Nina Sawhney

Biography

Nina is the Program Director of the McNulty Foundation, where she manages grantmaking and partnerships. Nina oversees the McNulty Prize, including advising and amplifying its community of grantees. She played a critical role in creating the Catalyst Fund for early-stage social ventures, the Global Response Fund during the pandemic, and funding areas on civic participation and climate solutions.

She has consulted on diversity and gender policy, corporate sustainability, and program strategy for the UN Global Compact, Unilever and various nonprofits/social enterprises. She previously lived in Mumbai, where she taught youth leaders and designed and trained school leaders with the Akanksha Foundation.

Nina holds an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA from UC San Diego.