Bonnie O’Keefe is a partner at Bellwether, a national education nonprofit, and leads the organization’s work on school finance and resource allocation.
Bonnie has spent her career advancing policies that support better outcomes for children and families. In her role, she leads research and advises advocates, foundations, school districts, and policymakers across the country. Bonnie has expertise in state pre-K through grade 12 policy, early childhood education, assessment and accountability, and resource equity. Bonnie’s public research and commentary includes more than 30 publications that have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, NBC News, USA Today, and the 74, among others. Before her work in education policy, Bonnie’s career began in politics, supporting women running for public office as political programs coordinator for She Should Run.
Bonnie earned a master’s degree in public policy from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in women’s and gender studies and English from Williams College. She has called Rochester home since 2017 and has volunteered for several school- and community-based organizations.