Robert Hackett Profile

Mr. Hackett joined the Bonner Foundation in 1992 as Vice President and Director of the Bonner Scholars Program. He also directs the National Higher Education Community Based Research Project, which has received funding from the Corporation for National Service.

Prior to joining the Bonner Foundation, Mr. Hackett worked at the Telesis Corporation, an affordable housing developer in Washington, D.C. He also served as managing director of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) during its first three years of operation. In addition, for the past twenty years, Mr. Hackett has been associated in various capacities with the Youth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan organization that researches and reports on policies and programs relating to young people.

Mr. Hackett received his bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1985 and a masters in public and private management from Yale University's School of Organization and Management in 1990.

Send email to Robert Hackett at RHackett@bonner.org.