Ali Anderson is rooted in over a decade of experience in public health, birthwork, and food justice. She is the founder and Executive Director of Feed Black Futures, an organization with a mission to create a world where Black people have access to high-quality fresh food and the means and skills to produce it.

As a community organizer and membership co-chair with Black Youth Project 100 NYC, Ali led direct action organizing campaigns for communities facing carceral violence as well as reproductive and environmental injustice. She has been a keynote speaker on topics related to food sovereignty and food justice at Harvard School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, and Pitzer College. 

Formerly the Director of Capacity Building with the New York City Health Department’s Center for Health Equity, Ali created policies to bring pay equity and social support to community health workers working in food, reproductive, and economic justice.

Ali is from Southern California and is the granddaughter of Jamaican immigrants. She holds a Master of Public Health from Emory University. In 2021, she was awarded the Black Women Green Futures Award and in 2022 was a winner of the Echoing Green Social Innovation Challenge, a series of hands-on workshops, community building, and strategic advising sessions with the founders of 12 dynamic organizations. Ali has been featured in TIME and People Magazine and is on the Board of Directors of Acta Non Verba Youth Community Farm and SisterSong.