Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga

Board Member

Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga has a deep interest in how to improve the lives of children and families. Currently she serves as Chief Development Officer at MENTOR, a national organization that expands and improves the field of mentoring for young people in the United States. Prior to joining MENTOR, she worked at Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) in a variety of roles, focusing on how to help families exit poverty. Before that, Nicki developed children’s programming at various for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She holds a Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where she was awarded a Gleitsman Fellowship through the Center for Public Leadership. She lives in East Boston with her family, and also sits on the board of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.