Rebecca Benghiat

Rebecca Benghiat has dedicated her 25-year career to working in service of the education, health, and well-being of children and young adults.

She is the Practice Lead, Nonprofit Executive Management, at Carey & Co., an organization that brings financial leadership to small and mid-sized nonprofits, and Senior Advisor at the digital healthcare nonprofit organization, Rock Health. Previously, she served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Jed Foundation, where she led an expansion of infrastructure, systems, programs, and campaigns focused on preventing suicide and protecting the mental health of young adults.

Earlier in her career, Benghiat served as the Chief Operating and Advancement Officer at The Quad Preparatory School, a nationally recognized K-12 independent school in New York City which integrates an academically rigorous curriculum with evidence-based social emotional learning specifically designed to support gifted children with learning difficulties. Prior to Quad Prep, Benghiat was Executive Director of Facing Addiction with NCADD, responsible for all executive management functions for the national opioid addiction advocacy organization.

Benghiat has also served as COO of citiesRISE, an international youth mental health organization, and spearheaded the launch of several philanthropic organizations, including the Child Mind Institute, the Seleni Institute, and the New Space for Women’s Health.

Benghiat is a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, certified in alternative dispute resolution. She holds a bachelor’s degree in public policy, with a focus on organizational analysis, from The University of Chicago.