Diana Samarasan is an independent consultant with expertise in disability rights and inclusion, disability at the intersection with gender, Indigeneity and other identities, philanthropy, and participatory grantmaking at a global level. She is the founder and previous Executive Director of participatory grantmakers, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF), which are collaborations between donors and global disability activists to support the growth and diversification of disability rights movements across Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean. Diana was one of the first grantmakers to include people with lived experience in decision-making about global grantmaking strategy and funding.
Diana Samarasan
