Dr. Topeka K. Sam
Dr. Topeka K. Sam is a well loved and trusted consultant across
many fields. She is the Founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries,
Inc. (@TheLOHM) and founder and President of EPIC Financial
PBLLC, TKS Ventures LLC and Faces & Voices Inc. She Co-
Founded Music Thera-P and is also the Co-Founder and Visionary
Officer of MyFRSH financial services. All of these businesses and
organizations serve as therapeutic tools to address trauma and
promote emotional well-being. She currently serves on the board
of directors for The Marshall Project, Operation Restoration, Pure
Legacee and United Justice Coalition. She is a strategic advisor
for RBIJ and HARP as well. Since her release from federal prison
on May 5, 2015, Dr. Topeka K. Sam has spoken or keynoted at
many events, served on many boards, and has continued to grow
her businesses and non-profit simultaneously.
She hosted “The Topeka K. Sam Show” on SiriusXM Urban
View Channel 126 for 3 years and is now developing scripted
and unscripted series as an Executive Producer for TV & Film,
inspired by her fight to change the many problems that plague
female incarceration. Topeka has been featured in Vogue,
Essence, SalonTV, Vice, New York Times, TheCut, Rolling Stone
and Variety Magazine. She has shared her expertise on all
the topics listed and more one The Tamron Hall Show, CNN,
MSNBC and The Today Show. Additionally, has been featured
in Glamour Magazine and Black Enterprise for being “The Black
Woman behind the video that led to the Trump Clemency of
Alice Johnson.” She has spoken in the Women in the World
Conference, A White House Prison Reform Summit, is a Tedx
MidAtlantic Superheros Presenter, and has received many
awards for her contributions transforming the lives of women as
well as men and families impacted by the criminal legal system.





