Catherine (Cathy) García Email & Phone Number

Newark, New Jersey, United States

New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Redesign, scale, and lead Elevate Network, a national learning community of practice for grant-makers leveraging technology to build the capacity of BIPOC-led grassroots organizations, doubling the network's membership in 6 months.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York

Co-launch Mobility LABs, a $25 million, four-year initiative to learn what it takes to increase mobility from poverty across nine U.S. cities. I led our work in Baltimore, Northeast Pennsylvania, and Cook County, Illinois through $4.5M in multi-year investments that engaged over 1,000 residents in the design of the project.

Newark, Nj

Cultivating partnerships totaling $3M, in Newark, NJ and Hartford, CT that promote inclusive economic growth, equitable education outcomes and strengthen supports for opportunity youth through collective impact and systems change strategies. Manage a multi-year $20M cross-business national RFP program promoting access to education and economic opportunity as part of Prudential's commitment to veterans. Oversee strategic response and deployment of Prudential’s $3M global disaster relief and… Show more Cultivating partnerships totaling $3M, in Newark, NJ and Hartford, CT that promote inclusive economic growth, equitable education outcomes and strengthen supports for opportunity youth through collective impact and systems change strategies. Manage a multi-year $20M cross-business national RFP program promoting access to education and economic opportunity as part of Prudential's commitment to veterans. Oversee strategic response and deployment of Prudential’s $3M global disaster relief and recovery fund. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Support grantmaking activities of a six-person program team responsible for deploying U.S. and International philanthropic capital to strengthen financial capability and inclusion across 92 countries.

Bronx, Ny

Coordinated recruitment and operations for the CUNY Green Energy Training program, a workforce development program offered across seven CUNY-based sites.

Preceding Position: Student College Assistant (2007 - 2009)

Helped track over 100 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded CUNY research projects totaling approximately $100M. Led coordination, processing and reporting on 60-80 grant proposals for CUNY’s internal research grant program. Researcher and contributor to the quarterly CUNY Research Newsletter.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

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