Nella Young

Nella Young joined Isaacson, Miller as a Senior Associate in 2022. Nella has worked on searches across nonprofits, foundations, K-12, and higher education institutions. She has focused in particular on leadership searches for higher ed arts and architecture, foundation staff and boards, functional leadership in communications and operations, and placements with a wide range of nonprofit arts and culture, conservation, and human services organizations.

Prior to joining the firm, Nella worked with Enterprise Community Partners, a national housing and community development intermediary, for ten years. Earlier in her career, she worked for the New England Foundation for the Arts and as a high school educator and outdoor leadership instructor.

Nella was a Practices for Change Fellow with the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, an ELP Environmental Leadership Fellow, and a German Chancellor Fellow. She has an MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a BA in studio arts from Wesleyan University.