Press Release – MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2017 – GHR Foundation announced today the expansion of its senior leadership team to help maximize its programmatic impact and investments for social good. Manisha Bharti, named chief of strategy and programs, and Jason Matz, chief investment officer, will work with the foundation’s board, executives and program staff to build the organization and enhance its results both locally and globally.
“In our more than 50 years, GHR Foundation has supported the work of grantees making a profound difference in our program areas of global development, health and education,” said Amy R. Goldman, chief executive officer and chair of GHR Foundation. “Manisha and Jason will help us amplify that impact through their leadership and expert counsel to our board and program staff. They will be invaluable assets to GHR Foundation as we build for the future.”
Manisha Bharti, Chief of Strategy and Programs
Bharti oversees the evolution and implementation of the foundation’s overall strategy, and leads efforts to track, analyze and measure results and knowledge emerging from GHR’s grant-making and partnerships. She is also responsible for communications to the board and its committees on overall program activities and impact.
Bharti was previously chief strategy officer of FHI 360, a leading global development organization based in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw the corporate strategy, partnerships, communications and business development functions. Prior to her 11-year tenure at FHI 360, Bharti served several foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation, in addition to working at McKinsey & Company, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Canadian Government. Bharti is a member of the YRGCARE Advisory Council, a leading AIDS research and treatment institution based in India. She earned her masters’ degrees in business administration and public health from Johns Hopkins University and completed her bachelor’s degree at Harvard University, where she also serves as class secretary.
Jason Matz, Chief Investment Officer
As chief investment officer, Matz oversees investment management for GHR Foundation and Arbor Philanthropy LLC.
Named an endowment manager of the year in 2015 by Institutional Investor magazine, Matz served as chief investment officer of Carleton College from 2004 until joining GHR. There, he built an investment management team and managed Carleton’s endowment. Prior to joining Carleton, he was the director of global equity research at investment consulting firm Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc. and an investment analyst at the Minnesota State Board of Investment. Matz sits on the investment committees at both Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, and Benilde-St. Margaret’s. He is a past board member and treasurer of Wilderness Inquiry. Matz earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Boston University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
GHR Foundation: GHR Foundation improves lives by working toward a just, peaceful and healthy future. Built on faith in entrepreneurial creativity, the foundation accelerates systemic change by nurturing promising new possibilities and partnerships in the areas of global development, education and health. For 50-plus years, the pioneering design-build legacy of Opus Group founders Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst has guided GHR’s philanthropic approach—collaborating with the world’s experts to design and build opportunities for change to take hold. www.ghrfoundation.org
