OBSIDIAN EDGE

Principal, Obsidian Edge

Nile Malloy is an interdisciplinary strategist working across the nonprofit, public, philanthropic, education, and private sectors—advancing social, climate, environmental, economic, sustainability, and youth development initiatives. He has led environmental, economic, and climate policy work in California—one of the largest economies in the world—and contributed to the development of climate justice policy, multimillion-dollar funds, and community development initiatives.

Nile is actively engaged in international partnerships as a board member of the Council of African Youth Advocates, the Royal African Company, and Skylink Agro Foods Limited, and as a member of the Black Professionals in International Affairs Africa Working Group, where he focuses on strengthening diaspora connections across strategy, funding, and business development. In 2025, he rebranded his consulting practice and launched Obsidian Edge, a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to advancing equitable resource distribution and transforming systems through human centered design, systems thinking, and strategic visioning. Through leadership coaching, strategic facilitation, and community rooted consulting, he co creates innovative models with individuals, institutions, and communities grounded in the belief that collective well being is essential to transformation.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sustainability and African American Studies from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in Anthropology and Social Change from the California Institute of Integral Studies, with a focus on Gender, Ecology, and Postcolonial Studies. Beyond his professional work, Nile is a storyteller and creative whose passions include dance, writing, Afrofuturism, and cultural expression across the African Diaspora. He is currently completing his debut novel, Obsidian Resurrection, a Black futurist science fiction family centered thriller exploring power, healing, ancient rituals, revolution, and transformation, and writes on Substack, weaving together humor, ancestral wisdom, and insights on socio political, environmental, coaching, and consulting strategies.

Above all, Nile centers his role as a father to his teenage daughter and two teenage sons. As a wellness advocate, spiritual practitioner, and social entrepreneur, he remains committed to cultivating joy in the work and advancing a belief that change begins within and ripples outward.

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SELECTED CLIENTS AND PARTNERS

Foundations

Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Amplify Fund
Annie E. Casey Foundation
California Community Foundation
Chicago Community Trust
Chicago Foundation for Women
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Crossroads Fund
Field Foundation
Ford Foundation
Fund for Democratic Communities
Fund for an Inclusive California
Grand Victoria Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Groundswell Fund
Healthy Communities Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation
Knight Foundation
LIFT Fund
Long Island Community Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Media Democracy Fund
Minneapolis Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Neighborhood Funders Group
New York Community Trust
Open Society Foundations
Polk Bros. Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Surdna Foundation
The California Endowment
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Denver Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
The Joyce Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Solutions Project
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
We Raise Foundation
Wieboldt Foundation
Woods Fund Chicago Amalgamated Bank
Beneficial State Foundation
Enterprise Community Partners
Kaiser Permanente

Community-Based Organizations, Labor & Public Sector

Artisan Hub
Black Professionals in International Affairs
California Air Resources Board
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center for Social Inclusion
City of Oakland
Civic Well Let’s Be Whole Local Government Commission
Communities for a Better Environment
Council of African Youth Advocates (Board Member)
Diasporadical Initiative
EcoAdapt
Global Exchange
Grassroots Global Justice
Indigenous Environmental Network
Marin Clean Energy
National Adaptation Forum
Occidental College
People’s Climate Innovation Center
PolicyLink
Rainforest Action Network
Right to the City
Royal African Company (Board Member)
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Skylink Agro Solutions Limited (Board Member)
StriveTogether
The Urban Institute
United Auto Workers
United Steelworkers
University of California, Berkeley
Urban Habitat
Village of Wisdom
Working Partnerships USA

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