Our Story

Leading in Love was originally a program offered by a New Jersey nonprofit, From Jersey with Love. The program was created by Quadai Palmer in response to a void in resources for community leaders in the pre-Pandemic society. While hosting a luncheon for leaders, she realized there was a need in the community for a leadership focused program to offer leaders a safe place to share their needs and to find resources to meet them.

Quadai along with her co-founder, Curtis Moreland, spent years building the nonprofit without proper mentoring or even leadership development. From her experience and hearing the stories of other agencies, Quadai decided to create a program especially for the leaders of communities. A resource for leaders to be able to get the training, mentoring and day-to-day assistance they may need to keep serving their communities. To date, Leading in Love has served over 50 agencies through mentoring, training and resource procurement over the last 5 years. They maintain 15 community partnerships and offer a plethora of resources.

Our Leaders

Mariama is a seasoned professional, who brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in management and leadership. She has over 10 years management as a General Manager in the hospitality industry. She has sought to encourage and inspire her employees, and instilled in them the spirit of camaraderie, and unity. In addition to her strong principles, she will be bringing with herself her strategic planning skills, and business development skills.

Qazi “Daniyal” Tariq

Program Coordinator

Ms. Betty, as she is called affectionately by our team, has professional experience as a healthcare administrator, working in healthcare for 25 years. She is passionate about building strong leaders especially ones that extend into the family unit. Ms. Betty has over 20 years of experience counseling and mentoring young mothers and entrepreneurs.

Mariama Balde

People Operations Coordinator

Betty Jones

Director of People Operations

Quadai is a leader in her own right. She has extensive training and development experience spanning her over 15 year career. She prides herself on prioritizing the development, empowerment of others. Over the years she has concentrated her efforts on program development, implementation and evaluation. In the last 5 years, Quadai has spent countless hours mentoring other industry leaders, educating leaders on mindfulness, self care, and succession planning.

Daniyal started working with our team in June 2022. He has over 10 years of experience as a practicing medical physician. He earned his Master's in Health Administration. He has both Green and Black belt Lean Six Sigma Certifications. He has worked to enhance his understanding of healthcare and wellness as it pertains to preventative care and holistic treatment. Through process improvement, Daniyal has spearheaded the formalization of Leading in Love as a nonprofit organization.

Quadai Palmer

Founder & President