Miabi Chatterji

Miabi Chatterji has been working in philanthropy since 2013, after several years getting her PhD in American Studies, during which she studied and taught on race, gender, migration, and labor in NYC. During her time in the academic world, Miabi pursued activist and volunteer commitments on various issues affecting New Yorkers, which led her to participation on a grantmaking panel, which she loved.

Miabi transitioned into philanthropic work, first in the social justice sector. She has worked as both a Program Officer as well as a Grants Manager. At Gilman, she combines many of her professional passions, such as streamlining practices for grant applicants and an interest in collecting and using data in the pursuit of goals around many forms of equity.

Miabi has worked for the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and Resist as well as consultancies with other progressive foundations. Miabi has a Bachelors degree from Brown University and a PhD from NYU. She has been a devoted Brooklynite since 2004.