Gary Community Ventures Seeks to Expand Policy Impact with Reilly Pharo Carter as Director of Policy and Advocacy

September 21, 2023

Gary Community Ventures Seeks to Expand Policy Impact with Reilly Pharo Carter as Director of Policy and Advocacy

Reilly will lead the development and implementation of Gary’s state and local policy and advocacy strategy in partnership with Gary’s vice president of philanthropy and policy.

By: Communications Department

We are pleased to announce that Reilly Pharo Carter has joined Gary Community Ventures as director of policy and advocacy. Reilly will lead the development and implementation of Gary’s state and local policy and advocacy strategy in partnership with Gary’s vice president of philanthropy and policy.

By leveraging the organization’s policy entity Gary Advocacy, Reilly will advance opportunities to invest in a thriving policy ecosystem and ongoing improvement of public systems that advance the promise and potential of kids and families from low-income backgrounds and BIPOC communities. 

“We have always believed that business, policy and philanthropy can and should work together to create the utmost opportunity for kids and families, and Reilly’s experience and leadership will help us pursue key partnerships and strategies designed to deliver scalable and sustainable policy solutions that will benefit generations of Coloradans,” said Jill Hawley, vice president philanthropy and policy at Gary Community Ventures.

Reilly brings 15 years of experience as a leader in Colorado’s policy landscape. Prior to joining Gary, she founded RPC Consulting, where she worked with clients on a range of projects aimed at advancing the success of Colorado children through policy development and implementation. From 2015 to 2020 she served as the president and CEO of Climb Higher Colorado. Through that work Reilly built partnerships across a wide range of organizations and launched the organization’s signature fellowship program, Systems Impact Institute. She also brings deep experience from her time at the Colorado Children’s Campaign where she served as the organization’s government affairs director and later as vice president of education initiatives.

“From helping to design Colorado’s first charter school law to incubating the Colorado Children’s Campaign and most recently helping to pass ballot measures providing universal preschool and expanding affordable housing, Gary has a rich history of delivering high-impact policy solutions that have transformed the lives of kids and families,” said Reilly Pharo Carter, director of policy and advocacy at Gary Community Ventures. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to build upon Gary’s legacy of impact and look forward to collaborating with Colorado’s community-facing and advocacy organizations, state and local agencies, elected officials, and policy makers.” 

Reilly will work in partnership with new and existing community, business, and policy partners to identify and accelerate policies and broader systems change efforts across Colorado. 

Content paid for and supported by Gary Advocacy.

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