Myla Howard

As development director, Myla leads ChangeLab Solutions’ business development team in creating and implementing a comprehensive, multi-year fundraising strategy. Working in close collaboration with staff across departments, Myla secures funding from a diverse combination of sources to ensure that our organization has the revenue needed to carry out its mission and goals.

Prior to joining ChangeLab Solutions, Myla worked for several San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits, in fields ranging from equitable food systems to youth economic empowerment. She has served in an array of fund development and communications roles, successfully securing support from individual, corporate, private, public, and government funders.

Myla holds a bachelor’s degree in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. While earning her degree, Myla assisted researchers at the School of Public Health and interned for a local nonprofit, delivering nutrition education and helping to operate a mobile farmers market in communities without access to fresh produce.