Fatima Goss Graves

Fatima Goss Graves is a nationally recognized leader in the fight for gender justice and an expert in law, policy, and culture change. She is president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, a co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, and a member of numerous boards – in both advisory and governance capacities – including Equal Justice Works, For(bes) the Culture, and TIME’S UP.

Fatima has a distinguished track record working across a broad set of issues central to the lives of women and girls – including income security and COVID relief, equal pay, ending sexual harassment and violence, health and reproductive rights, education access, and workplace justice – with a particular focus on outcomes for women and girls of color. She is widely sought after for her effectiveness in the complex public policy arena at both the state and federal levels, and regularly testifies before Congress and federal agencies.

Fatima has received numerous awards and recognitions for her leadership, and has appeared as a legal and social commentator on CBS, MSNBC, BBC, CNN, PBS, and NPR, and has been published and quoted in numerous outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BET, Fortune, and The Atlantic. She is a graduate of UCLA and Yale Law School, and resides in Washington, D.C. with her family.