Rise Up is thrilled to welcome Jennifer N. Broome, MA, CFRE, as the new Director of Strategic Partnerships.
With more than 20 years of nonprofit leadership and fundraising experience, Jennifer will lead Rise Up’s comprehensive and integrated fundraising and communications strategy, engage new partners and audiences to grow our brand’s visibility and reach, develop deep and meaningful relationships with donors and partners, and champion our movement for gender equity and justice in education, health, and economic opportunity here and around the world.
She brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked in senior positions at organizations with social justice, economic development, higher education, environmental sustainability, disaster relief, and international security missions.
“It’s an honor to join this amazing team of dedicated mission-driven leaders who are empowering women and girls everywhere to transform their communities and countries and create a more equitable and just world. I’m humbled and privileged to be able to deploy my talents and skills to service Rise Up’s incredibly timely and urgent mission to advance equity in education, health, and economic opportunity here and around the world.”
– Jennifer N. Broome, MA, CFRE, Rise Up’s Director of Strategic Partnerships
Most recently Jennifer served as the Vice President of Philanthropy at Prosperity Now, where she led a team of fundraising and communications professionals and managed multiple revenue streams in service to Prosperity Now’s mission to eliminate racial economic injustice and build an economy that is just, fair, and free from structural racism. Previously, she led fundraising efforts for American Forests, the nation’s oldest forestry restoration non-profit, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonpartisan think tank working to reduce threats from nuclear, biological, chemical, radiological, and cyber weapons, and the George Washington University Libraries, a multi-library system of rich academic resources and unique Special Collections serving four campuses. She also has experience working in disaster relief and international aid and development, having served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar.
With a master’s degree in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Jennifer believes that philanthropy can have a transformational impact on both the donor and the recipient. It can generate optimism in the face of cynicism, provide solutions to intractable societal problems, and counterbalance forces that divide communities. She enjoys the process of “matchmaking” a donor’s passion with an organization’s vision and takes pride in enabling the generosity of funders which makes possible lasting social change.
She is actively involved in the Association of Fundraising Professionals and volunteers with several nonprofits in the Washington D.C. metro area, where she resides. She is an avid traveler, a voracious reader, and a lover of the outdoors. She speaks fluent French and enjoys the arts, history, hiking, kayaking, and jigsaw puzzles.
