Philanthropy in the time of Covid-19: Opportunities and Challenges

Veronica Olazabal, Senior Adviser & Director at The Rockefeller Foundation, is an award-winning impact measurement and evaluation executive with a portfolio ranging +15 years, four continents and numerous global agencies including the MasterCard Foundation.

With a Bachelors in Communications and Masters in Policy and Planning both from Rutgers, The State University of NY as well as an upcoming masters in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Columbia University, Ms. Olazabal serves on a number of funding and advisory boards including Toniic and the World Benchmarking Alliance. She has published on related topics in the American Journal of Evaluation and in Stanford Social Innovation Review as well as co-authored a related chapter in The Global Impact Investor’s Handbook (to be published by Wiley in the fall of 2020).