Rukaiyah Adams

Since January 2023, Rukaiyah Adams has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the 1803 Fund. The 1803 Fund seeks to grow shared prosperity, through the alignment of financial investments and investments in community. It is not a conventional investment firm, and it is not traditional philanthropy—the work of the 1803 Fund includes aspects of both. Fundamentally, it is ‘investing for the people’. Rukaiyah brings a powerful blend of experience to her leadership role: the lived perspective of growing up in subsidized housing, the legal clarity gained from immersing herself in housing and urban development, and the sharp acumen of an investor who understands the transformative power of real assets in building community prosperity. Ms. Adams is a Commissioner of the Port of Portland. She serves on the Investment Committee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and she is the current board chair of Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Ms. Adams holds a Bachelor of Arts with academic distinction from Carleton College, a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, where she was on the Law and Policy Review and Co- President of the Law Student Association, and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.