Yamani Yansa Hernandez

Yamani is a visionary and transformative leader committed to the balance of rigor and compassion. She is the Interim Executive Director at Groundswell Fund and is excited to bring her leadership learnings to The Management Center as a progressive sector coach after 25 years of experience in the social sector at neighborhood, city, state, and national levels. Most recently, she was the first Black executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, the membership, technical assistance, and advocacy organization for over 80 grassroots organizations funding abortion and building cultural and political power. Over seven years, she built a team and strategy that scaled from 12 to 60 staff, grew the budget from $2M to $20M, and cultivated a values-aligned and embodied community rooted in racial, economic, gender, reproductive justice and the politics of care. Yamani has a B.S. from Cornell University and M.Arch from the University of Washington. She takes tremendous joy in being a plant, dog, and human mom.