Corinne H. Rieder was appointed executive director and treasurer of the John A. Hartford Foundation on January 1, 1998. Prior to coming to Hartford, Dr. Rieder served as the corporate secretary of Columbia University and earlier as the University’s director of federal relations. Before joining Columbia, she was executive vice president and dean of Bank Street College of Education. She taught strategic planning at both institutions.

 Dr. Rieder spent the early part of her career in Washington, DC, where she was an associate director of the National Institute of Education, a study director at the Office of Management and Budget, and an advisor in education at the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare. She also served as director of education planning for the New York City Planning Department and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.

Currently, she is a board member of the American Federation for Aging Research; the Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound; and NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.