DirectorFuture Forward at the New York Womens Foundation
Recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Dr. C. Nicole Mason is President/CEO of Future Forward, a policy and research center committed to building women’s political, economic, and social power and influence in the U.S. and globally. Before Future Forward, she served as the President/CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the Women of Color Policy Network at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Dr. Mason was also the youngest person and woman of color to lead IWPR - one of the major inside-the-Beltway think tanks in Washington, D.C.
At the pandemic's start, she coined the term she-cession to describe the disproportionate impact of employment and income losses on women. Dr. Mason is the author of Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America.