Search results
Iranian-American businesswoman and philanthropist Neda Nobari emigrated from Iran to the United States in 1978. She earned a degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University in 1984 and a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College in 2015.
Celebrating A Decade of Impact. Neda Nobari Foundation launched in 2007, on a quest to find meaning in Philanthropy – a $400-billion-a-year industry with a questionable track record of success.
View Neda Nobari’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Neda has 2 jobs listed on their profile.
- 26
- 28
- San Francisco State University
- San Francisco Bay Area
Oct 2, 2018 · Neda Nobari’s path to philanthropy winds back to her adolescence in Iran. At 15, struck by wanderlust, she left her native land for the United States — just, as it turned out, before the 1979 revolution that overthrew the country’s monarchy and established an Islamic government.
- Contributor
Nobari is an inaugural member and current vice chair of the SF State Foundation’s board. As chair of the board’s investment committee, she helped adopt a socially responsible investment policy for the foundation’s endowment and was pivotal in helping establish a “Green Fund” that led the way in eco-focused investing.
Mission. Promoting social and environmental justice through arts and education. President's Welcome. According to Wikipedia, “philanthropy is the effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind.” The term philanthropy was coined around 2500-years ago by the Greek playwright, Aeschylus, in his work Prometheus Bound.
Each year Neda Nobari Foundation is privileged to meet and work with brilliant and innovative individuals working at the intersection of education, social justice, and grassroots activism. Each in their own ways, these change-makers are pioneering new systems’ approaches that ignite a transformative potential critical in today’s 21st ...
