Aziza Musa is Chief External Affairs Officer at the Advanced Education Research & Development Fund (AERDF), where she leads the organization’s external strategy across development, marketing, communications, and partnerships.

Aziza has spent her career at the intersection of philanthropy and systems change, working with innovative organizations to build the capital, positioning, and relationships to lead in their fields.

She previously served as Chief External Affairs Officer at Tilting Futures, where she led the organization’s rebrand, built its development engine and multiple global fundraising campaigns, and put the organization on stages including the Clinton Global Initiative, the Milken Global Philanthropy Forum, and SXSW. She also built and led its communications and PR function, serving as editor-in-chief for all external content. At Health Leads Aziza was Vice President of Business Partnerships & Investor Relations, where she drove the Vaccine Equity Collaborative fundraising campaign, launched the organization’s corporate giving program, and led its shift to a braided revenue model. Earlier, she led partnerships at the edtech company BetterLesson, expanding its footprint from 5 states to 23, and ran statewide development and government partnerships for Teach For America in New Jersey. She has advised boards and executive teams on revenue strategy, organizational growth, and talent development for clients across the US, UK, and Middle East.

Aziza holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and lives in Massachusetts.