Emerging Social Work Leader
Preshuslee Thompson, LMSW
Preshuslee Thompson is a clinical and occupational social worker and the Founder and CEO of Preseli Equity Group Consulting, LLC. She is also a licensed social worker with a passion for social work and creating spaces for collective healing and transformative conversations. Preseli Equity Group is a social enterprise consulting firm committed to conceptualizing, constructing, and championing an equitable future through fostering collective healing and respect for human dignity. As the Founder and CEO, Ms. Thompson facilitates trainings, develops curriculums and assessments, and provides consulting services to organizations that are committed to creating an equitable and accountable workplace culture.
Preshuslee has dedicated her career to the public service sector and has worked with youth and adults’ healing from mental illness, alcohol and drug addiction, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, being without shelter, as well as foster care and incarceration. Under her leadership Preseli has served communities and organizations across the state and country. She has offered consultation and facilitation around Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellness for educators, non-profit leaders, environmentalist, water equity advocates, community members, and executive team members across multiple sectors.
Ms. Thompson served as the Training and Development Specialist at The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity where she led the development and facilitation of the Implicit Bias Trainer of Trainers. At Kirwan, she facilitated over 300 trainings reaching more than 3000 people across the country and in Mexico. She co-authored the report, A Workforce for the Modern Woman: Strategic Planning for a Fair and Equitable Future and has published interviews on racial bias with The New York Times, Teen Vogue, the digital arm of the Today Show, Medical Economics and local news outlets.
She is fondly referred to by many as Preshus, and is a Columbus, Ohio native, dog mom who loves nature and music.Her top five strengths are intellection, ideation, connectedness, individualization, and relator. NASW proudly recognizes Preshuslee Thompson, LMSW, as the recipient of its Emerging Social Work Leader 2026 Award.