Juliet Mureriwa

Juliet Mureriwa is a Senior Program Officer in the Office of the President at the Ford Foundation, where she oversees the Foundation’s global discretionary grantmaking portfolio and leads the President’s cross-foundation strategic initiatives. She serves as a key partner on the Foundation’s diversity and inclusion efforts, this includes serving as a member of the Foundation’s first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council; and the Foundation’s Racial Justice Working Group. Juliet also leads the Foundation’s global Anti-Blackness work. 

Juliet is a public interest lawyer and an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. She has vast knowledge in public international law and close to two decades worth of experience working for international philanthropic organizations and managing programs advocating for and advancing the rule of law, democracy, human rights, and social justice. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation in 2015, she was a grantmaker at the Open Society Foundations, Freedom House, and other international philanthropy organizations. 

Juliet is a founding board member of The Accelerator Project, a nonprofit organization that offers institutional strengthening support to small and medium organizations that serve women and youth populations in sub-Saharan Africa, so they are empowered and can secure the financial and other resources they need to advance their work. Juliet is also a member of the Advisory Council of the McCain Global Leaders Program which supports character-driven leaders from around the world who embody Senator John McCain’s legacy of serving a cause greater than oneself. The program is designed to advance each leader’s personal and professional leadership journey and impact by providing training, resources, and access to highly relevant regional and global networks with the goal of preparing today’s leaders to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Juliet holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master’s Degree in Public International Law from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Juliet resides in Westchester, New York with her husband and daughter.