Jaemellah Kemp is a mother, nonprofit founder, and all things nonprofit management.
Ms. Kemp holds an Associate’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors in Business
Management from University of Phoenix. She obtained her Masters in Nonprofit & Association
Management from University of Maryland University College (now UMGC) May 2014.
In June 2015, Ms. Kemp was appointed to UMGC’s Board of Directors as the Programming Committee
Vice President. She went on to earn the 2015 Achiever’s Award, recorded a marketing campaign for the
university’s nonprofit program, and was spotlighted in 2018 as a University System of Maryland (USM)
entrepreneur at the USM Chancellor’s home for her leadership through IT TAKES TWO, INC and its
impact on communities.
Ms. Kemp’s willingness to help single parents and youth inspired her to found IT TAKES TWO, INC in
2012, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that awards scholarships to students living in single parent
homes and provides youth programming. To date, the organization has awarded 25 scholarships totaling
$8,300.
Ms. Kemp extends her love for community through Jaemellah Kemp Consulting, a nonprofit start up firm
that assists aspiring and new nonprofit founders to build successful nonprofits founded on sound
principles and relevant information. Ms. Kemp has launched over 35 nonprofit organizations from vision
to implementation with 100% 501(c)(3) approval rate. Nonprofit start up and board governance are her
niche service areas.
Recently in October 2020, Ms. Kemp became a first-time author penning her first published work in the co-authored compilation, The Nonprofit Legacy.