Panel Session: Meet the Grantmakers

Panel Session: Meet the Grantmakers

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SPEAKERS

Ruth Jurgensen
Executive Director
NBA Foundation

Ruth Jurgensen is a passionate educator and strategic non-profit leader who, throughout her career, has steadily expanded her ability to empower young people, through education, employment, and career advancement. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Basketball Association Foundation. She is responsible for the strategic development, creation, and implementation of programs and partnerships that advance the NBA Foundation’s efforts to increase access and support for high school, college-aged, job-ready, and mid-career under resourced youth ages 14-24. She oversees the administration of $30 million in annual grants to hundreds of national and local organizations that provide skills training, mentorship, coaching, and pipeline development impacting over 800,000 youth. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Executive Officer at Prep for Prep in New York City, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization focused on leadership development and expanding educational access for students of color. Ruth has more than a decade of experience serving in senior leadership positions at independent schools including Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in New York City.