Kenya Parham is a pioneering executive, 2x founder, & force in the future of social media + cultural connectivity.

Kenya is the Chief Growth Officer at SPILL, the award-winning, Black-owned social platform redefining what safe, joyful, culturally intelligent social media can look like. In her role, Kenya leads SPILL’s Revenue, Lifecycle, Trust & Safety (Moderation + Support), Community, Creator, and Partnerships teams. This gives her a rare 360° view of how people behave, connect, and build identity online — and the ability to design user journeys that are safe, culturally relevant, and sustainably profitable.

Kenya’s work lives at the intersection of culture, product, and human behavior. She builds systems that turn community insight into revenue, trust into retention, and creativity into sustainable scale. Known for her ability to connect dots across people, culture, systems, and growth, she known for scaling organizations while retaining the brand’s soul.

Under her leadership, SPILL has secured first-to-market partnerships with major media companies, agencies, and brands; established a culturally fluent revenue model while still in beta; surpassed $1 million in annualized revenue by the end of Q3 2025; and put more than $100,000 directly into creators’ pockets since launch. In parallel, she has led the development of SPILL’s trust & safety infrastructure — including authoring the platform’s Community Guidelines — resulting in significantly lower rates of hate speech and harmful content than other social platforms.

Before SPILL, Kenya founded and led The Legacy Firm, a strategic communications, culture & brand strategy consultancy working with entertainment partners including Discovery+, Lionsgate Films, and Amazon Prime Video to deliver culturally resonant campaigns for globally impactful films. She also spent years as a political strategist and fundraising specialist, advising candidates, organizations, and movements on narrative, community engagement, and viability for office. Her commentary on political and cultural moments has appeared on various podcasts and national networks including NPR, CNN, BET, and NBC.

Kenya’s leadership and impact have been recognized by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Los Angeles Urban League, and the California State Assembly and Senate. She was elected the first National Vice Chair of the Black Caucus of the Young Democrats of America, named a Top 40 Under 40 Change-Maker to Watch by The Empowerment Congress, and was a 2025 finalist for the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Achievement.

A Black woman in tech building with intention, Kenya is committed to creating platforms that don’t exploit the communities that fuel them — but invest in them, protect them, and grow with them.

She is @kenya on SPILL.