Aerie Changala

Biography

Aerie has been leading Nuru as its CEO since 2020. Prior to assuming his current role, Aerie had been part of Nuru's senior leadership since the organization's earliest days. He led the design of the Nuru model and scaling for the past decade. Aerie's passion for serving vulnerable and marginalized communities comes from his time serving as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Burkina Faso. Having spent the majority of his adult life living across Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, Aerie has traveled extensively, speaks five languages, and brings a truly global perspective to his work at Nuru. Aerie earned his BA in International Affairs from John Cabot University (Rome, Italy); his MA in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK); and complete Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Nonprofit Leadership (Palo Alto, CA).