Director, Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Nadya K. Shmavonian is director of the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund, a newly created pooled fund to encourage and support mergers and other types of formal, long-term collaborations between nonprofit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region. Shmavonian retains a private practice as an independent consultant to foundations and nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic facilitation and planning, management and executive coaching, leadership, and organizational development.
Shmavonian most recently served as president of Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) from January 2010 – July 2012, where she presided over the closure of the organization. She also has extensive foundation management experience, having served as vice president for strategy at the Rockefeller Foundation and executive vice president at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Shmavonian has served on numerous private foundation and nonprofit boards, and is a current member of the Center for Effective Philanthropy Board of Directors. She also teaches graduate seminars on nonprofit governance at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an international online governance course for the Center for Social Impact Strategy. She holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. with a concentration in health care management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was awarded the Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award from Wharton Women in Business in 2011.