Kayce Munyeneh, Mayor, Cheverly MD

Mayor Munyeneh was the keynote speaker at WeLead2024 Graduation in February 2024. She started her career as a Grants Management Specialist for the SC Attorney General’s Office, working on Violence Against Women’s Act grants and compliance. She also worked in concert with the SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault to support the Hope Lights Project for Sexual Assault Victims.

After relocating to DC, Mayor Munyeneh served as the first official domestic violence victim advocate for the Metropolitan Police Department. Determined to build the Victim Services Program to a full-fledge resource for victims, she worked with a team to address all victimization in DC. Instrumental in creating what is now known today as the Victim Services Branch, Mayor Munyeneh held positions with the Metropolitan Police Department and the National Center for Victims of Crime in full-time and part-time positions respectively while also serving as an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Homeland Security’s FLETC Domestic Violence Intervention Program. She acted as a liaison inter-departmentally, created public policy and education initiatives, as well as advocated on behalf of victims of violent crime and vulnerable adults. In her tenure, she has served over fifty thousand victims of crime.

Mayor Munyeneh also extended her advocacy role to supporting her colleagues and staff when she was elected as Chief Shop Steward of the National Association for Government Employees. She served as a Certified EEO Counselor to all DC employees which laid the groundwork for labor-management partnerships with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Forensic Science. Mayor Munyeneh transitioned into conducting investigations as an Employee Labor Relations Manager and contract EEO Investigator/Reviewer.

Ready for a new challenge, she joined the federal government and served as a Program Manager for the Office of Civil Rights and Diversity and liaison for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team before deciding to be a full-time federal contractor and entrepreneur. Munyeneh serves as a Commissioner on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and volunteers in her respective sororities, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and Order of the Eastern Star.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Columbia College and a Master's degree in Leadership from Georgetown University. She has also completed her Public Sector Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.