Genora Givens

Genora Givens is a Program Officer at the Waverley Street Foundation. Prior to joining Waverley, Genora worked as a Research Analyst and Program Manager at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, supporting the Climate and Land Use strategy teams on monitoring, evaluation, and learning and leading efforts to incorporate principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice into grantmaking. While at the Packard Foundation, Genora designed and implemented a grassroots support program that provides grants and capacity strengthening resources to hyperlocal organizations working to combat extractive industries. Genora was a 2018 Environmental Grantmakers’ Association Fellow at Clean Water Action where she researched the impact of oil and gas production on U.S. water quality and quantity. Genora holds a Bachelor’s of Arts from Willamette University in Salem, OR and a Master’s of Environmental Management from Yale School of Environment.