the people of this district first.
Listening to you. Learning from you. Leading for you in Congress.