Rob Stuart
Rob Stuart is the Senior Vice President of @dvocacy, Inc., an online political advertising company and the Director of the E-Volve Foundation, a new online networking initiative. Over the last six years, Rob has worked as a leader in the Philanthropic sector establishing programs to increase organizational effectiveness through the strategic use of technology. In the last year, Rob helped spearheaded the establishment of NPower PA and now serves as its Board President. Rob was the Founder and President of TechRocks, a supporting organization to the Rockefeller Family Fund which pioneered the use of the Internet for advocacy campaigns. Rob founded TechRocks (formerly the Rockefeller Technology Project) while serving as a Program Associate at the Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) in 1996. He was one of the founders of the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), and serves on the Board of the GreenMedia Toolshed, Taxpayers for Common Sense, PennEnvironment and Technology Works for Good. He spearheaded the National Strategy for Non-profit Technology, a strategic planning effort which led to the establishment of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN). A frequent presenter and advisor to foundations, he recently co-authored From Obstacles to Opportunity, V.1 A study on challenges and opportunities facing the philanthropic community related to funding technology report with the Summit Collaborative for the Kellogg Foundation. Prior to joining RFF, Rob had a career as a public interest advocate and was responsible for passing several landmark pieces of environmental and consumer protection legislation in New Jersey. Rob was a Paul Robeson Scholar at Livingston College and graduated with Honors in Political Science from Rutgers University.