Executive Director, Peter Kiewit Foundation
Jeff Kutash joined Peter Kiewit Foundation as executive director in 2013 and is responsible for the Foundation’s grantmaking, community initiatives, and operations. Kutash combines an extensive background in strategy development with significant experience in education and youth issues. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kutash was a managing director at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm where he ran the San Francisco office, launched and oversaw a national education and youth practice, and helped leading corporations, foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies design strategies, develop programs, and evaluate results.
Previously, Kutash was director of California operations for The SEED Foundation and spent three years as a strategy consultant, first with McKinsey & Company, and then with The Bridgespan Group. His direct social sector experience also includes three years as director of programs at the Harlem Educational Activities Fund, a youth development nonprofit in New York City, and three years teaching math at a New York City public school as a Teach For America corps member. Kutash speaks and writes regularly on topics of effective philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, effecting social change, and education. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.