Heather Grady

Heather Grady is Vice President of Collaboratives and Asia, leading RPA’s climate and environment practice, as well as a portfolio of funder collaboratives in sponsored projects, advisory engagements, and RPA’s Shifting Systems initiative, which encourages systems approaches in philanthropic funding. She previously served as Vice President for Foundation Initiatives at The Rockefeller Foundation and as Managing Director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Heather has served as an adjunct professor at the China Global Philanthropy Institute and at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Her career includes two decades of living and working in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, managing development and humanitarian programs. She holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College. She is conversant in Chinese and serves on numerous boards and advisory councils. 

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