Annie P. E. Holmes (United States) is a global strategist, scholar, and architect of the Elevated Liberation(TM) philosophy, a framework that positions safety, wellness, and sovereign power as intentional design choices rather than distant aspirations. With more than two decades of leadership across nonprofit, public, and global development sectors, Holmes is known for translating lived experience into structured systems that advance health sovereignty, economic agency, and geographic freedom for Black women. Her work bridges scholarship, policy analysis, and narrative inquiry, centering the belief that liberation is both personal and structural.