Orlando Watkins

Orlando Watkins currently serves as Vice President and Chief Program Officer at The Boston Foundation, a role held since June 2016. In addition, Watkins is the Founding Partner of The Business Equity Fund and holds various advisory and board positions, including Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors at The New Commonwealth Fund, Board Member at the Deshpande Foundation, Mill Cities Community Investments, and a member of the Investment Committee for Nectar Community Investments. Contributions also extend to serving on the Accelerator Community Advisory Committee at Boston Medical Center and as a Judge for the Social Impact Fellowship Fund at Harvard Innovation Labs. Watkins is actively involved with the Coalition for an Equitable Economy as a Steering Committee Member and provides advisory support to GreenSight while contributing to WBUR's Cognoscenti. Watkins holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Morehouse College, earned between 1989 and 1994.