Adam Connaker

Director, Innovative Finance at The Rockefeller Foundation

Adam Connaker is a Director of Innovative Finance at the Rockefeller Foundation. His work focuses on identifying and shaping new financing solutions which address some of the World’s most challenging social and environmental issues in promotion of the Foundation’s mission to benefit humanity.  

Prior to joining Rockefeller, he worked in private equity for Wayzata Investment Partners focusing on distressed debt. Mr. Connaker received his master’s degree in global affairs with a focus on international development and humanitarian assistance from New York University and his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Minnesota.