Jasmine Nielsen
Jasmine Nielsen
Jasmine Nielsen draws on two decades of experience leading New York City nonprofit organizations to provide strategic advisement, coaching, and training to boards of directors, executive directors, and senior management. A trained facilitator, Jasmine is adept at guiding groups through challenging conversations. Her holistic approach to organizational development encompasses strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, governance, fundraising, and communications strategy. Jasmine consults with nonprofit organizations working in food, social justice, arts and culture, open space, and the environment.
Additionally, Jasmine is an Adjunct Instructor in the Food Studies program at New York University and a board member of Equity Advocates and Certified Naturally Grown. From 2014 to 2016, she was the Executive Director of Just Food. Prior to that, Jasmine spent 16 years as the Executive Director of Love Heals (now an initiative of GMHC). She also served as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the New York Abortion Access Fund, as an Advisory Board Member for the Legal Action Center's Women's Initiative to Stop HIV, and as a member of Community Resource Exchange's Community Advisory Group.
Jasmine holds a BA from Vassar College and an MA in Food Studies from New York University. Originally from Urbana, Illinois, Jasmine has lived and worked in New York City since 1996. In her spare time, she enjoys biking, cooking, catching live music, and gardening on her Brooklyn rooftop.