Carole Russo

Joining Society for Science in 2016, Carole Russo is the Director of Grants Administration. Carole has been actively involved in fundraising and business development for more than 20 years, focused on bringing funders together to create change across multiple industries. Most recently she secured corporate, foundation and individual funding for an international science cooperation non-profit that used the power of science diplomacy to bring about sustainable peace and economic prosperity globally. Prior to that, she built partnerships internationally at consumer technology and banking trade associations, including the largest consumer technology event in the world.

Carole has an M.B.A. from Georgetown University and both a B.A. and B.S. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In her spare time, she volunteers as a fundraiser and board president at Encore Stage & Studio, igniting the spark of theater in young people.