Rory Neuner Email & Phone Number

Rory Neuner is a Senior Learning Officer @ Barr Foundation at Barr Foundation. They possess expertise in placemaking, complete streets, active transportation, sustainable communities, smart growth and 22 more skills. Colleagues describe them as "I've worked alongside Rory for close to four years now. She empowered me to live and work in Lansing after college graduation, and inspired me to work in Environmental Policy when she worked at the Michigan Environmental Council and Trans4M. In those four years, I've seen her not only excel at the main elements of her various positions—like coalition-leading, grant writing, community outreach and policy advocacy—but also develop other skills that extend well beyond the scope of her roles, like marketing communications development, website copywriting, and even neighborhood planning. We have worked together on the same teams and most recently I have had the pleasure of working with her as a client of Redhead Design Studio—she’s super organized, incredibly passionate about her work, and very forward-thinking. She’s a positive person and someone I would highly recommend any day. " and "Rory is a creative thinker and inspires others to do the same. A tireless advocate for sustainability initiatives from local food systems to non-motorized transit to sensible scale and design in real estate development. I encourage you to seek out Rory on your projects and in neworking opportunities to which she is party. A valuable and dedicated community and economic development resource to be sure."

Listed skills include Placemaking, Complete Streets, Active Transportation, Sustainable Communities, and 23 others.

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  Senior Learning Officer

  Barr Foundation

  Nov 2023 - Present - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  In this dual role, I support the work of the Foundation's Learning and Evaluation team (serving as the primary liaison to our Climate program) and serve as a senior program officer in Barr's Sector Effectiveness program, where I manage our grantmaking portoflio to support the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. These investments include organizations working in Massachusetts, New England, and at the national level. I also manage our regional and national grantmaking to support Evaluation Capacity Building. I am a former co-chair the Infrastructure Funders Group (2022-2023) and participated in the 2022 Emergent Learning Cohort. I am pursuing Emergent Learning Advance Practice work in 2025.