Jennifer Pigach is the Program Coordinator for the Foundation's Energy and Environment and Sloan Digital Sky Survey programs. She is responsible for program administration, managing grantee relations, and overseeing the grant proposal and review process.
Prior to joining the Foundation in August 2026, Pigach was Special Assistant to the Executive Director at the Robertson Foundation, where she worked while earning her MPA at New York University's Wagner Graduate School for Public Service. Before that, she served as Board Liaison and Program Assistant at the Natural Resource Governance Institute.
Earlier in her career, Jennifer worked at multiple arts, education, and humanities nonprofits, including the City University of New York's Graduate Center, the Dedalus Foundation, and Humanities New York. She holds an MA in Art History from Hunter College, the City University of New York, and a BA from Oberlin College.