Veronika Knierim

Veronika Knierim partners with clients on grantmaking process design and improvement, system selection and implementation, project management, Salesforce optimization, and data analysis.

Before joining 1892, Veronika spent eight years at The Rockefeller Foundation as Associate Director of Analytics, where she supported the organization’s transition to a fully automated grantmaking platform and developed data analyses to inform strategic decision-making. She previously worked at BDO FMA, providing capacity-building consulting services to nonprofits of various sizes and sectors. Earlier in her career, Veronika supported long-term USAID-funded health projects in Guyana, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Rwanda through her work at Initiatives Inc. Veronika is a Salesforce Certified Administrator. She received her B.A. in Anthropology and Archaeology from Boston University and her M.P.A. from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.

She lives in Portland, Oregon on Cowlitz, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and Clackamas land. In her free time, she enjoys sewing, gardening with her cats, all things sci-fi and fantasy, and exploring the world with her family.