Vanessa Stair

Vanessa brings 15+ years of fundraising experience and is excited to help strategically build diverse funding sources for organizations. Currently, Vanessa works at Meta on their Government and Social Impact Team.

Before Meta, Vanessa served as a Corporate Relations Officer for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Action Against Hunger, cultivating and managing corporate and philanthropic relationships with a special focus on cause-related marketing. Prior to MSF, Vanessa worked for the United Nations Foundation supporting partnership efforts that contributed to the sustainability of the United Nations Foundation in meeting key goals set forth by the UN.

Vanessa graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in Sociology and is heavily involved in women’s and girls’ issues supporting organizations such as Planned Parenthood and Girl Up. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her 11-year-old Peyton, 3-year-old son Rosie and bernedoodle, Popham.