Landrá “Drá” White II became Healthy Visions’ 2nd ever Executive Director in July 2024. Drá began working with the Healthy Visions’ mission in 2014 with a desire to mentor local teenage youth. Drá has served many roles in the organization including Program Facilitator, Facilitator Trainer, Scheduler, Community Engagement Coordinator, Grants Manager, Facilitator Manager, Program Director, and Assistant Executive Director.

Drá started as a Program Facilitator and has over 10,000 hours of youth facilitation experience.  He has extensive experience with leading state and federally funded youth programs. He is a team building leader that seeks to aid and gather support around youth serving professionals and organizations. Working to identify and implement improved strategies that best serve our teenage youth population in the information technology age of the 21st century is a passion. As a result of this passion, Drá has presented at the national conference for the Family and Youth Services Bureau a division of Health and Human Services. He has worked as a field expert in Washington D.C. on youth curriculum modules.  He has collaborated with national youth curricula developers and national research and evaluators. Locally, he has developed partnerships with numerous schools and community organizations. He participates in awareness and fund-raising events for Cancer Free Kids, serves in leadership at his local church, and conducts monthly weeklong seminars at the Hamilton County Youth Detention Center.

Drá, a local of Cincinnati, is a Cincinnati Public School Graduate of Withrow University High School. For college he attended Miami University (OH), where he studied American-Studies and was active a community leader on campus. His passion for knowledge, love of learning and desire for the application of best practices has led him in seeking and obtaining ongoing trainings and/or certifications year-round in the areas of Prevention, Mental Health, Trauma Sensitive Practices, Strengths-Based Approaches, Adolescent Brain Development, Resiliency, and Ethics. During his time away from community work, Drá is watching soccer, dining, reading, taking family trips, enjoying his marriage to his wife of many years, and raising his two sons.