Nadia Malik is a co-founder of the Global Fund for Muslim Women (GFMW), a regranting organization and special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. GFMW’S mission is to focus on the education and economic advancement of Muslim women and girls and the communities they live in.

Nadia is a founding board member of Hands on Louisville, a ‘Hands on Network’ affiliate and a co-founder of the Muslim Women’s Fund. By way of professional background, Nadia has a corporate banking background with Brown Brothers Harriman.

Nadia holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance, Business & Public Policy and Organization & Markets from the University of Rochester and has completed coursework at the Wharton School and Columbia University and Executive Education at Harvard and Columbia Business Schools.

In 2009, Nadia was designated a “Muslim Leader of Tomorrow” by the American Society for Muslim Advancement. In 2011, MWF co-founders, Nadia and Dr. Sarwat Malik, were ranked #9 (out of 10) on ‘Power Givers: ‘Power Givers: Philanthropic Women Helping Women’.

ABOUT GFMW

As a global fund, GFMW is focused on the education and economic advancement of Muslim women and girls and the communities they live in. Muslim women face enormous challenges but also have extraordinary opportunities to change their societies. As a re granting organization, the Fund supports projects that promote the educational and economic development of women and girls so that they can contribute to their families, engage with their communities, and build bridges to peace.