Halston Sleets

A native of Saint Paul, Halston attended Tuskegee University, a Historically Black College and University in Tuskegee, Alabama where she received a B.S in Environmental Science, Plant and Soil Science with a concentration in Natural Resource Management.

Upon graduating from Tuskegee, Halston served as a Contract Management Specialist for the National Park Service in Denali National Park and Preserve, in Denali, Alaska. While in Denali, she worked on subsistence hunting policy reform with indigenous communities surrounding the Park.

Halston returned to Minnesota in early 2013 and began to work as a Planning Analyst for Hennepin County in the department of Environment and Energy. She also served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental/Social Justice and Sustainability to the former Mayor of Minneapolis: Mayor Betsy Hodges. Her work prioritized advancing the Mayor’s sustainability agenda and establishing communal commitments for the City of Minneapolis.  

Halston is currently serving as the Diversity and Inclusion Project Manager for Social Impact Team at Best Buy. In this role she works with company leaders who have direct connections to community partners in building their intercultural capacity. In addition to her executive mentoring and coaching, she assists the team in policy advocacy from an equity centered stance.