Zakiya Lord describes herself as a resource mobilizer. Over her 20-year career, Zakiya has led teams and projects across Alabama, Chicago, Bermuda, NYC and Washington DC, and her work has spanned the nonprofit sector, private entities, local governments, and quasi-non-governmental organizations. Guided by her training as a clinical therapist and her years working in fundraising, centered around advancing LGBTQ+ protections, through the lens of race and gender, at organizations such as Astraea Lesbian Foundation, and Lambda Legal, and as a founding board member of OUTBermuda.
Zakiya joined the donor advisor team of the Movement Voter Project in 2020 as a Senior Philanthropic Advisor and presently serves as their Regional Philanthropic Director.
When she is not working, you can find Zakiya playing golf, doing a tennis clinic, writing snail mail, or looking for worthy Scrabble opponents.
Zakiya proudly hails from the tiny island of Bermuda, where she was born and raised. She presently resides in Washington DC, with her wife, where they are raising their 9-year-old son — who is Black boy joy and magic.
Zakiya joined the donor advisor team of the Movement Voter Project in 2020 as a Senior Philanthropic Advisor and presently serves as their Regional Philanthropic Director.
When not working, you can find Zakiya playing golf, doing a tennis clinic, writing snail mail, or looking for worthy Scrabble opponents.
Zakiya proudly hails from the tiny island of Bermuda, where she was born and raised. She presently resides in Washington DC with her wife, where they are raising their 9-year-old son — who is Black boy joy, and magic.
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