Pier C. Rogers, PhD

Pier C. Rogers, PhD is the current President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and has been the Director of the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management and Professor of Nonprofit Management at North Park University since 2007. Under her leadership, the Center has expanded programs, doubled sponsorships, broadened the network of professional faculty, and substantially increased the Center’s visibility and impact on the nonprofit professionals and organizations served. She recently led the Center’s 20th anniversary conference celebration, denoting 20 years of service to the Chicago area nonprofit community.

 Over the course of her career, Rogers has held management positions as Associate Executive Director in the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers; as Chief Operating Officer at Associated Black Charities; as Director of the Women of Color Policy Network at New York University; as Agency Relations and Allocations Manager at United Way of Massachusetts Bay; and as Legislative Liaison at the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Welfare. She also held academic positions as Assistant Professor at the New School University in New York City, and as Research Scientist at Yale’s Divinity School and Program on Non-Profit Organizations. Rogers currently serves as Chair of the Strategic Communications Committee of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association and is a member of the “Willie’s Warriors Advisory Board” at the Chicago Foundation for Women. She previously served on the boards of the Illinois Charitable Trust Stabilization Fund, Chicago Women in Philanthropy, the Chicago Wellesley Club, ARNOVA, the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, and the CBE Board of Advisors at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University.