Vanessa Daniel
Vanessa serves as a Senior Fellow at Decolonizing Wealth Project, having devoted 25 years to social justice movements as a labor organizer, writer, researcher, and philanthropic leader. She founded Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund, directing over $100 million to women-of-color-led grassroots organizations. Recognized nationally for transformative philanthropy, Vanessa’s writings have appeared widely, including in the New York Times. She attended Smith College and currently advises foundations, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations.
[body/long] Eva Brander Blackhawk (Western Shoshone, Newe Numa) serves as the Program Associate for the Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital. In her role, she is responsible for managing grantmaking programs, with a specific focus on
strengthening systems building and data management, as well as nurturing relationships with both funders and grantees.Prior to DWP, Eva honed her skills and understanding of nonprofit strategies during her two-year tenure as a nonprofit strategy and management consulting fellow with Public Equity Group. Her work involved advising clients on strategic planning, efficacy before scale, and narrative change, demonstrating her ability to comprehend and address the goals and challenges of nonprofit partners.Eva studied Economics and Anthropology at Columbia University, where she explored the intersection of economic systems with social justice and Indigenous rights. Her academic experience includes multiple funded research projects on Indigenous language revitalization and futurism, as well as experience as a research assistant in the economics department working on the Racial and Ethnic Minority Career Trajectories in Economics project. She was also the president of the Native American Council and the Fashion Society at Columbia.