Hope Lyons

Hope A. Lyons is director of grants management for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund where she works to ensure effective and efficient management of the Fund's grants and its grantmaking processes. Prior to joining the Fund, she was the Grants Manager at the Commonwealth Fund. She has also served as consultant and project manager for economic development projects in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia supported by the USAID, the World Bank, the United Nations Capital Development Fund and the Asian Development Bank. Ms. Lyons holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University as well as a Master of Public Administration from New York University, with a concentration in international development and financial management. Following her undergraduate studies, Ms. Lyons served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania where she worked on microcredit and business training initiatives. She is proficient in French, Hungarian, Spanish and Romanian. She currently serves on the New York Executive Board of the Grants Managers Network and is the Grants Chair for Friends of Romania, a Washington based nonprofit that supports projects in Romania.