Heather Grady Biography

Heather Grady is a Vice President in the San Francisco office of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and leads the organization’s strategy and program development in global philanthropy including collaboratives global programs research and publications. She drives thought leadership through efforts like the SDG Philanthropy Platform a collaboration to encourage philanthropy to engage more meaningfully in the Sustainable Development Goals/Agenda 2030 and the Scalable Solutions initiative which supports funders to place longer-term responsive and adaptive resources to accelerate scalable solutions that target systemic changes focused on pressing global issues.
Heather also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the China Global Philanthropy Institute. Heather’s philanthropic advising has been shaped in part by two decades living in countries in Asia Africa and the Middle East managing development and humanitarian programs focused on a range of themes including education livelihoods health agriculture and microfinance. Heather was previously a Vice President for Foundation Initiatives at The Rockefeller Foundation where she oversaw an annual grantmaking budget averaging $65 million.

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