Edgar Villanueva

Edgar Villanueva

Founder
Decolonizing Wealth Project
Speaker

Bio

Edgar Villanueva is a globally-recognized activist, author of the award-winning book Decolonizing Wealth, founder of Decolonizing Wealth Project and OZY Media Angelic Troublemaker.

He sits on the boards of Mother Jones, NDN Collective, and Andrus Family Fund, and is the board chair of Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP). He also advises organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to philanthropies and nonprofits on practical, but powerful changes institutions can make to advance racial equity from within and through their giving and investment strategies.

Edgar is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and currently resides on Lenape land in Brooklyn, NY.