At the Ford Foundation, Bryttnee Parris is the grants manager for US disability rights, where she supports disabled organizations in building power to achieve greater economic justice. She is also the grants manager for the gender, racial, and ethnic justice international team, where she supports reducing violence by supporting women- and girl-led organizations, particularly in the Global South.
Parris joined Ford in 2018 as a program assistant on the civic engagement and government team. Before this, she worked at a New York nonprofit that served 30,000 children, youth, and families in the city’s highest-needs communities, assisting with the agency’s public policy and advocacy efforts. She is an active leader in the PEAK Northeast chapter. Parris holds a master’s degree in public administration from the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Baruch College, where she focused on public housing and regulation. She also has a master’s degree in political science from the CUNY Brooklyn College and a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Old Westbury.
Term expires in 2028.
