About Angela

Angela Russell is the Chief Diversity Officer and the President of the TruStage Foundation at TruStage. In these roles, Angela provides strategic enterprise-wide leadership to ensure that TruStage’s commitment to DEI is reflected in the workplace, community partnerhips and marketplace in our products, processes and services.

In 2021, Ms. Russell was the recipient of the inaugural DEI Trailblazer Award from the African American Credit Union Coalition. In 2018, Ms. Russell was named as one of the nation’s most powerful diversity executives by Black Enterprise magazine.  In 2016, Ms. Russell was named as one of 44 Most Influential African American’s in Wisconsin.

Ms. Russell over 20 years of professional experience. Prior to joining TruStage she worked in various roles in public health including serving as a Health Equity Coordinator for Public Health Madison Dane County and she was the Community Engagement Lead for the national County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute. Ms. Russell has also worked in a variety of roles in Wisconsin state government including Division Administrator for the Division of Early Care and Education, and Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Department of Children and Families, and Policy Advisor to Governor Jim Doyle. She was formerly an epidemiologist with Wisconsin AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C Program at the Department of Health Services.

Angela serves on the Board of Directors for JustDane which is focused on providing programing for individuals returning to the Dane County community after incarceration. In 2023, she also joined Downtown Madison, Inc. Board (DMI)) that works through advocacy, research, planning, and community action to create and sustain a healthy and vibrant downtown Madison. She also hosts a Wisconsin based podcast called Black Oxygen, which was awarded the 2021 Wisconsin Innovation Award.

She holds a Master of Science in Population Health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Beloit College. In 2021, Angela was awarded and honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Beloit College. Angela has two children that are the loves of her life and are a regular source of feedback (the good, bad and often very funny).