Restorative Economics centers the healing and restoration of vulnerable communities.

Nwamaka Agbo is the CEO of the Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund (REF). In her roles, Nwamaka collaborates with the Kataly team to lead the foundation’s day-to-day operations, while holding the community-centered strategy and vision for the REF.

With a background in community organizing, electoral campaigns, policy and advocacy work on racial, social and environmental justice issues, Nwamaka is deeply committed to supporting projects that build resilient, healthy and self-determined communities rooted in shared prosperity.

Prior to her roles with Kataly, Nwamaka built an independent consulting practice guided by her framework on Restorative Economics. As a consultant, she provided technical assistance and strategic guidance to community-owned and -governed community wealth building initiatives like Restore Oakland, Black Land & Power and others. Her work with these community-driven projects led her to providing trainings and advisory services to donors, foundations and impact investment firms including institutions like The San Francisco Foundation and RSF Social Finance. 

Nwamaka has previously served as a fellow for the Center for Economic Democracy and the Movement Strategy Center. She proudly serves on the board of Thousand Currents and Restore Oakland, Inc.. Nwamaka is an advisor to the Equality Fund and Solidaire Network’s Black Liberation Pooled Fund.

She graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and African American Studies and holds a Master’s of Public Administration specializing in Financial Management from San Francisco State University.

Nwamaka lives in the East Bay, where she can be found geeking out on the latest sci-fi, Afrofuturism novels or cheering for the Golden State Warriors. She likes her bourbon neat and her sake chilled.