Collective Healing Institute
Isha Lucas, PhD, LPC
Executive Director and Founding Board Member
Isha is the Executive Director and founding board member of Collective Healing Institute, where she guides a vision rooted in ancestral memory, relational repair, and cultural transformation. She is a licensed professional counselor and brings decades of clinical, academic, and community-based experience to her leadership. She holds advanced degrees in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Anthropology and Social Change, and is currently pursuing a second doctorate in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices.
As an anthropologist, Isha approaches the world with a scholar’s curiosity; as a psychotherapist, she serves as witness and guide. A mixed‑race ‘colored woman,’ she acknowledges that race is central to her identity and to her work. Her first PhD dissertation uses activist ethnography to explore and heal the wounds of racism. It challenges the victim/perpetrator dynamic of conventional liberation approaches and examines how elimination efforts can inadvertently reinforce racism. Isha has also created a biracial tarot deck, viewing it as an articulation of racialized life in the United States and as a way to engage archetypal energies; she often incorporates this deck into therapy.
In addition to leading Collective Healing Institute, Isha founded Cultivating Wildflowers, a practice dedicated to intergenerational healing, grief integration and soul‑centered care. The practice weaves depth psychology, contemplative psychotherapy and anthropology to address racial and intergenerational trauma, depression, anxiety and grief. She believes healing racial trauma requires understanding its historical and ancestral roots, and she works to create spaces where both those labeled victims and those labeled oppressors can confront and heal from those injuries. Her philosophy integrates depth psychology, contemplative practices and ancestral wisdom; she argues that by healing individual and intergenerational trauma, society can move toward a more balanced nation.
Isha serves on the board of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness and previously served on the board of the Coatesville Cultural Society. Her leadership is guided by a commitment to cultural integrity, relational accountability and the reweaving of collective life through deep listening and embodied imagination. Her days blur between therapy sessions, board meetings, and pages of her dissertation. In the margins, she’s writing a book. Free time is not exactly free...
Ronald White
Treasurer and Founding Board Member
Ronald White is the Treasurer and a Founding Board Member of Collective Healing Institute, where he oversees the organization’s finances and supports its long-term financial stability. He brings a practical and steady approach to ensuring the Institute’s resources are managed responsibly.
His background spans entrepreneurship, hospitality, and technology. He has owned and operated an auto detailing business and ran a small clothing brand, and has also worked in the restaurant and hospitality industry managing staff and overseeing restaurant operations. In addition, he has experience in computer networking and systems management. These experiences have shaped his ability to manage budgets, solve problems, and work through complex systems.
With over a decade of leadership experience, Ronald focuses on financial oversight, accountability, and compliance. He works to ensure that the organization’s financial practices are clear, consistent, and aligned with its mission.
He approaches his role with a focus on transparency and follow-through, supporting responsible financial practices as the Institute continues to grow.