Hope Wollensack is the founder and Executive Director of the Georgia Resilience & Opportunity (GRO) Fund. GRO builds bold, evidence-based and community-driven solutions, including the In Her Hands’ guaranteed income program, a $30M initiative, and Freedom Futures: Cash for Today, Capital for Tomorrow, the first accelerated Baby Bonds pilot program.

She began her career as an organizer, teacher, and assistant principal. Prior to GRO, she was a senior strategist at the Economic Security Project. Hope earned her Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University, where she helped found the Africana Studies program.