Drew Foxman Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships & Communications, America India Foundation

Drew is a nonprofit leader whose career spans the arts and culture, education, social justice, and international development sectors. He specializes in strategic development through the design and execution of programs, campaigns, and brand development that chart and drive organizational growth. Drew has deep roots in the Bay Area arts scene, where he was Director of Education for the San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) and created a standards-based literary arts and music curriculum that served thousands of middle school children and founded a social justice-based music composition and performance program for youth. He was named Arts Scholar for the Organization of American States for his conceptual models of music and social justice, and featured as panelist and speaker at international forums on the role of arts in catalyzing democratic processes. Drew consults with a range of nonprofits in the arts, culture, and education sectors in organizational development, strategy, and fundraising. In his current role as Senior Director, Communications, Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives with the American India Foundation, he created and directs a US State Department cross-border collaboration empowering young people in India and Pakistan with interactive learning experiences through multimedia, music, dance, and theatre to ignite understanding and take action in their communities.