Caterina Gironda

Caterina Gironda (She/Her) is the Director of Research at Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) where she manages their annual resource tracking project, mapping the landscape of philanthropic support to address HIV/AIDS. During Cat’s tenure with FCAA she has helped to grow their research department and modernize their data collection, security, and analysis capabilities. Her work has helped to integrate FCAA’s research into all programmatic facets and make their data useful and accessible to members and other stakeholders. Prior to that, Cat worked at North Carolina State University in the Gender & Sexuality field. Her previous work at nonprofits and philanthropy includes stretches at Girl Rising and the Third Wave Fund, as well as early work in HIV/STI prevention education. Cat received her master’s degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.