Bio

During her tenure as President of The Riordan Foundation and Vice President of Programs at California Community Foundation(CCF), Nike Irvin, oversaw $125 million in grantmaking to support the arts, education, juvenile justice, and health. Irvin is a Marshall Memorial Fellow, a Next Generation Fellow of the American Assembly, and the 2016 Los Angeles Business Journal’s Philanthropist of the Year. In addition to her current role as inaugural Managing Director of the Civil Society Fellowship at Aspen Institute, Irvin also serves as a trustee for The Riordan Foundation, Southern California Grantmakers, and The Durfee Foundation.