Profile
Our new Acting Vice President for Institutional Development is Tuhina De O’Connor, who brings with her a wealth of experience in all areas of development, from management to awarding grants to fundraising. She was most recently the CEO of a nonprofit - the PAGNY Health & Research Foundation. She has been on the “giving” side with roles at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the New York Women’s Foundation. And she has been on the “getting” (fundraising) side with organizations including the Robin Hood Foundation, the California Family Health Council and the New York Asian Women’s Center where she was Executive Director. She co-founded Faces of Giving, an advising service for donors of color, and she’s received the New York Governor's Award to End Domestic Violence and the Robin Hood Foundation’s Hero Award. Tuhina earned a Master of Science degree and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan.