CO-FOUNDER | BLACK + CALLED

Candice is a multi-organizational leader, people strategist, creative visionary, and transformational coach with over 15 years of experience in personal and organizational training and development, personnel management, operations, and recruitment across government, corporate, nonprofit, and academic sectors. A native of Atlanta, she earned a B.A. in History from Spelman College and both a Master of Divinity and an M.A. in Theology and Ecology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her work focuses on helping people move through complexity and disruption to cultivate rhythms that support clarity, wellbeing, and flourishing in life and leadership.

CO-FOUNDER | BLACK + CALLED

D’Andrea A. Fanning is a theological scholar-practitioner, creative consultant, and Christian coach with over 15 years of experience in strategic planning, business analysis, and process improvement across Fortune 500 companies, higher education, government, nonprofits, and churches. Raised in Atlanta, she holds a B.A. in Psychology from Georgia State University, a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary. Her work sits at the intersection of creativity, vocation, and pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit), helping individuals and communities across diverse faith, leadership, and contexts discern God’s call and live into it with clarity, spiritual wholeness, and grounded direction.