Our Leadership

Etoy Ridgnal is a respected Social Impact Strategist, Advisor, and Investor with a 30-year history of developing, advising on, and leading large-scale social impact initiatives for some of the nation’s largest companies, organizations, influencers, and leaders.

Through her social impact firm, Community Advocacy Partners (CAP), she has developed and led cause marketing campaigns for mission-driven film/tv projects like “CONCUSSION” starring Will Smith (Sony Pictures), Oprah Winfrey’s “BELIEF” Series (OWN), Ava DuVernay’s “SELMA” (Paramount) and “Half the Picture” featuring Ava DuVernay.

Throughout the course of her 30-year career, Etoy has also led civic engagement and advocacy campaigns for a diverse range of global organizations. She has advised and led social impact initiatives for key public figures such as Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, the Obama White House, and Mike Bloomberg.

She currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for JUST Capital, Amalgamated Bank Foundation, and LOUD Capital. She has helped raise over $600 million for charitable causes and secured press coverage for clients across the globe in outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Hypebeast, Business Insider and HuffPost to name a few.

A graduate of Scripps College of the Claremont Colleges with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and African-American Studies. Etoy is a student of life and an avid believer in the power of the collective to create the world we want to live in.

She divides her time between Laguna Beach, New York City, and London.