Pier Duncan

As Chief of Staff, Pier works to ensure that the leadership team is optimized toward strategic growth and the effective management of organizational priorities. Prior to joining OppNet, Pier was chief of staff and corporate secretary in the office of the president at the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based social and economic research think tank. Before her time at Urban, Pier served as senior manager for internal strategic communications, and director of the Panel for Educational Policy—New York City’s school board — at the New York City Department of Education. Pier holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.S. in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School.