Nike Irvin founded and leads ZWN, Inc. a consultancy and coaching practice serving charitable foundations and nonprofits dedicated to social justice. Based in Los Angeles, Nike is currently commissioned on the development of a multi-partisan fellowship for next generation civil rights and community leaders, a partnership between ADL and The Aspen Institute. Upon launch of the “Civil Society Fellowship” in 2019, Nike will become its inaugural Managing Director. She led California Community Foundation’s (CCF) grantmaking for six years, overseeing $125+ million in grants to the arts, education, juvenile justice, and health. Before CCF, Nike served as president of The Riordan Foundation for seven years. She has 20+ years of experience in nonprofit leadership and is active in American truth and reconciliation efforts-- associated with the SoCal Grantmakers’ grant through Kellogg Foundation as well as Aspen Global Leadership Network. Prior to her nonprofit career, Nike was a brand manager for Pepsi Cola Company and Nestle USA. She is a trustee for The Broad Center, The Riordan Foundation, Southern California Grantmakers and previously for Crystal Stairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and UCLA Alumni Association. She received a BA in Economics & Political Science from Yale University and was named one of the “100 Most Inspirational Alumni” by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Nike is a Marshall Memorial Fellow, and a Next Generation Fellow of the American Assembly. In 2016, she received LABJ’s Philanthropist of the Year award and was a recipient of the Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching award. She is a member of the 2004 Class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen institute.
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