Aleyamma Mathew (she/her)

Executive Director

Collective Future Fund

Aleyamma Mathew is a nationally known expert on the intersection of gender and economic justice. With over 20 years of experience in the philanthropic and advocacy sectors at the local, state, and national levels, she has led advocacy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and campaigns for economic policies to protect women’s rights, safety, and economic security, with a focus on women of color, immigrant and refugee women, and low-wage women workers. 

As executive director at Collective Future Fund, Aleyamma has spearheaded the resourcing and sustaining of efforts led by survivors and women of color. Born in Kerala, South India, Aleyamma is based in Philadelphia, where she serves on the board of directors for the Asian Arts Initiative. She is an alumna of the East-West Center’s Asian Pacific American Leadership Program and received a Fulbright Award to study Malayalam in Kerala.