Igor Rubinov

Education: PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University; MA in International Development & Social Change from Clark University; MA in Anthropology from Princeton University; BA in Anthropology from Cornell University

Recent projects include: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Open Society Foundations, Center for a New Economy, PBLWorks, Coro Northern California, JVS, Northern California Grantmakers, The James Irvine Foundation, Clean Energy Works, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fund for Nonviolence

Personal interests include: Backpacking, bicycle touring, banjo, Soviet design

Igor Rubinov is a Project Lead with Public Equity Group. Igor’s PEG clients have included Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity Learning Lab, Boston Opportunity Agenda (a city-wide cradle to career collaborative hosted at The Boston Foundation), Open Society Foundations, Coro Northern California, James Irvine Foundation, Clean Energy Works, Center for a New Economy (economic think tank in Puerto Rico), PBLWorks, JVS, Northern California Grantmakers, Fund for Nonviolence, among others. He is also cofounder of Dovetail Labs, a social science consulting firm. 

Igor was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship, along with other support for his doctoral research on climate adaptation in Asia. This research has led to a number of peer-reviewed articles and policy reports. He has also published on global AI ethics and nonprofit strategy, most recently co-authoring Efficacy Before Scale in SSIR.

Prior to graduate work, Igor was a program manager and educator at nonprofits working with diverse communities including underserved youth and adults with developmental disabilities. Igor is a first-generation immigrant from the Soviet Union and holds a BA in Anthropology from Cornell University, MA in International Development & Social Change from Clark University, and MA & PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University.