Tiffany Dufu says she was put on this earth to advance women and girls. As the new president of the Tory Burch Foundation and bestselling author of Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less, Dufu has bridged the gap between relatability and impact.
In 2018, she founded The Cru, a peer-coaching organization acquired by Luminary in 2023. Dufu is also a founding team member of the Lean In initiative and a leadership officer at Levo—a professional network for millennials. Dufu has raised over $25 million for women and girls throughout her career. From 2006 to 2013, as the president of The White House Project, she helped train thousands of women to run for political office.
The Tory Burch Foundation offers women entrepreneurs a platform that supplies education, access to capital, fellowships, networking opportunities, and other resources. In her new role, Dufu will oversee the Fellows Program, which offers $1.85 million in grants to help 280 women advance their businesses, and the foundation’s Capital Program, which is backed by Bank of America and has distributed $100 million in low-interest loans to 5,600 women entrepreneurs. She will also oversee the online education programs offered by the foundation, benefiting more than 650,000 people annually.
