Negeen Darani

Vice President of Programs & Emerging Strategies

Negeen Darani is the Vice President of Programs & Emerging Strategies at the 11th Hour Project of the Schmidt Family Foundation. She oversees program strategy across the 11th Hour’s program areas as well as a grantmaking portfolio focused on Minerals + Materials (M+M).  Her funding supports efforts to build a more equitable and sustainable vision for our materials economy – one that ultimately reduces plastics production, minimizes waste and toxics exposure, and seeds thriving local economies.  Other areas of grantmaking and interest include civic engagement as well as data science for social good.

Negeen brings to her work over 2 decades of experience in energy and environmental policy, nonprofit strategy and investment banking.  She has served in advisory roles for local and national nonprofits as well as a part of the planning committee for the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s annual fall retreat.

Negeen has a BA in political economy from UC Berkeley and an MPP  with a concentration in energy and environmental policy from Harvard.