Christine Lanoie-Newman is RAND's vice president, development and chief development officer. As part of the executive leadership team, she oversees RAND's philanthropic and foundation fundraising efforts.
Lanoie-Newman joined RAND in 2019 as the executive director, foundation relations, a newly created role within the Development team, as part of the Tomorrow Demands Today $400 million fundraising campaign. In this role, she worked closely with research leadership to build and strengthen relationships with grantmaking foundations, developed new institutional best practices around foundation engagement, and advanced RAND's strategic priorities. Lanoie-Newman stepped into the leadership role in development in 2023 and oversaw the successful conclusion of RAND's most ambitious campaign ever, exceeding goal.
Prior to RAND, Lanoie-Newman spent eight years at UCLA, rising to the campus-wide position of deputy director of corporate, foundation, and research relations. She has also held development and consulting positions at several community-based nonprofits, was a program director in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's chronic disease unit, and taught writing, literature, and critical thinking courses at community colleges in Massachusetts and California.
Lanoie-Newman earned her master's degree in philosophy from Boston College and her master's degree in creative writing from Emerson College.
Education
M.F.A. in writing, Emerson College; M.A. in philosophy, Boston College; B.A. in English, St. Mary's College of Maryland