{"id":33355,"date":"2024-04-02T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/melissa-a-berman-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:37:16","slug":"melissa-a-berman-2","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/staff-member\/melissa-a-berman-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa A. Berman (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff-member-header-banner-block\">\n\t<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-multiline\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-12-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">The Team<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title notranslate\" translate=\"no\">Melissa A. Berman (USA)<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-location-dot\"><\/i> <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-socials\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-tablet\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-5-tablet is-hidden-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melissa-A-Berman.jpg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>From 2002 to 2024, Melissa was the founding President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc., an innovative nonprofit philanthropy service launched by the Rockefeller family. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors\u2019 mission is to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world. Melissa\u202fbuilt RPA into one of the world\u2019s leading philanthropic advisory, grantmaking, research and project management services, facilitating more than US$500 million per year across dozen of countries in all major issue areas.\u202fUnder her leadership, RPA developed the \u201cPhilanthropy Roadmap\u201d series of donor guides with support from the Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>She also developed \u201cThe Theory of the Foundation\u201d research program and is the author of multiple reports in that initiative. A frequent speaker, Melissa\u202fhas been a guest lecturer at universities across the U.S., Europe. Latin America and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>As a widely recognized expert in philanthropy, Melissa\u202fhas been profiled and interviewed in major media.<\/p>\n<p>An adjunct Professor at Columbia University\u2019s Business School, Melissa is also a director\/trustee of Candid, Equality Now, and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Melissa was a Bellagio Center fellow. 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