AGA’s 2015 Professional Development Training

Cinthia Schuman Ottinger
Deputy Director for Philanthropy Programs
The Aspen Institute


Cinthia Schuman Ottinger is deputy director for Philanthropy Programs for the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, where her work includes leading the Nonprofit Data Project. Previously, Schuman Ottinger was deputy director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, where she managed grantmaking programs in women’s rights, civic participation and other areas. From 1989 to 1994, she was executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), where her work received national media coverage. She also served as executive director of Cleveland Women's Counsel. Schuman Ottinger was a Root-Tilden Scholar at New York University School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctorate. She received her BA from Oberlin College. Schuman Ottinger is currently a member of the board of directors of the Ottinger Foundation, and serves on the National Advisory Panel of FairTest. Previously, she served on the boards of the National Association of Public Interest Law/Equal Justice Works, the National Network of Grantmakers, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

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