Marilia Bezerra

Biography

Marilia is an experienced shape-shifter, having worked with every size and type of organization, and across the range of social and environmental causes. After establishing an arts education nonprofit in Brazil; spending six years as a leading member of the Clinton Global Initiative; managing Partnerships at Purpose.com, founding Aldeia works--an impact consultancy that served foundations, nonprofits and Fortune 500 companies--she took the helm at CARE Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) in 2016. At CEI she has created a $50 million dollars impact first, gender just fund. She graduated from law school in her native Brazil and holds a Master’s in Global Affairs from NYU. She is a mother of teenage girls, has a history of political activism and ran away with the circus circa 1995.