Lila serves as the Water Foundation’s Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer. Most recently, she served as Senior Development Officer of Institutional Giving at American Jewish World Service (AJWS), a grantmaking and advocacy organization pursuing human rights and climate justice in the Global South. During her eight years in various development roles at AJWS, she fostered institutional partnerships, individual giving, and next generation philanthropy.
Lila holds a BA in Anthropology and French from Pomona College and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge. Originally from Woodstock, NY, she now lives in Los Angeles.