We invest in and for Black Portland, advancing generational wealth and well-being through ownership, design, and collective power.

OUR TEAM

Rukaiyah Adams

Chief Executive Officer

  • Since January 2023, Rukaiyah Adams has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the 1803 Fund. 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 leverages her extensive business expertise to benefit everyday people. She is a co-founder of both Albina Vision Trust and the 1803 Fund, visionary organizations committed to building common wealth. Her dedication extends to public service, including her role as a Commissioner of the Port of Portland, her service on the Investment Committee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and her previous position as 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.

D’Artagnan Caliman

Vice President, Philanthropy & Partnership

  • D’Artagnan has dedicated his career to forging relationships built on mutual respect and a shared commitment to community. Since joining 1803 Fund in February 2023, he’s led our efforts to engage organizations in Portland’s Black community in a collaborative effort to create a new place for Black Portlanders and a brighter future for Black children.  From supporting youth in foster care and experiencing homelessness to advancing economic justice, educational equity, and cultural resilience for Black Oregonians, D’Artagnan has always worked to lift communities up by bringing people together.

Chief Operations Officer

Cobi Lewis

  • Cobi Lewis is a dynamic leader focused on community empowerment and operational excellence. With a deep understanding of organizational challenges, she leads with a strategic approach that drives economic growth, scalability, and innovation. Throughout her career that spans from banking to philanthropy, Cobi has led across sectors, driving meaningful change and uplifting communities. A proud Portland native, her strong local connections and family legacy fuel her passion to create lasting impact. Cobi is committed to thinking bigger, acting bolder, and relentlessly pursuing progress, inspiring those around her to work toward a more inclusive and thriving future.

  • Cyreena’s career in the public sector spans nearly twenty years, inspired by her time as a support specialist in public schools. Cyreena has strategized for national and local electoral campaigns, including her own candidacy for the Oregon Legislature in 2008. She has also advised diverse and first-time candidates in Oregon, worked for the DNC, Obama for America, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber. As an executive, Cyreena has led Imagine Black, Oregon Public Health Institute and Hilltop Public Solutions. Most recently, Cyreena was the CEO of Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest. Before all of this though, Cyreena grew up in Gresham and Portland and attended St. Mary’s Academy. This set the foundation for her powerful and sprawling education–from Spelman College to Harvard Business Schoool–and career.  

Vice President, External Affairs

Cyreena Boston Ashby

Tory Campbell

Vice President, Community Investment and Partnership

  • In August 2024, Tory joined the 1803 Fund to help launch our Culture grantmaking portfolio. Tory's roots in Portland run deep, with a career that includes roles at the Black United Fund, Prosper Portland, as a pastor in Northeast Portland, and as part of the extended family that ran the beloved Campbell's BBQ in Southeast Portland. At the 1803 Fund, he'll work with Black-led and Black-serving organizations to help expand the rich tapestry of arts and cultural experiences that bring joy to and celebrate the resilience of Portland's Black community.

Vikram Murthy

Acting Chief Financial Officer

  • Vikram serves as a strategic advisor to 1803 Fund, ensuring our work to break new ground in community investment is supported by sound financial practices. He joined 1803 Fund in September 2023, bringing experience managing hundred-million-dollar tech equity investment  portfolios, serving as a strategic consultant for large development projects across Europe and North America, and providing strategic advice to underserved small businesses. Vik brings the combination of rigor and compassion our work requires, developing financial policies and procedures, overseeing reporting and audit functions, and managing cash reserves and daily liquidity to set us up for the long term.

Heidi Nielsen

Strategic Business Advisor

  • Heidi is an entrepreneur and a systems thinker with an uncanny ability to sort through complexity, see a path forward, and bring everyone along with her. She’s built, led, and grown several businesses in the for-profit sector—most recently a communications agency of 45 people that grew  265% in just four years. Heidi joined 1803 Fund in July 2023 to oversee day-to-day operations and help translate our strategic vision into plans we can act on, initiatives we can build from, and real-world impact we can be proud of. 

