Itzbeth Menjivar

Senior Advisor

Ms. Itzbeth Menjívar has been creating value for organizations around the globe, through relationship building, for more than 20 years. She is the Founder & Chief Bridge-Builder of BridgePeople LLC, a boutique consulting firm equipping people and organizations to lead dialogue about racial and gender equity. She also helps philanthropists integrate racial and gender equity principles into their investments and grant-making.

For the first half of her career, Ms. Menjívar advised executives of the world’s largest multi-national corporations and financial services firms on assessing and mitigating internal and reputational risk. She led international and cross-cultural teams at organizations such as Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank, and Grant Thornton. A strong mid-career calling to serve people living in poverty drove her towards a master’s degree in International Development and joining the global fight against poverty and injustice. Her international work eventually developed a focus around women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion. Ms. Menjívar was instrumental in strengthening donor relationships at her last employer, where she led philanthropic engagement and the advancement of internal and external gender equity practices.

Since January 2017, she has been serving as Board Chair for Service Never Sleeps, a non-profit equipping allies for social justice through anti-racism and anti-discrimination workshops. Through this experience, she has developed a deep passion and expertise about issues of racial and other types of discrimination, and regularly facilitates dialogue towards equity and reconciliation. A consistent thread throughout Ms. Menjívar’s career has been the cultivation of meaningful relationships to achieve lasting impact. She developed her relational gifts by working with diverse groups of people in more than 40 countries, and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and proficient in French.