Nikishka Iyengar
Founder and CEO | The Guild
theguild.community

Nikishka Iyengar, a social entrepreneur, community organizer and media-maker with over a decade of experience building economic democracy, is the founder and CEO of The Guild, where she develops community-owned models of land, housing, and real estate to foster self-determination for Black, working-class, and other marginalized communities. She also leads Groundcover, a $30M fund dedicated to investing in shared equity land models. A current Loeb Fellow at Harvard, Nikishka co-hosts theĀ Road to Repair podcast focused on moving beyond a “business-as-usual” economy toward solidarity and collective liberation.
Panel Presentations:
Community Wealth Building: A Conversation with Beloved Economies, Full Spectrum Capital Partners, and The GuildĀ
March 29th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm