“Adult respect for their accomplishments makes it possible for young people to dream. Adult attention to young people’s needs provides practical ways to make those dreams come true.”
We choose our research interests based on what’s going on in the world today.
While our commitment to research is unwavering, we recognize that the most pressing challenges confronting young people change over time. As independent grantmakers, we have the flexibility to adjust our areas of focus. Currently, the Foundation funds research that increases our understanding of: (1) the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes, and (2) how policymakers and practitioners acquire, interpret, and use research evidence.
We begin with a set of questions, not preconceptions.
This means asking big questions and being open to unexpected answers. Our grantees produce high-quality studies, reports on timely issues, and syntheses of research evidence. Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers alike value our approach because we support impartial research that can inform their decisions to improve child and youth outcomes.
We favor an interdisciplinary approach to research.
From sociologists and community psychologists to anthropologists, political scientists, and economists, our grantees bring a range of methods and ideas to address persistent social problems. We seek to accumulate a broad body of knowledge that will contribute to improved outcomes for our nation’s children and youth. Only by working together can we confront the most intractable challenges facing young people in America today and in the future.
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“Some method should be found by which scientific knowledge gained in various fields can be translated into the enrichment of a normal, healthy family life.”
Margarita Alegría
Senior Program Associate
Margarita is the Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Margarita has published over 200 papers, editorials, intervention training manuals, and several book chapters, on topics such as improvement of health care services delivery for diverse racial and ethnic populations, conceptual and methodological issues with multicultural populations, and ways to involve communities into the design and implementation of health services.
Among her awards are the Health Disparities Innovation Award from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (2008) and the Cynthia Lucero Latino Mental Health Award from William James College (2016). In 2011, she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in acknowledgement of her scientific contributions. Margarita was selected as El Planeta’s (Massachusetts’s largest circulating Spanish-language newspaper) 2013’s Powermeter 100 most influential people for the Hispanic community in Massachusetts.
Margarita earned her B.A. in psychology from Georgetown University in 1978 and her Ph.D. from Temple University in 1989.
Rosanna Aybar
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
raybar@wtgrantfdn.org
Rosanna is the Foundation’s chief financial and administrative officer. She regularly interacts with Board members and investment managers to preserve and grow our endowment and meet all regulatory and tax requirements. She also is responsible for coordinating infrastructure processes as diverse as budgeting, accounting, investments, human resources, facilities, and information technology.
Rosanna brings to the Foundation more than two decades of experience in the nonprofit field. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2017, she was the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer of the Posse Foundation, where she managed the financial and administrative side of a nationwide expansion which brought dramatic growth of the organization. Previously, she served as Accountant & Assistant to Chief Investment Officer and VP of Finance at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Rosanna currently serves on the Boards of Philanthropy New York and Ithaca College.
Rosanna earned both an M.B.A. and a Bachelor of Science in business administration and finance from Manhattan College. She has also served as Adjunct Faculty of strategic business management at Manhattan College.
Kim DuMont
Senior Vice President, Program
kdumont@wtgrantfdn.org
From 2011-2020, Kim was program officer and then senior program officer at the Foundation, and was instrumental in the reshaping of our focus on the use of research evidence, the launch of our focus on reducing inequality, and the development and implementation of the Institutional Challenge Grant program. Before returning to the Foundation as Senior Vice President of Program in 2022, Kim was Vice President and Managing Director of the Equity Initiative at the American Institutes for Research and as a member of AIR’s Executive Leadership Team. She was the inaugural leader of the Equity Initiative, which aims to contribute to society through substantive and systemic improvement in the lives of workers, students, and communities. Informed by Foundation-supported work on the use of research evidence, she built strong, strategic partnerships inside and outside of AIR, and oversaw the design and implementation of an ambitious portfolio of research and technical assistance work on viable solutions for addressing segregation and its harmful consequences. Earlier in her career, Kim worked as a research scientist at New York State Office of Children and Family Services and on the research faculty at New Jersey Medical School. Recently, she completed her term on the board of directors for the Society for Prevention Research. In all roles, Kim has sought research-informed approaches to disrupt and redirect practices and policies that contribute to inequities.
Julia Farley
Research Assistant
jfarley@wtgrantfdn.org
Julia coordinates the Foundation’s letter of inquiry process for research funding, which includes managing deadlines, corresponding with applicants, and assisting in reviewing grants applications. She works closely with program staff to foster coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of grants administration and work processes, in addition to conducting research and writing for the department. Julia holds a Bachelor’s degree in public policy and a minor in Mandarin from New York University.
