Dr. Tiffany T. Crutcher is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma who was thrust into the international spotlight following the death of her twin brother, Terence Crutcher, who was shot by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while holding his hands in the air. The murder of her brother compelled Tiffany to speak out against police brutality, particularly the killing of unarmed black men. She has chosen to turn her personal tragedy into an opportunity to bridge fear, mistrust, and help transform a justice system that has long perpetuated injustice dating back to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre where mobs of white rioters burned down her great grandmother’s prosperous community known as Black Wall Street. Dr. Crutcher has remained committed to organizing coalitions throughout the country that promote the interests of minority communities. Crutcher is the Founder and Executive Director of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, Demanding A Just Tulsa Coalition, and The Tulsa Black Mental Health Alliance.  The foundation’s primary focus is criminal justice and policing reform, honoring the legacy of our ancestors, strengthening communities, and policy advocacy. 

Crutcher is a proud HBCU Graduate and a graduate of the James W. Wright Leadership Development Institute in Montgomery, AL. Dr. Crutcher currently serves on the Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, Historic Greenwood Mainstreet, Justice for Greenwood Foundation, Thunder Fellows, and Black Tech Street Boards of Directors and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Crutcher is also a member of the United Justice Coalition, the NFL Racial Equity & Social Justice Council, Groundwork Project, and a founding member of Sisters of the Movement, all National organizations. 

In 2018, Dr. Crutcher created the Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition in partnership with Mr. Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). This vital partnership is committed to changing the narrative about race in America. The Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition, under the leadership of Crutcher, will lead a mass effort to memorialize the victims of lynching and racial terror in Oklahoma and empower citizens to confront issues of racism with the goal of overcoming racial inequality through the building of the City of Tulsa’s first comprehensive memorial and through the coalition’s community remembrance work. 

Crutcher has been the recipient of many awards and honors; Crutcher was named a 2020 Tulsan of the year and recognized by the Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball Organization as a Changemaker in the state of Oklahoma. In October of 2020, Crutcher was awarded with a grant from The Black Voices for Black Justice Fund co-chaired by Actress & Activist, Kerry Washington, Wes Moore, Jean Desravines, and Kristen Clarke because of her grassroots work and commitment to social justice in Tulsa, Oklahoma and around the world. Dr. Crutcher was recently named to the Root 100 list of the most influential African Americans for 2021 and The Black Wall Street Times’ Person of the year for 2021. In 2022, Crutcher was selected as the 2022 Woman of the Year of the Women of Color Expo Tulsa.  In 2023 Rocnation honored Crutcher with the Agent of Change and Advocacy award. Crutcher has served on multiple panels hosted by National Civil Rights organizations and she has frequented Capitol Hill to push the United States Congress to change laws around police accountability and reparations. 

At the end of 2022, Dr. Tiffany Crutcher and her foundation purchased a 65K square foot property on 5.8 acres of land that occupies the northern boundary of the historic Greenwood district in North Tulsa with a dream of rebuilding Black Wall Street. 

Dr. Crutcher has been a mentor to many, empowering women, men, and children to live out their true purpose through personal growth and development, while helping them become successful in business and in life. She is truly an agent of change and highly sought after because of her authentic ability to inspire the masses into action. Dr. Tiffany Crutcher is now known as “America’s Sister” and lives by the scripture, Galatians 6:9; Let us not grow weary in doing well, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.