MEET THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 
LINDY CLEVELAND

After earning her degree in Human Development and Family Life Education from Samford University, Lindy Cleveland founded Unless U in 2014. Since then, her work has been featured in numerous publications including Woman’s World Magazine, Vestavia Hills Magazine, The Vestavia Voice, and much more.​ Lindy has received multiple honors for her impact in education and the nonprofit sector, including The Learning for Life Award and Alumni of the Year Award from Samford University’s Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education, the Humanitarian Award from the Women’s Committee of 100, and recognition as a TEDxBirmingham speaker. More recently, she was named Humanitarian Alumni of the Year by Samford, selected as a Praxis Nonprofit Fellow—receiving a $50,000 grant for Unless U—and honored as the 2024 Young Alumni Award Winner by The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.

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Outside of her work at Unless U, Lindy enjoys dancing at Dance Trance, spending time with friends, and pouring into a young married Sunday school class at Hope Community Church, where she and her husband Mitch serve as teachers. Mitch is a coach and Athletic Director at Liberty Park Middle School, and together they have three children—Grady (7), Brooks (4), and their baby girl, Ruthie.