Oona Chatterjee

Oona is the current Chief of Staff at CPD. Previously, she led the Base-Building team at The Center for Popular Democracy, which supports our partners in becoming stronger and more effective, and engages them in building our network together. She came to CPD after serving for 2 years as the Associate Director of New York City Organizing at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. In addition, she spent fifteen years as Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York, an organization which she co-founded.

Oona’s work at MRNY included participating in the design, creation and ongoing support of two small public schools, building vital student and parent organizing programs within the organization, and playing an important role in the founding of citywide and national youth organizing coalitions to advance school reform. Oona was a long-time board member and former Board Chair of the North Star Fund, a progressive NYC-based foundation and has been the recipient of several fellowships and awards including the Reebok Human Rights Award, and the Brick Award. She is a graduate of Yale University and New York University Law School.