Adam
Rivera
Senior Grantwriter, The Public Interest Network
Started on staff: 2005
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
Adam writes grant proposals and reports and also helps guide fundraising strategy for The Public Interest Network. He has run successful campaigns protecting Everglades wetlands from sprawling development, keeping offshore drilling away from Florida’s coast, cutting pollution from vehicles and power plants, stopping the overuse of antibiotics, and helping to register more than 100,000 voters. Adam has mentored organizers who have gone on to assume roles with Environment America, U.S. PIRG, Grassroots Campaigns, Save the Boundary Waters, GRID Alternatives and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Adam lives in Washington, D.C., where he enjoys music and baseball.