Hi! I'm Kisha.

I  graduated from Old Dominion University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.  I got involved in politics through a class I took and that is when I got bitten by the political bug.  I spent the next six years doing political and legislative work.  In 2003, I entered the University of Baltimore School of Law and graduated three years later.  After passing the bar on the first try, I clerked for the Honorable Sidney S. Campen, Jr.  in the Circuit Court for Talbot County.  After that, I spent three years in the State's Attorney's Office for Talbot County before I joined the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (MOPD) for Talbot County in February 2011.  

When I'm not in the courtroom, I work tirelessly to preserve the history of the African-American community of Cambridge, Maryland through my work with the Eastern Shore Network for Change (ESNC), of which I am a co-founder.  Along with my cofounder Dion Banks, our nonprofit's focus is on education, representation and revitalization of the heart of the Pine Street community, the African-American neighborhood that was decimated by fire in 1967.

I come from a family of community minded people.  Both of my parents continue to work to educate, highlight, and strengthen the African-American community in their town.  I believe I inherited that mindset from them and am very proud of that inheritance.

I have lived on Maryland's Eastern Shore since 2006.  As soon as I moved to Cambridge, the political bug bit me again and I dove head first into the city's mayoral election.  I managed the campaign of Victoria Jackson-Stanley, who became the first woman and first African-American mayor of Cambridge.

From that experience the Eastern Shore Network for Change (ESNC) was born.  ESNC’ is a nonprofit whose mission is to raise awareness of issues in Dorchester County and to work creatively with the community to inform, educate and foster change that leads to social and economic empowerment.   ESNC was founded by Dion D. Banks and Kisha Petticolas in 2012. 

ESNC will raise awareness of issues in Dorchester County and creatively work with the community to inform, educate, and foster change that leads to social and economic empowerment.

I started my entrepreneurial journey selling t-shirts.  My first line of shirts was called Thank You Daily and its mission was to remind folks that there is always something to be thankful for.  My next try was a company called Revolutionary Souls.  Its mission is to teach about the many contributions that  African-Americans have made to the American culture and to inspire the next generation of change agents.  Revolutionary Souls was founded in 2019 as a way to satisfy my creative and entrepreneurial spirit.

Now I am excited to focus on speaking and teaching.