Nekisa Cooper is an executive passionate about elevating underrepresented voices and creating content that inspires meaningful conversation. Nekisa’s most recent executive position was VP of Content at MasterClass, the number one e-learning brand, where she led at the intersection of art and commerce overseeing development, production, and post. Under Nekisa’s leadership, the industry-disrupting library was built from a concept to over 175 MasterClasses from such luminaries as Hillary Clinton, Bob Iger, Mira Nair, Spike Lee, Anna Wintour, Helen Mirren, Roxane Gay, Massimo Bottura, Stephen Curry, and John Legend.

Prior to MasterClass, Nekisa was an award-winning independent producer, most notable among her credits are the feature film Pariah, part of the Criterion Collection and the American National Film Registry and winner of several awards from the Sundance Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, NAACP, and GLAAD, among others; the Sundance Channel documentary, Eventual Salvation; and the New York Emmy® award-winning Walt Frazier documentary Clyde’s New York. Before media-making, Nekisa worked in brand management for Colgate-Palmolive, L’Oreal, and General Electric; and held assistant women’s basketball coaching positions on the Division I, Division III, and high school levels. Nekisa has an MBA from Clark Atlanta University and a BA from The College of William & Mary.