Anita Foster
Associate
Email: afoster[at]avivarcapital.com

Anita Foster Washington is an Associate at Avivar Capital, supporting the team with portfolio monitoring and due diligence. Previously, Anita served as a Development Specialist at The Center for Working Families (TCWFI), an Atlanta-based nonprofit providing skills training, microenterprise assistance, and wrap-around services. Anita managed TCWFI’s fundraising, including individual donor cultivation and solicitation, as well as grant writing. Before that, she provided research, fundraising, and marketing support to the United States African Development Foundation in Washington, DC, The Potomac Research Group Holdings in Washington, DC (recently acquired by Hedeye Risk Management), and the Ghandi Manav Kalyan Society in Rajasthan, India.

In 2016, she was recognized as an Apex Society and Porsche Cars of North America Power 30 Under 30 awardee for professional and community excellence. Anita holds an MA in Sustainable Development: International Policy and Management from the School of International Training Graduate Institute and was selected to participate in the Yale School of Management Global Pre-MBA Leadership Program. She earned her BA in International Studies from Spelman College, where she served as Student Government Association President and a Student Representative on Spelman College’s Board of Trustees.