Daaiyah Bilal-Threats directs NEA’s domestic and international alliance building and serves as special assistant to the NEA Executive Director. She oversees NEA’s philanthropic giving and cultivates relationships for the organization across a broad-spectrum of issues.
She has worked in large-scale social change her entire career beginning with the World Wildlife Fund, American Red Cross, and Health Information Network. Daaiyah joined the National Education Association in 2000 as a policy analyst focusing on public health and education policies. She has wide-ranging experience on national campaigns supporting social justice and pro-public education candidates and issues.
She serves in leadership positions with numerous progressive political and civic organizations. She currently represents NEA with the Democracy Alliance, Neighborhood Funders Group-Labor Advisory, and FCCP. She also serves on the boards of The American Prospect magazine, State Voices, Committee on States, New Media Ventures, and the Partnership for the Future of Learning.
