Donna Dean
Chief Investment Officer @ Rockefeller Foundation
New York, United States
Donna Dean is a startup investor at Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Donna Dean joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 1995. As Chief Investment Officer, Donna Dean is responsible for investing the Foundation’s endowment.Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Donna Dean spent seven years at Yale University, where she served as director of investments, with responsibility for real estate as well as oversight ofthe New Haven Initiative community investment program. From 1984 to 1987, she worked for CIGNA Investments in Hartford, where she managed real estate portfolios in the southeastern United States. From 1978 to 1984, she was with International Paper Company in New York, where she served as manager of trust investments and oversaw the company’s pension and employee benefit funds.Donna Dean began her career in the national lending division at the Charlotte headquarters of what is now Bank of America. She also serves on the board of trustees and chairs the investment committee of Queens University of Charlotte. She also is a member of the pension advisory committee of the New York Stock Exchange.Donna Dean received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation provides resources and investment to innovators in the social and environmental product sectors.
Rockefeller Foundation Contacts
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Donna Dean
Chief Investment Officer
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Naveen Rao
Senior Vice President, Health Initiative
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Dr Joseph Curtin
Managing Director
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Fred Dust
Dialogue Designer & Consulting
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Frederick Terrell
Member, Investment Committee
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