Maya Wiley is an American professor, racial justice, and equity advocate. She is the senior vice president for Social Justice at The New School, and the Henry Cohen Professor of Urban Policy and Management at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. Between 2016 and 2017, Maya chaired the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). Prior to that Before that, she served as counsel to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Maya is experienced in both the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU and was a former Legal Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, where she argued against Trump’s attacks on our civil liberties and democratic norms. She was the founder and president of the Center for Social Inclusion. Maya was also Senior Advisor on Race and Poverty at the Open Society Foundations, the largest funder of human rights work the world over. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

On October 7, 2020, Wiley announced that she would run for mayor of New York in the 2021 election. By mid-January 2021, Wiley had raised over $720,000 from donors, she spent approximately $404,000 on her campaign and had about $316,000 left.

Maya Wiley Age

She was born on January 2, 1964, in Washington, D.C., United States.

Maya Wiley Husband

She is married to her husband Harlan Mandel. Her husband is a Chief Executive Officer of Media Development Investment Fund, a mission-driven investment fund providing debt and equity financing to independent news and information companies. He has also served as Deputy General Counsel of the Open Society Institute, after practicing law with Morrison & Foerster, specializing in international litigation, intellectual property, and new media law. The couple has two daughters. Maya lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Maya Wiley Parents

She is the daughter of the late George Alvin Wiley and Wretha Frances. Her father was an American chemist and civil rights leader. On August 9, 1973, her father fell overboard while sailing with Wiley and her older brother. On August 12, 1973, his body was found floating in the bay off the shore of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland after a three-day search.

Maya Wiley Net Worth

Maya Wiley’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.