Joseph Ferra
Senior Accountant
jferra@wtgrantfdn.org
Joseph ensures that all accounting tasks are performed in a timely and efficient manner. He maintains the accounting record systems and assists in all aspects of our audit, budget, tax, and investment procedures. He is the primary liaison with our auditors and custodial bank. Joseph joined the Foundation 2001, and has over two decades of experience in the nonprofit sector.
Adam Gamoran
President
Adam provides leadership for the William T. Grant Foundation’s strategic direction, shapes its agenda and tactics, and partners with the Board of Trustees to advance its mission and objectives. Since joining the Foundation, he launched a new initiative to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes, and has continued the Foundation’s ongoing work to improve the use of research evidence in policy and practice decisions that affect young people.
From 1984 to 2013, Adam served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he held the John D. MacArthur Chair in Sociology and Educational Policy Studies. From 2001-2004, he chaired the Department of Sociology, and from 2004-2013 he directed the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Adam’s research focused on educational inequality and school reform. Recent publications include “Does racial isolation in school lead to long-term disadvantages? Labor-market consequences of high school racial composition” (American Journal of Sociology, 2016) and “Effects of school segregation and school resources in a changing policy context” (Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016). Earlier, he edited Standards-based reform and the poverty gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind (Brookings Institution Press, 2007) and co-edited Stratification in higher education: A comparative study (Stanford University Press, 2007) and Methodological advances in cross-national surveys of educational achievement (National Academy Press, 2002). His research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, as well as by the Spencer and William T. Grant Foundations.
Adam is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Education, which he now serves as vice president, and was twice appointed by President Obama to serve on the National Board for Education Sciences. From 2014 to 2020, he chaired the Board on Science Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In 2013, he received the Spencer Foundation Award for contributions to research on education policy from the Association for Public Policy and Management, and in 2014 he was honored with the award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education from the American Educational Research Association.
Adam earned his Ph.D. in education from the University of Chicago in 1984.
Billy Hunter
Content Editor
Billy works across the Foundation to help staff, grantees, and partners communicate clearly and efficiently. He leads our editorial processes, oversees our website, and maintains our style guides and identity standards.
Jenny Irons
Senior Program Officer
jirons@wtgrantfdn.org
Jenny serves as a key member of the Foundation’s senior program team, which sets our research agenda and annual priorities, and leads the Foundation’s grantmaking programs on reducing inequality.
Jenny brings experience from higher education and evaluation research to the Foundation. From 2003 to 2013, she was Associate Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College. Her research and teaching focused on race, gender, and social movements, and she published peer-reviewed articles, essays, and a book, Reconstituting Whiteness: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. Later, Jenny directed qualitative evaluation research as a senior research analyst at The Policy & Research Group in New Orleans. As a research consultant, she conducted a summative evaluation for the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) of their post-Hurricane Katrina Community Revitalization Fund, a $23-million affordable housing initiative created by GNOF in partnership with local and national foundations. She has also worked in academic administration at centers for women’s leadership at Tulane University and Rutgers University. Jenny earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Arizona and her B.A. in sociology-anthropology from Millsaps College.
Zanella Jarvis
Staff Accountant
zjarvis@wtgrantfdn.org
Zanella supports accounting functions and assists the Vice President, Finance and Administration in running, maintaining, and improving day-to-day office operations. She also works closely with the Senior Accountant on an ongoing basis. Zanella brings seven years of bookkeeping experience to the Foundation. Zanella has a B.A. in media and communications from SUNY College at Old Westbury.
Fiona Jicha
Program Administrative Assistant
fjicha@wtgrantfdn.org
Fiona coordinates administrative activities for the program team, including developing and maintaining timelines and budgets, scheduling meetings, and serving as the secretary for the Program Committee of the Board of Trustees. She also provides administrative support for the senior program staff. Fiona holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Comparative Literature from Smith College.
Selina Lee
Grants Administrator
slee@wtgrantfdn.org
Selina coordinates administrative activities for grantmaking programs including William T. Grant Scholars, Mentoring Grants, and Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants, and is the key point of contact to applicants, grantees, and reviewers on matters related to grants administration. Selina works closely with the Grants Management Team, under the direction of the Director, Grantmaking Operations, to foster greater coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of grants administration and work processes. Prior to joining the Foundation, she handled development and grant writing at True Colors United. Selina holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Mount Holyoke College.
Dwayne Linville
Director, Grantmaking Operations
Dlinville@wtgrantfdn.org
Dwayne leads the Grants Management Team. One of his primary responsibilities is to ensure that the grants management system meets the needs of the Foundation and its applicants, grantees, and staff. He coordinates with the Senior Program Team and other Foundation departments to create and maintain efficient operations and systems in support of the Foundation’s strategic goals. Dwayne was the Director of Operations at the Shine Campaign, where he had responsibilities related to administration, budget, communications, and strategic planning, in addition to grantmaking responsibilities. Prior to this, he held positions with increasing responsibility in grants management and operations at the Ford Foundation.
