Mizmun Kusairi

Working out of Candid’s president’s office, Miz’s role is to coordinate the workstream groups’ initiatives to integrate Foundation Center and GuideStar into a single organization and serve as board secretary. She is also lead for the workstream group specifically on change management and culture. Miz brings more than 15 years of international cross-sector management experience across the philanthropic, nonprofit, and financial services sectors. She previously led GuideStar’s finance, strategic planning, special projects, and monitoring and evaluation systems. Before joining GuideStar, she served as vice president of operations, strategy, and talent at Global Citizen Year, a fast-growing and acclaimed internationally focused nonprofit social enterprise in youth leadership development. Miz also managed nearly $1 billion in investments and served in the chairman’s office focusing on philanthropic initiatives at Usaha Tegas, a $10 billion business conglomerate in Malaysia. Earlier in her career, Miz spent time at the Fannie Mae Foundation, Citigroup, and the social investing firm Acumen. She holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.