Maya Wiley Biography
Maya Wiley is an attorney, professor, and civil rights activist from the United States. Since May 2022, she has been the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
How old is Maya Wiley?- Age
Wiley is 58 years old as of January 2022. She was born on January 2, 1964, in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Washington, D.C.
Where did Maya Wiley go to college? -Education
Wiley graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctorate.
Where is Maya Wiley from?- Nationality
Maya is an American national and citizen by birth. She was born in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Washington, D.C.The United State of America. She is of mixed ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Who is Maya Wiley’s father? – Family – Parents
Wiley grew up in Washington, D.C., after being born in Syracuse, New York. George Wiley, a civil rights activist and educator, was her father. Wretha Frances (Whittle) Wiley, her white mother, encouraged her to work on progressive concerns. Wiley’s 42-year-old father died overboard while sailing in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, with Wiley and her older brother on his 23-foot yacht on August 8, 1973. After a three-day search, his body was discovered floating in the bay off the coast of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, on August 12, 1973.
Maya Wiley Husband – Married
Harlan Mandel, the CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund, is Wiley’s husband. They have two daughters and live in Brooklyn.
Maya Wiley Career
Wiley worked for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s Civil Division. Wiley was suggested as a possible NAACP president, but Cornell William Brooks was elected instead. She worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Open Society Institute before being appointed attorney to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Wiley served as de Blasio’s counsel for two and a half years, during which time she became recognized for coining the term “agents of the city” in an attempt to keep de Blasio’s conversations with lobbyists from being made public. Wiley has lectured at The New School and served as a political and legal analyst on MSNBC. She also founded and served as president of the Center for Social Inclusion, a national policy strategy organization dedicated to dismantling structural racism.
Wiley ran for mayor of New York City in the Democratic primary in 2021. Former presidential candidates Julian Castro and Elizabeth Warren, as well as U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, backed Wiley in June 2021. The Strokes, whose song “Starting Again” was featured in a campaign advertisement, also endorsed her. On June 12, 2021, the band also performed a benefit concert at Irving Plaza. In the Democratic primary, Wiley finished third behind Eric Adams and Kathryn Garcia.
Maya Wiley’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 1.5 million dollars