SYDA Foundation Board of Trustees

Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad is an acclaimed actor, director, and singer who has appeared in stage, film, and television productions. She began practicing the Siddha Yoga teachings in 1980. Since 1993, Phylicia has served on the advisory board of The PRASAD Project, a philanthropic expression of the SYDA Foundation, and she is the official US spokesperson for that organization.

Before being appointed to the SYDA Foundation Board of Trustees, Phylicia served as a consultant to the board, contributing her expertise in communications. She has also offered seva as a speaker in Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Intensives.

Before being appointed to the SYDA Foundation Board of Trustees, Phylicia served as a consultant to the board, contributing her expertise in communications. She has also served with the Siddha Yoga Music Department and has been a speaker at Shaktipat Intensives.

Phylicia graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with a BFA degree in theater.

The recipient of numerous professional awards and honorary doctorates, Phylicia was named the first Denzel Washington Scholar in Theatre at Fordham University. She has served as guest lecturer at Howard University and Carnegie Mellon University; as adjunct faculty at Vassar College and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and as the Inaugural Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard.

Phylicia lives in New York State.