Director of Organizational Effectiveness, S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Barbara Kibbe joined the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation as director of organizational effectiveness in 2013. In this role, she is responsible for fostering a culture of continuous learning, improvement, innovation, and strategic risk taking. Kibbe works with program staff to enhance grantmaking practices for impact and to develop grantee effectiveness and sustainability. She came to the Foundation with 25 years of experience in philanthropy as an executive, a consultant, a grantmaker, and a foundation program director working with family, private, corporate, and community foundations. Kibbe is co-author of Succeeding with Consultants and Grantmaking Basics, and in 2010, she co-authored What’s Next for Philanthropy. She is a founder of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), an organization dedicated to building knowledge, promoting learning, and encouraging dialogue on nonprofit and grantmaker effectiveness. She holds a B.A. in art from Wagner College and a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School.