James Lui
Coordinator, Human Resources and Administration
jlui@wtgrantfdn.org
James coordinates human resources and administration activities. He advises on current and potential human resources policies, benefits, and practices to strengthen staff and operations. He also organizes all facets of personnel management, including recruiting, orientation, training, and performance. James’s purview also includes a variety of duties related to facilities and finance.
Vicente Malavé
Senior IT Manager
vmalave@wtgrantfdn.org
Vicente Malavé is responsible for managing all in-house technology for the foundation. He implements solutions, methods and procedures to help the foundation fulfill its strategic goals.
Vicente is certified in ITIL IT service management and has over 17 years experience in infrastructure, networking, systems administration, and IT project management. Prior to joining the Foundation, he managed a diverse team of IT professionals providing 24/7 IT operations support to e-commerce facilities throughout New York City and the Northeast.
Vicente holds an MBA in information systems from Fordham University and a BA in design from University of Pennsylvania.
Richard Murnane
Senior Program Associate
Richard is the Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Over the last 40 years, he has studied relationships between the U.S. economy and the U.S. educational system. His numerous books include The Impact of School Resources on the Learning of Inner City Children (Ballinger, 1975), Who Will Teach? (Harvard University Press, 1991), Teaching the New Basic Skills (Free Press), The New Division of Labor (Princeton University Press, 2004), and Methods Matter (Oxford U. Press, 2011). Most recently, Richard and economist Greg Duncan, a William T. Grant Foundation Trustee, co-led a large research project examining the respects in which growth in family income inequality in the U.S. has affected educational opportunities for children from low-income families and the effectiveness of alternative strategies for improving life chances for these children. Products of this project included the 2011 edited volume, Whither Opportunity (Russell Sage), and the 2014 book, Restoring Opportunity (Harvard Education Press and Russell Sage). Richard is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education and is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.
Lenore Neier
Manager, Communications
lneier@wtgrantfdn.org
Lenore is responsible for developing communication strategies that help advance our efforts to share research ideas and practices with a wide audience. She oversees the coordination of publications, partnerships with outside organizations, social media activity, and media outreach. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2014, Lenore worked as a communications director and consultant for a range of nonprofit organizations. Lenore earned her Master’s degree in social work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.
Ruth G. Nolan
Assistant to the President and Board of Trustees
rnolan@wtgrantfdn.org
Ruth is the lead support to the President and Board of Trustees on all administrative matters. She is responsible for the management and daily operations of the executive office and the coordination and support of the President’s activities. As the key contact to the Board of Trustees, she interacts with all members to coordinate the logistics of all Board meetings and other sensitive correspondence.
Nancy Rivera-Torres
Grants Administrator
nrivera@wtgrantfdn.org
Nancy coordinates our research grants (major grants and Officers’ research grants) and Institutional Challenge Grant programs. She administers the grant lifecycle from request to award to reporting. Nancy has been involved in all aspects of grants management during her more than twenty years of experience in the philanthropic community. Nancy also is a member of Hispanics in Philanthropy and Grants Managers Network. She received her M.P.A. from Baruch College.
Anupreet Sidhu
Program Officer
asidhu@wtgrantfdn.org
Anupreet directs the Foundation’s portfolio of studies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. In addition, Anupreet reviews letters of inquiry and full proposals for research grants, represents the Foundation with applicants and grantees, and works with other funders to grow the field of study on the use of research evidence, including contributing to planning for meetings of the Transforming Evidence Network.
Anupreet recently completed her postdoctoral studies at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she pursued research at the intersection of regulatory science, health communication, and program evaluation. She has received funding from the Food & Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, and has published in a range of peer-reviewed journals, including
BMC Public Health,
Addictive Behaviors,
Tobacco Regulatory Science, and
Pedagogy in Health Promotion.
Melissa Wooten
Program Officer
mwooten@wtgrantfdn.org
Melissa directs the William T. Grant Scholars Program and Mentoring grants programs. Beyond these responsibilities, her role as a Program Officer includes reviewing major grants letters of inquiries and proposals, enhancing the Foundation’s existing research initiatives, and representing the Foundation with applicants, grantees, and other funders.
Most recently, Melissa served as the Senior Director of Educational Equity and later as the Associate Vice President for Academic Equity within the Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement at Rutgers University, where she worked to increase institutional supports for historically excluded students, faculty, and staff populations. Prior to these roles, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where her scholarship brought the tools of organizational sociology to examining how colleges and universities provide supportive, challenging, and resource-rich environments for black students.
