Celia Cruz

Biography

Economist by training and ecosystem catalyzer by vocation. Member of the Executive Committee of Instituto Beja, an organization dedicated to catalyzing the philanthropy in Brazil and Director of the Center for Exponential Change (C4EC) Brazil hub. Celia has served as Executive Director of ICE (2012-24) working on impact investing and social business. She served as Director of Ashoka Canada, Managing Director of Ashoka Global Fellowship and Director of Ashoka in Brazil and Paraguay (2002-2011), worked with the IDIS as Program Coordinator, supporting community foundations (2000-2002). She founded a fundraising consulting firm (1994- 2013), the Brazilian Association of Fundraisers and served as fundraising coordinator for EAESP/FGV, until 2000. Célia has a master on Economic (EAESP/FGV) with exchange at ESSEC, France (1990) and York University, Canada (1993). Holds an undergrad degree in Economics from Univ de São Paulo (USP). Célia is a Skoll Centre Visiting Fellow at Oxford Univ.