National
Development Associate
Olivia Piontek is a development associate for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she manages Fordham’s grants, oversees progress on and assists in strategy creation for meeting internal and external goals, and facilitates communication between Fordham staff and funders. Piontek also plays a key role in planning and managing all Fordham events. Hailing from Missouri, she earned her master’s in public affairs from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she focused her research on improved measures of college and career readiness as a tool for school accountability. Piontek holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Missouri.
