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Heather Grady

Vice PresidentRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Biography

Heather is a Vice President in the San Francisco team of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and leads the practice area of Environment and Climate Change, including a range of funder collaboratives, advisory engagements, and research. She leads the Shifting Systems initiative that encourages funders to place longer-term, more adaptive funding with grantee partners to enable them to create systemic impact. She oversees a portfolio of over 40 sponsored projects in environment, climate change and cross-cutting rights issues, and advises individual philanthropists and foundations. She previously worked with the Rockefeller Foundation, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, and Oxfam GB. Her perspectives and practice have been influenced by two decades living and working in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She serves on the boards of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Dropbox Foundation, Forum for the Future, the Wildlife Justice Commission, and Doc Society.

Regional Focus

Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa