Senior Vice President, Director Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact and Co-Director Office of Strategic Planning

Rebekah Shrestha is the Director of the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact and Co-Director of the Office of Strategic Planning at 92nd St Y. As Director of the Belfer Center, she oversees the Center’s strategic direction, programming, and team — ensuring the Center meets its mission of “growing community around big ideas.” As Co-Director of the Office of Strategic Planning she infuses strategic rigor and scalable models across 92Y's innovative programming.

Rebekah has worked in strategy consulting, movement building, and communications for over 15 years, including roles at McKinsey & Company, Purpose, and Obama for America. Most recently, she served as Founder & Principal of the boutique social impact consulting firm Rivet.

VP, Strategy & Co-Director Office of Strategic Planning

As Director of Global Networks & Programs for the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y, Julie oversees several of the Belfer Center’s civic initiatives that bring 92Y programs to new audiences and engage communities around the world. During her time at 92Y, Julie has led 7 Days of Genius, an annual celebration of new ideas with more than 50 events in 25 countries; Ben Franklin Circles, a national network of grassroots groups reviving Ben Franklin’s ‘club for mutual improvement’; and The UnConvention, a collaboration with PRI, Facebook and Mic that examined millennial perspectives of the 2016 election on air, online and through live events. As a former public radio and television producer, she created content for both PBS and NPR and contributed to Michael Moore’s Academy Award nominated documentary Sicko and the WNET original film, Sacred. She serves as a member of the Bridge Alliance Leaders Council and as an advisor to The Aspen Institute’s forthcoming Better Arguments Project.

Program Manager

As program manager in 92Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Change, Kelsey manages Belfer Center initiatives the Social Good Summit, Women inPower, CultureSwap, and GivingTuesdayKids. In addition to her work at the Belfer Center, Kelsey is a Brookly-based dance performance artist. Kelsey developed her passion for dance and social change working at Cora Dance, a pay-what-you-can school and dance company in Red Hook, Brooklyn where she served as programs and communications manager, giving associate, and educator. Kelsey is half of JACKS - a moving, making duo with collaborator Lexie Thrash, company member of Cora Dance, and the operations coordinator for the Dance/NYC Junior Committee.