Former District Judge Sadiqa Reynolds was the first woman to lead the Louisville Urban League. Her work on jobs, justice, education health, and housing has garnered the attention and coverage of CNN, FOX News, the NY Times and other national media outlets. Reynolds was the first African American to clerk for the Kentucky Supreme Court, and also the first African American to serve Kentucky as Inspector General. She has also run a private practice handling criminal defense matters, and representing abused, neglected and dependent children. Reynolds was Louisville Magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, the 2018 National Urban League Woman of Power and the Audrey Grievous Community Enrichment Award recipient. The National Bar Association also named her a Gertrude E. Rush Award recipient for her justice and advocacy work.