Bonnie Rivers

Ms. Bonnie Rivers is a Grants Manager at Carnegie Corp.
of New York.
Prior to joining Carnegie Corporation of New York, she began her philanthropic career at the Rockefeller Foundation in 2003 as a Program Assistant in the Foundation’s former Creativity & Culture program and, in 2006, she moved to the Office of Grants Management as a Grants Specialist.
Given the Rockefeller Foundation’s global reach, she has extensive experience with both domestic and international grantmaking and she managed several grant portfolios ranging in focus from cultural opportunities in New York City to agriculture in Africa.
Ms. Rivers has served on the Board of Directors for the Grants Managers Network, the national affinity group for Grants Mangers, since 2008 and became co-Chair of the Board in 2010.
She previously co-chaired GMN’s GM Guide Team and Collective Knowledge Committee.
She is also a member of its G4 Team and writes and edits for GMN’s newsletter.
She formerly sat on the Board of Directors for Polyhymnia, a NYC-based early music organization.
Ms. Rivers received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and a Masters of Science in Nonprofit Management from Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
She is an avid runner and triathlete.
She has completed seven marathons, two olympic distance triathlons and she completed her first half-ironman triathlon in 2010.