April 2025
Rev. Bianca J. Richardson M.Div. (Candidate), M.S., PMP
Rev. Bianca J. Richardson is a highly accomplished Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 20 years of experience in complex project and program management across the construction, pharmaceutical, healthcare, government, and technology sectors. Her expertise includes strategic planning, cost control and forecasting, technology transfers, manufacturing and testing coordination, and regulatory compliance within cGMP environments. Her work has spanned biotech, bio-therapeutics, Research & Development, oral solid dosage facilities, and hospital and university infrastructures.
Bianca holds a Master of Science in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Construction Management and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Drafting & Design from North Carolina A&T State University. She has also published research on productivity practices in minority construction firms. Her certifications include PMP (since 2014), previous affiliations with the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), Lean Construction Institute, and the American Society for Quality.
Alongside her industry career, Rev. Richardson is an ordained minister with nearly three decades of ministry leadership. She currently serves as the Pastor of The Pillar Community Church, a justice-centered hybrid congregation rooted in spiritual formation and community transformation. Previously, she served as the first female Senior Pastor of Saint James Baptist Church in Durham, NC, where her leadership led the congregation through significant financial and physical revitalization, including debt elimination and property acquisition and renovation.
Bianca began preaching at the age of 15 at Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church. She was licensed at 17 and ordained in 2009 through CLURT Assemblies. She holds a Master of Arts in Christian Education and is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Duke University Divinity School, with certificates in Free Church Studies and Missional Innovation. Rev. Richardson’s life’s work powerfully integrates faith, leadership, and strategy, guiding both sacred and secular communities with clarity, vision, and compassion.
Bianca holds a Master of Science in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Construction Management and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Drafting & Design from North Carolina A&T State University. She has also published research on productivity practices in minority construction firms. Her certifications include PMP (since 2014), previous affiliations with the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), Lean Construction Institute, and the American Society for Quality.
Alongside her industry career, Rev. Richardson is an ordained minister with nearly three decades of ministry leadership. She currently serves as the Pastor of The Pillar Community Church, a justice-centered hybrid congregation rooted in spiritual formation and community transformation. Previously, she served as the first female Senior Pastor of Saint James Baptist Church in Durham, NC, where her leadership led the congregation through significant financial and physical revitalization, including debt elimination and property acquisition and renovation.
Bianca began preaching at the age of 15 at Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church. She was licensed at 17 and ordained in 2009 through CLURT Assemblies. She holds a Master of Arts in Christian Education and is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Duke University Divinity School, with certificates in Free Church Studies and Missional Innovation. Rev. Richardson’s life’s work powerfully integrates faith, leadership, and strategy, guiding both sacred and secular communities with clarity, vision, and compassion.