“For too long, philanthropic discussions have focused on making donors feel good. The Center is about something radically different: focus on impact. It’s about being an honest broker of the information required to link financing to impact.”
Katherina Rosqueta
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Hilary J. Rhodes, PhD
non-resident Fellow
Contact: Hilary_Rhodes@abtassoc.com
Hilary Rhodes is a non-resident fellow, formerly senior analyst at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. She is currently senior analyst at Abt Associates. While at the Center, Hilary launched the Center’s work in identifying areas where private philanthropy is well positioned to make a difference in the education of disadvantaged students. She has extensive experience in qualitative research – from research design, data collection (interviews and focus groups), analysis, through presentation - across multiple domain areas (health services, education, and civil justice).
Prior to joining the Center, Hilary attended the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California, where she earned a PhD in policy analysis.
In addition to her PhD, Hilary holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science in gender relations and a BS summa cum laude in chemistry from Washington and Lee University.


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