Vivian Oden

Vivian Oden is the vice president for equity and inclusion at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation where she leads the foundation in its racial equity work. Oden was the co-creator of Unmasking Hampton Roads, a three-part learning series designed to examine the historic and contemporary impact of racism in Hampton Roads in 2019. She facilitates conversations on race, unconscious bias, stereotypes and racial equity.

She spearheaded Hampton Roads’ first celebration of Black Philanthropy Month in 2018 that continues as a regional event. In 2019, she founded Visionaries for Change, a giving circle, with other Black business and civic leaders to develop solutions for Black communities experiencing economic distress.

She earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, a master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from Old Dominion University, a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Academy for Nonprofit Excellence and a Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. She is a graduate of Lead Hampton Roads, the Council on Foundation's Career Pathways program and Initiatives of Change’s Community Trustbuilding Fellowship aimed to help communities work creatively to build shared visions for racial equity, healing, reconciliation and justice.

Currently, she serves as secretary on the State Board of Directors for Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities and the president for the Hampton Roads Diversity & Inclusion Consortium. She has been tutoring with the Life Enrichment Center for over seven years, was named Inside Business Top 40 Under 40 in 2018, Black BRAND’s Community Ambassador in 2021 and the 2022 Outstanding Innovation in Fundraising recipient by the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Hampton Roads Chapter.