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<p>From 1984 to 2013, Adam served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he held the John D. MacArthur Chair in Sociology and Educational Policy Studies. From 2001-2004, he chaired the Department of Sociology, and from 2004-2013 he directed the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.</p>
<p>Adam’s research focused on educational inequality and school reform. Recent publications include “Does racial isolation in school lead to long-term disadvantages? Labor-market consequences of high school racial composition” (American Journal of Sociology, 2016) and “Effects of school segregation and school resources in a changing policy context” (Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016). Earlier, he edited Standards-based reform and the poverty gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind (Brookings Institution Press, 2007) and co-edited Stratification in higher education: A comparative study (Stanford University Press, 2007) and Methodological advances in cross-national surveys of educational achievement (National Academy Press, 2002). His research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, as well as by the Spencer and William T. Grant Foundations.</p>
<p>Adam is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Education, which he now serves as vice president, and was twice appointed by President Obama to serve on the National Board for Education Sciences. From 2014 to 2020, he chaired the Board on Science Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In 2013, he received the Spencer Foundation Award for contributions to research on education policy from the Association for Public Policy and Management, and in 2014 he was honored with the award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education from the American Educational Research Association.</p>
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Andrés is Visiting Professor of Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he co-chairs the Public Education Leadership Project, a partnership between HGSE and Harvard Business School. Previously, he was Professor of Practice at HGSE, where he taught on education reform and the leadership of learning, and helped lead the Education Doctorate in Leadership Degree (EDLD) program. Andrés served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools and also as Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning in New York City, after teaching students with disabilities and English Language Learners in Newark, N.J. for twelve years. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Alex is a Managing Director at Platinum Equity. He was previously the Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer for the New York City Comptroller’s Office Bureau of Asset Management. He served in the Obama administration, providing advice as a Presidential Appointee at the US Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency. Mr. Doñé holds an AB from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Greg is Distinguished Professor, School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. His recent work has focused on estimating the role of school-entry skills and behaviors on later school achievement and attainment and the effects of increasing income inequality on schools and children’s life chances.
Scott is the former Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer for the City of New York Pension Systems. In prior assignments, he has served as President of Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer for TIAA-CREF. He has served as a member of the investment committee of Tufts University, as an external advisor to the Dutch Pension Fund, ABP., Trustee of Barnard College, member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Rockefeller Family Fund. Scott earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern University.
Adam joined the William T. Grant Foundation as President in 2013. Previously, he was the John D. MacArthur Chair in Sociology and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his doctorate in education from the University of Chicago.
Kenji is the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education (Emeritus) at Stanford University. He is a psycholinguist who has worked extensively in the education of second language learners and bilingualism.
Elizabeth Birr Moje is dean, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in secondary and adolescent literacy, cultural theory, and research methods and was awarded the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize in 2010. A former high school history and biology teacher, Moje’s research examines young people’s navigations of culture, identity, and literacy learning in and out of school in Detroit, Michigan and elsewhere.
Mary is the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of two award-winning books that explore the topics of youth, families, politics, housing, crime, and education in African American neighborhoods in Chicago. Mary received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago.
Russell is a senior advisor to Brittany Capital Group, Inc. a broker-dealer based in New York. He was previously the president of Benedetto, Gartland & Co., Inc. Russell received an A.B. from Harvard College and J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Estelle has held key roles at the local, state, and federal levels in a public-service career spanning over thirty years. After serving as managing director for the City of Philadelphia, she served for seven years as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, before serving as chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the administration of President Barack Obama. In prior roles, Estelle was Philadelphia’s commissioner of public health and deputy commissioner for mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse services. She holds a Master’s degree from Cleveland State University as well as honorary doctorates from Alvernia University and Drexel University.
Mark is the former Executive Director of the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) in Washington, DC. Prior to founding CCLP in 2006, he was the Senior Staff Attorney, Executive Director, and then President of the Youth Law Center. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Noah leads Investor Growth Capital’s technology investment effort in North America and prior to 2003 was a partner at Morgan Stanley’s Venture Capital group. Noah has been active in venture capital since 1994 and prior to that worked for McKinsey & Company. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and earned M.A. and B.A. degrees from Oxford University.
Hiro is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU. He is a community and developmental psychologist who studies the effects of public policies and programs related to immigration, early childhood, gender and sexuality, and poverty reduction on children’s development.
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“Some method should be found by which scientific knowledge gained in various fields can be translated into the enrichment of a normal, healthy family life.”
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