Joanne Schneider

Biography

Joanne Schneider is a Senior Advisor at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. She joined RPA in 2009 and helps individuals, families, corporations, and foundations at all points in the giving journey. Her work includes helping clients determine priorities for giving, developing and implementing philanthropic strategies, and managing grantmaking initiatives and giving programs. She enjoys that her role enables her to work with passionate philanthropists across a wide range of issues and geographies to bring needed resources to important causes and to support solutions to our biggest challenges.

Prior to RPA, Joanne contributed to grantmaking and programs at the Skoll Foundation, the American Express Corporate Philanthropy Department, and the Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Department. She also managed the Volunteer Services Department of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, engaging donors and creating meaningful service opportunities. Joanne served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, Central Africa.
Joanne holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan and a MBA from Columbia Business School, where her focus was Social Enterprise.