Ayushi Vig

Ayushi is a philanthropy and new economy strategist and storyteller. She spent several years as an independent consultant and advisor, supporting individual and institutional funders to advance economic, climate, and racial justice. Previously, Ayushi served on the founding staff of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, and was a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She was a 2022-23 Fellow at the Just Economy Institute, and was named a 2023 Young Climate Leader of Color at the People's Climate Innovation Center. Most recently, Ayushi served on the board of New Economy Coalition, a network of over 200 organizations building regenerative economies in the United States, and was a Leadership for Sustainability Fellow at the University of Vermont. She completed her MPA internship working as a Summer Research Fellow with the Global Mental Health Lab at Columbia University, spending time in New York, Peru, and Bangladesh. Ayushi holds a B.A. in international relations and psychology from Stanford University. She grew up in New Delhi, India, and then spent a decade living in the Bay Area, being shaped by its deep history of organizing for just futures. She enjoys teaching and practicing yoga and somatics, reading, dancing, and cooking. During her time at Princeton, Ayushi aims to deepen her understanding of the intersections of global climate finance and policy, as well as the intersections of climate policy, environmental storytelling, and narrative strategy. Eventually, she hopes to lead an integrated capital fund (combining grants, loans, and investments) to mobilize Global North - Global South resource flows towards climate justice.