Whitney Parnell is the founder and CEO of Service Never Sleeps. Her movement work involves racial justice efforts and equipping effective allies through truth telling, bridge building, empathy, and action. Parnell is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in English and Spanish and minored in communications and journalism. She served with Americorps and worked in the houselessness field before founding Service Never Sleeps, in 2015.