Rebecca Russo

Rebecca Russo oversees Interfaith America’s higher education strategy and programming, with a particular focus on bridge-building programs and partnerships with higher education associations. Rebecca has worked with Interfaith America since 2014 and sees college campuses as a laboratory where students can deepen and challenge their own worldviews and learn to build relationships across divides. Rebecca has worked in higher education for over a decade, including roles as the Director of Engagement at Northwestern University’s Fiedler Hillel and Executive Director of the Campus Climate Initiative at Hillel International. Rebecca holds a B.A. in Middle East Studies from Brown University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Rebecca has written about topics related to campus pluralism in the Journal of College and Character, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and Religion News Service.