Tom Cody

Real Estate Partner

  • The child of a biologist and a classics professor, Tom has spent a lifetime thinking about how thoughtful development of built environments can drive positive community impact. A native of Los Angeles and a chosen Portlander, Tom brings both a deep understanding of how to serve our community through the acquisition of real assets, and a long record building some of Portland’s most catalytic projects through creative problem-solving. Tom has almost three decades of experience innovating as a developer, including 15 years creating the Portland-based Project^. He has a bachelors in Planning and Development from the University of Southern California and a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Development from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He is a former Chairman of Oregon Ballet Theater, and a founder and trustee of Albina Vision Trust.

Finance and Accounting Manager

Curtrina Huff

  • Curtrina joined 1803 Fund in January 2024 after 10 years of working in Portland nonprofits. She manages 1803 Fund day-to-day financial operations while also providing support to our chief financial officer. Previously, she served as the director of finance for the Black United   Fund of Oregon, one of the only Black-led foundations in the state. There, she managed financial operations, fiscal sponsorships, grant awards, and scholarship distributions. She was also instrumental in supporting distributions for the Oregon Care Act, a $64 million initiative created by BIPOC Portland leaders to provide COVID relief for Black communities. 

Communications Manager

Juma Sei

  • Juma first started telling stories at home in Portland, learning from family-talk in a Sierra-Leonean household. He refined this passion for warm, authentic communication at Yale, studying what it means to be Black in America. He focused on how 20th-century heavyweights like James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer and James Baldwin answered that question for themselves. Before joining 1803 Fund in 2024, Juma told stories on the radio. He covered politics, education and culture for NPR in Washington, D.C., and at member stations in Detroit and Atlanta. He’s grateful to be home again, now telling stories of pride and permanence for Black folks in Portland. 

Grantmaking and Sponsorship Operations Manager

Chanta Chhay

  • Chanta joined 1803 Fund in June 2024 after over 15 years of experience in private foundation grantmaking and nonprofit fundraising. At Meyer Memorial Trust, she played a critical role in developing, maintaining, and managing grantmaking procedures to distribute over $40 million in annual funding to grantee partners working toward racial, social, and economic justice in Oregon. Along with overseeing 1803 Fund grantmaking, Chanta also manages our brand and our event sponsorships, bringing community organizations across Portland together to support our work. 

Director of Community Strategy & Evaluation

Camille Idedevbo

  • Camille brings a breadth of experience in cultivating community,  strengthening organizations from the inside out, and applying the power of design for social good. She joined 1803 Fund in July 2024 to launch our cohort model for strategic partnerships. In this role, she’ll help design capacity-building programs to support our community partners while bringing them together to learn, innovate, and achieve shared outcomes.  Her work will help 1803 Fund develop a community of partners, working  together, lifting each other up, and creating lasting value for Black Portlanders.

Executive Administrative Manager to CEO

Brittany Braxton

  • Brittany has over 15 years of executive operations experience. She thrives in dynamic environments where organizational efficiency is a constant game of Tetris. Brittany is especially proud of her record founding and leading Employee Resource Groups that allowed her coworkers to participate in mentoring, professional development and networking opportunities. Prior to joining 1803 Fund, Brittany led a global team of executive assistants (EAs) at Block, Inc., collaborating with other Executive Operations Managers to create efficiencies designed for the success of her EAs and Executive Clients. Brittany holds a bachelor’s degree and two masters degrees with a focus on integral counseling psychology. She plans to open her own wellness practice, centering Black mental health.

Program Associate, Community Partnership

Priscilla Gray

  • Priscilla feels a personal stake in the work of 1803 Fund, and it shows. She provides invaluable support to 1803 Fund leadership and board members, ensuring everyone has what they need when they need it.  And, she’s a point of contact for so many of the people 1803 Fund is building core relationships with—community members, leaders, elders,  and artists who are all working toward the collective goal of creating a place where Black Portlanders can thrive.  

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Larry Miller (Chair)

CHAIR OF NIKE’S JORDAN BRAND

FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF NIKE, INC.

John Donahoe (Treasurer)

Rukaiyah Adams (Secretary)

CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF 1803 FUND

Investment Committee

Antoinette Chandler

PORT OF PORTLAND, CFO

Anyeley Hallová

ADRE CEO AND FOUNDER

RETIRED LAWYER AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE

Ivan Gold

Chris Nelson

PRINCIPAL OF CAPSTONE PARTNERS LLC