Kiesha C. Nix
VP Charitable Affairs - Executive Director
Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation
Kiesha Nix is currently the Vice President of Charitable Affairs & Executive Director of the Lakers Youth Foundation. In her current role, Kiesha oversees and directs programming and funding priorities for the charitable arm of the Los Angeles Lakers. She is responsible for implementing the mission of the Foundation which is to assist underserved youth in our communities to develop and recognize their full potential by providing positive experiences and resources in education, health & wellness and sports.
Kiesha oversees the funding which supports over 100,000 youth in 20+ Southern California Boys & Girls Clubs through basketball and health & fitness clinics and the Jr. Lakers Youth Basketball Program; has helped to build 40+ basketball courts throughout Los Angeles and surrounding counties, 15+ Reading Rooms and currently has completed 2 STEM Lab projects at local middle and high schools in Los Angeles. This funding also awards monetary grants to non-profit organizations that support youth with direct services and programs. Kiesha is also very active in the Lakers civic engagement, social justice and diversity & inclusion efforts. Being one of the founding members of the organization’s Employee Resource Group – B.A.N. (Black Action Network) and implementing a series of Courageous Conversations for Staff and externally for the community. Kiesha was recently named in the Top 100 Influential Black Women in Sports by Sports Illustrated.
Formerly Kiesha served as a Vice President in Enterprise Business & Community Relations at Bank of America and as a Private Wealth Associate in the Private Banking & Investment Group Division of Merrill Lynch. Kiesha was employed by Bank of America – Merrill Lynch for over 21+ years.
On the Philanthropic side Kiesha currently sits on the following Boards: Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB’s RBI program (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities), USC Black Alumni Advisory Board, Advisory Board for the LA A11iance of professional sports teams, Project Destined, HealHer Network and KHEIR (Korean Healthcare Education Information & Research Center) and Habitat for Humanity Greater LA - Boards respectively. Kiesha currently serves as one of Procter & Gamble’s “My Black is Beautiful Ambassadors,” as well as an Ambassador for the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Kiesha works with countless non-profit organizations and mentors youth throughout her Community. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Nevada. Kiesha is the proud Mom of one son; Kyler who is a graduate of Fisk University in Nashville, TN achieving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and currently employed as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch.
