President & CEO of Reality Changers

Tamara Y. Craver, a two-time recipient of the San Diego Business Journal’s CEO of the Year Award, is the President & CEO of Reality Changers, a San Diego-based nonprofit that prepares youth to become first-generation college graduates and agents of change in their communities. She has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, executive leadership, and youth development.

Since joining the Reality Changers team in 2019, Ms. Craver has steered the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic, overseen the execution of a 5-year strategic plan, and established an endowment for the organization. Programs and partnerships have grown under her leadership, bolstered by funding from new sources; including a $2 million grant from Yield Giving, MacKenzie Scott’s foundation.

Prior to coming to Reality Changers, Ms. Craver served as Director of The Posse Foundation, Director of Development and Communications for the Torrance South Bay YMCA, and Director, Social Markets for the American Heart Association, Western States Affiliates.

Ms. Craver is actively involved in the community, serving on the board of LEAD San Diego as well as the Advisory Council for San Diego Foundation’s Black Community Investment Fund and the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Community Advisory Board. She is a member of the San Diego Downtown Rotary Club, and Executive Committee Chairperson for the Hoover Community Collaborative. Ms. Craver is a 2020 graduate of LEAD San Diego’s Influence program.