Shireen Zaman

Biography

Shireen Zaman is a program officer on the BUILD team, working to advance the Ford Foundation’s efforts to support and develop stronger, sustainable, and more effective social justice organizations and networks across the globe. She is also the Project Manager for Ford’s Global Initiative on Polarization, where she manages cross team grantmaking and learning, works with global anchor organizations and develops convenings with multiple stakeholders.

Shireen has more than two decades of experience in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector, spearheading organizational transformation, resource development, and program management at a variety of organizations. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, she was the director of the RISE Together Fund, a donor collaborative at the Proteus Fund which works to identify, invest in and build the capacity of grassroots organizations from Black/African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian communities in the US.