Nadia Diaz Funn

Nadia Diaz Funn is the founder and CEO of Cora Consulting, LLC, a Los Angeles-based firm focused on supporting national, regional and local philanthropic and nonprofit organizations to maximize their impact through strategic advising, planning, capacity building and stakeholder engagement.

Prior to launching Cora in 2023, Diaz Funn served as a Portfolio Manager for Ballmer Group, where she led the organization’s regional and statewide K-12 and post-secondary education

portfolios. During her tenure at Ballmer Group, Diaz Funn secured over one hundred and fifty million dollars for local and statewide nonprofits and public institutions to advance equity-centered policies and programs that foster greater access to higher education and degree completion.

Prior to her work at Ballmer Group, Diaz Funn served as the Executive Director of the Alliance for a Better Community, a nonprofit promoting the economic prosperity of the Latino community and the greater Los Angeles region, inclusive of an improved quality of life for Latinos in education, health, and civic participation. During her tenure at ABC, she led numerous campaigns to increase educational opportunities for LAUSD students, strengthen parent engagement and choice, and expand access to higher education.

Diaz Funn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Master of Public Management degree from the University of Maryland. She is a former California Executive Fellow and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Families In Schools, EdTrust, Alder Graduate School of Education and the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges.

Diaz Funn was born and raised in unincorporated East Los Angeles. She attended local Catholic and public schools, wherein her passion for learning and desire for social justice were seeded and nurtured by loving parents, great teachers, counselors, coaches, and principals. Her experiences as a first-generation Latinx college student are foundational to her life’s work as an advocate for high-quality public education and civic engagement. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.