Nathan McNamara

About Nathan McNamara

I serve as National Senior Corporate & Foundation Relations Director at Reach Out and…

Experience

1. National Senior Corporate & Foundation Relations Director

   Reach Out And Read

   Jul 2025 — Present

   As National Senior Corporate & Foundation Relations Director (July 2025 – present), I lead a national team responsible for building and sustaining corporate and foundation partnerships that advance Reach Out and Read’s mission. At Reach Out and Read, we integrate books, guidance, and connection into pediatric care across all 50 states, helping families nurture early relationships and literacy from birth. I shape multi-year giving strategies, oversee team operations and growth, and cultivate partnerships focused on health equity, early learning, and parental engagement. Working closely with senior leadership, I align philanthropy with program delivery and ensure that funders experience a clear, consistent story of impact.As Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations (2021 – 2025), I oversaw the institutional giving portfolio during a period of national expansion. I built systems that tied evidence-based outcomes to donor storytelling, deepened relationships with national funders, and represented Reach Out and Read in national philanthropic and early childhood networks.As Senior Corporate & Foundation Relations Officer (2017 – 2021), I advanced major proposals and renewals with leading health, literacy, and education funders. I helped lead development of the organization’s first unified case for support, positioning literacy as a public health intervention, and strengthened collaboration between communications, programs, and evaluation teams.As Corporate & Foundation Relations Officer (2016 – 2017), I managed a growing institutional portfolio during a key phase of expansion, enhancing stewardship and funder communications.As Grant Writer (2015 – 2016), I developed proposals and concept notes that helped position Reach Out and Read for sustained national growth and stronger institutional partnerships.

Education

• Vassar College

  BA

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Skills

• Editing
• Community Outreach
• Nonprofits
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Teaching
• Curriculum Design
• Non-Profits
• Program Evaluation
• Research
• Program Development
• Copy Editing
• Higher Education
• Volunteer Management
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Fundraising
• Grant Writing