Ana Oliveira is President and CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation, the largest women’s fund in the country. Since 2006, Ana has led the increase of The Foundation’s grantmaking from $1.7M to $7.6M today. Focusing on economic security, safety and health, in 30 years, The Foundation has distributed over $58 million to 371 organizations.
The New York Women’s Foundation has also cultivated critical partnerships influencing policy changes in equal pay and financial investments focusing on areas of social and economic inequity for women and families.
Ana leads critical cross-sectoral partnerships to advance women’s rights as a proud co-chair of The New York City Council Speaker’s Young Women’s Initiative and a Commissioner of Human Rights for the NYC Commission on Human Rights. She sits on the Independent Commission to Study Criminal Justice Reform in NYC and is on the board of Philanthropy New York. Throughout her career, Ana has been focused on issues of substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and incarceration. She has held key roles as a CEO of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, VP of Programs at Osborne Association, and at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Substance Abuse Clinic.