Aisha Baro

Founder & Principal | Diagnoum Partners

Aisha Baro is a seasoned executive and strategic advisor with extensive experience in public affairs, cross-sector partnerships, and strategic communications. Her career spans corporate, nonprofit, and civic leadership, with a track record of building partnerships that drive meaningful change.

Aisha spent 17 years at Genentech in marketing and communications roles spanning the company's commercial organization. She subsequently became the founding Executive Director of Life Science Cares Bay Area, building the organization into a platform for industry-wide community engagement. Under her leadership, the organization mobilized more than $5 million in nonprofit grants, engaged 11,900 volunteers, and created over 190 paid internship opportunities for underserved students.

Among her proudest accomplishments is helping launch the Farmworker Equity Express, an innovative partnership bringing essential services directly to farmworkers. Her work also helped inspire California Senate Bill 338, signed into law in 2025 to expand healthcare access in rural communities.

Aisha's civic engagement began as a co-founder of Coastside Families Taking Action in Half Moon Bay. Today, she serves on the boards of Leadership Council San Mateo County and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Activities League,and is a delegate to the California Democratic Party. She maintains strong relationships with public officials, business executives, and community leaders throughout the region.

Diagnoum Partners carries a deeply personal meaning. The firm is named after Diagnoum, her late father's native village in Senegal. Her father passed away in 2024 at the age of 90 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. In honoring his legacy and the values he instilled in her, Aisha hopes to use Diagnoum Partners not only to build bridges across sectors, but also to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing his ancestral village and communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Through Diagnoum Partners, Aisha brings together her professional expertise, civic relationships, and personal commitment to connecting people and communities, advancing opportunity, and creating lasting impact.