ABOUT US
OUR WORK“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
Executive Director
STAFF
- Katherina M. Rosqueta, MBA, Executive Director
- Kathleen G. Noonan, JD, Associate Director
- Carol A. McLaughlin, MD, MPH, Research Director, Global Public Health
- Francis H. Barchi, MS, Senior Fellow, Global Programs
- Hilary J. Rhodes, Ph.D., Research Fellow, K-12 Urban Education
- Autumn R. Walden, MAH, Administrative Coordinator
- Jennifer Levy, Research Assistant, Global Public Health
Hilary J. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, K-12 Urban Education
Contact: hrhodes@sp2.upenn.edu
Hilary Rhodes is a Research Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. In this role, Hilary will launch the Center’s work in identifying areas where private philanthropy is well positioned to make a difference in K-12 urban education. Prior to joining the Center, Hilary attended the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California, where she earned a PhD in Policy Analysis. Hilary’s dissertation focused on research related to promoting student engagement in high school.
While at RAND, Hilary worked as a doctoral fellow on a variety of education, health and civil justice projects, including research related to the implementation of No Child Left Behind in three California school districts. Hilary also worked independently as a consultant to the Santa Monica Malibu School District evaluating the high school’s structural redesign into small learning communities. Her experience prior to her time at RAND includes research positions with the Center for the Study of Services and Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, new product development for Capital One, and corporate strategy analysis for the Corporate Executive Board.
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 from Washington and Lee.