As General Counsel, Hoodo oversees Luminate’s global legal affairs, grants management, and funding operations teams. Hoodo brings nearly 20 years of legal, compliance, and grants management experience to her role ensuring Luminate maintains compliance with relevant laws and regulations applicable to US foundations.

Before joining Luminate, Hoodo served as Corporate Counsel for The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease. In this role, she oversaw transactions, governance, and international compliance, as well as provided general legal advisory support. Prior to her tenure at ONE, Hoodo was Assistant General Counsel at World Council of Credit Unions, a global non-profit trade association for credit unions, where she counselled staff on compliance with USG and non-USG grants, licensing, and intellectual property concerns. 

Hoodo is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.