A. Adar Ayira
A. Adar Ayira is Director of Contract Services at Baltimore Racial Justice Action (BRJA). A Founding Member of BRJA, she has been on staff since September 2020. Adar has more than 30 years of management and organizational development, membership, and fundraising experience gained through her tenure in both locally- and nationally focused nonprofit, community-based, social justice organizations. She received degrees in Public Communications and Sociology from American University in Washington, DC.
Prior to her tenure with BRJA, Adar was on the senior leadership team at a Baltimore public foundation. Prior to that, she was Founder and Principal Consultant of Core Concepts, a nonprofit specialist consulting firm that provided skills development; strategic planning; technical assistance; organizational, board, and program development; and project management for nonprofit organizations. Adar also has experience as an Interim Executive Director (IED) in the field of Interim Executive Leadership, working with grassroots organizations to provide effective leadership during times of organizational transitions.
Since 2020, Adar has operated as Principal Consultant of Ayira Core Concepts LLC, a boutique consulting firm, that has expanded the services offered by the original Core Concepts.
