Candid welcomes A. Nicole Campbell, Usama M. Fayyad, and Patrick Walsh to its Board of Trustees
New York, NY—June 3, 2026. Candid is proud to announce the appointment of three distinguished sector leaders to its Board of Trustees: A. Nicole (Nic) Campbell, co-CEO and president of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA); Usama M. Fayyad, chairman and founder of Open Insights, an AI and data technology consulting firm; and Patrick Walsh, co-founder of Classy, acquired by GoFundMe.
“Nic, Usama, and Patrick bring a diversity of expertise that will help guide Candid into our next chapter as we seek to expand the data we provide and ways in which people access it,” said Ann Mei Chang, Candid’s president and CEO. “Nic’s work in social justice grantmaking, Pat’s , experience growing a fundraising platform, and Usama’s expertise in AI and data technology will be invaluable in helping us develop user-friendly ways to bring funders and nonprofits together through data.”
Before joining RPA in March 2025, Campbell founded and led the Build Up Companies, a federated group of companies focused on strengthening the capacity of systems change funders to transform life outcomes for historically marginalized communities. Previously, she served as senior director of operations and foundation counsel for Dalio Philanthropies, deputy general counsel and secretary for the Open Society Foundations, and associate general counsel for the New York Community Trust.
“I am honored to join Candid’s Board of Trustees. Candid plays such an important role in advancing transparency, knowledge, and trust across the social sector,” Campbell said. “At a time when strong institutions and reliable information matter deeply, Candid’s mission is more critical than ever. I look forward to contributing to the organization’s continued impact and to supporting a more informed, connected, and effective philanthropic ecosystem.”
Prior to founding Open Insights in 2008, Fayyad served as Yahoo!’s first chief data officer, founding and leading Yahoo Research Labs after the company acquired his startup in 2004. He has also served as global chief data officer at Barclays Bank and founding executive chairman at Oasis500, an early-stage technology accelerator. Currently he also serves as senior vice provost for AI and data strategy and the inaugural director of the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, where he is a professor at Khoury College of Computer Sciences.
“I am excited to be joining a not-for-profit institution that wants to leverage AI and data to deliver transparency and insights in this critical area for helping charitable organizations and funders do what’s right and useful to the communities they serve,” said Fayyad. “My passion for data and AI can hopefully help others to do good with tech.”
Walsh co-founded Classy in 2006 and grew it into a fundraising platform that helped more than 10,000 nonprofits raise over $5 billion before it was acquired by GoFundMe in 2022. He has focused on building infrastructure that helps mission-driven organizations throughout his career, leading initiatives focused on programmatic performance, outcomes measurement, and sector-wide collaboration. He also serves as a board director and advisor for Tap Cancer Out and as a Leadership Council member at Oxfam America.
“Candid has long served as critical infrastructure for the social sector, helping to advance transparency, trust, and informed decision making. In today’s environment, access to information alone is no longer enough,” he said. “As technology reshapes how knowledge is discovered, interpreted, and applied, I believe Candid has an increasingly important role in building the next generation of philanthropic intelligence—transforming trusted data into actionable insights that empower nonprofits, funders, donors, and policy makers to make better decisions and maximize their impact.”
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Candid connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to do it. Through data, research, insights, and training, Candid supports nonprofits, foundations, researchers, policymakers, and the public in building a more effective and transparent social sector. Find out more at candid.org and on LinkedIn and Instagram.